Introductory Concepts and Historical Developments of Sociology
... must know the laws that govern the natural world, "For it is only by knowing the laws of phenomena, and thus being able to foresee them, that we can . . . set them to modify one another for our advantage. . . . Whenever we effect anything great it is through a knowledge of natural laws. . . From Sci ...
... must know the laws that govern the natural world, "For it is only by knowing the laws of phenomena, and thus being able to foresee them, that we can . . . set them to modify one another for our advantage. . . . Whenever we effect anything great it is through a knowledge of natural laws. . . From Sci ...
Interactions of Culture and Natural Selection
... There are two ways in which the linguistic aspect of culture does seem to be critical to the formation of hunter-gatherer moral communities as we know them. People do need to communicate symbolically if they are to agree on values and behavioral standards that make up a well-specified moral code. Pe ...
... There are two ways in which the linguistic aspect of culture does seem to be critical to the formation of hunter-gatherer moral communities as we know them. People do need to communicate symbolically if they are to agree on values and behavioral standards that make up a well-specified moral code. Pe ...
Study guide for test 3- Anth1000c- Fall 2003
... c. whether or not the prisoner has supportive kin "on the outside." d. the amount of "free time" the prisoners are given. e. the duration of the inmates' sentences. ...
... c. whether or not the prisoner has supportive kin "on the outside." d. the amount of "free time" the prisoners are given. e. the duration of the inmates' sentences. ...
On Genetic Algorithms and Lindenmayer Systems
... neighbors becomes the starting point for the next search cycle. This process is reiterated until the computer has identified a set of morphological characteristics that is more efficient than any immediate neighbor in the search space. Niklas' simulation model has some limitations. Clearly, the thre ...
... neighbors becomes the starting point for the next search cycle. This process is reiterated until the computer has identified a set of morphological characteristics that is more efficient than any immediate neighbor in the search space. Niklas' simulation model has some limitations. Clearly, the thre ...
Universes of Kinship
... as long as it is clearly understood that the relationship indicated thus for analytic purposes may not have the same content everywhere—the formal organization of relationships on these axes, is, for him, indispensable. If the biologistic language of kinship is an ethnographic misrepresentation, for ...
... as long as it is clearly understood that the relationship indicated thus for analytic purposes may not have the same content everywhere—the formal organization of relationships on these axes, is, for him, indispensable. If the biologistic language of kinship is an ethnographic misrepresentation, for ...
Ninth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies
... tends to privilege non-European, native perspectives as more adequate not only in their respective, cultural contexts but apparently also at the abstract level of his own discourse. But the question that emerges from this stance is: Are ecological relations (everywhere?) to be ...
... tends to privilege non-European, native perspectives as more adequate not only in their respective, cultural contexts but apparently also at the abstract level of his own discourse. But the question that emerges from this stance is: Are ecological relations (everywhere?) to be ...
Living Organisms Assessment Name: Date: 1. How do bacteria
... 17. A. Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring. B. Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring. C. Behaviors are never inherited. D. Behaviors are always inherited. 18. Which of these traits can a tree NOT pass to its offspring? A. the shape of its leaves B. roots that grow t ...
... 17. A. Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring. B. Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring. C. Behaviors are never inherited. D. Behaviors are always inherited. 18. Which of these traits can a tree NOT pass to its offspring? A. the shape of its leaves B. roots that grow t ...
Information Systems Theorizing Based on Evolutionary Psychology
... species by selection; which comprises evolution by natural (or environmental) selection in general (Darwin 1859), as well as in response to the more specific evolutionary force of sexual selection (Darwin 1871). Evolutionary psychology applies notions from the modern synthesis to the understanding o ...
... species by selection; which comprises evolution by natural (or environmental) selection in general (Darwin 1859), as well as in response to the more specific evolutionary force of sexual selection (Darwin 1871). Evolutionary psychology applies notions from the modern synthesis to the understanding o ...
An Introduction to Lifespan Development
... • Scientific, developmental approach that focuses on continuous human development • Every period of life contains potential for growth and decline in abilities • Process of development persists throughout every part of people's lives • Neither heredity nor environment alone can account for the full ...
... • Scientific, developmental approach that focuses on continuous human development • Every period of life contains potential for growth and decline in abilities • Process of development persists throughout every part of people's lives • Neither heredity nor environment alone can account for the full ...
... and with it came mythology and totemic thought [Lévi-Strauss 1962]. This showed humanity an order in the universe that was, until relatively recently, still understood in small-scale societies in Australia and throughout the Americas. Hunter-gatherers are not stupid: typically, they are multilingual ...
Structural functionalism
... the interaction between two individuals faced with a variety of choices about how they might act,[16] choices that are influenced and constrained by a number of physical and social factors.[17] Parsons determined that each individual has expectations of the other's action and reaction to his own beh ...
... the interaction between two individuals faced with a variety of choices about how they might act,[16] choices that are influenced and constrained by a number of physical and social factors.[17] Parsons determined that each individual has expectations of the other's action and reaction to his own beh ...
Steps toward an evolutionary psychology of a culture
... generally not true of the enterprise as a whole, a failing stemming from the fact that much of their theorizing was premised either on neo-Freudian psychodynamic models (e.g. Hallowell, 1950), or on a general humanistic psychology such as that of Maslow (e.g. Hallowell, 1960). Holding aside the (non ...
... generally not true of the enterprise as a whole, a failing stemming from the fact that much of their theorizing was premised either on neo-Freudian psychodynamic models (e.g. Hallowell, 1950), or on a general humanistic psychology such as that of Maslow (e.g. Hallowell, 1960). Holding aside the (non ...
Leadership Theory
... environment that might determine which particular style of leadership is best suited for the situation. According to this theory, no leadership style is best in all situations. Success depends upon a number of variables, including the leadership style, qualities of the followers and aspects of t ...
... environment that might determine which particular style of leadership is best suited for the situation. According to this theory, no leadership style is best in all situations. Success depends upon a number of variables, including the leadership style, qualities of the followers and aspects of t ...
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... BSS dream" (p. 27). These strict procedures were hoped and believed to best ensure 'ecological validity' or the applicability of research findings to the wider world. Agar condemns this model of research as 'reductionism,' perhaps not in the conventional sense but in the sense of reducing as much as ...
... BSS dream" (p. 27). These strict procedures were hoped and believed to best ensure 'ecological validity' or the applicability of research findings to the wider world. Agar condemns this model of research as 'reductionism,' perhaps not in the conventional sense but in the sense of reducing as much as ...
Anthropology, Eleventh Edition
... Studies material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior. Study tools, pottery, and other features such as hearths and enclosures that remain as the testimony of earlier cultures. ...
... Studies material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior. Study tools, pottery, and other features such as hearths and enclosures that remain as the testimony of earlier cultures. ...
Lecture Notes ch 1
... Anthropology as a distinct field is a relatively recent product of Western civilization. When Europeans sought to extend their trade and political domination they encountered ...
... Anthropology as a distinct field is a relatively recent product of Western civilization. When Europeans sought to extend their trade and political domination they encountered ...
what does genetic selection miss?
... different traits present among populations. Indeed, how could this be so? There seems to be no way to interpret the mechanism of natural selection in such demiurgic fashion unless one is ready to regard nature as an intentional agent that acts like a super-agent would be expected to do. It is import ...
... different traits present among populations. Indeed, how could this be so? There seems to be no way to interpret the mechanism of natural selection in such demiurgic fashion unless one is ready to regard nature as an intentional agent that acts like a super-agent would be expected to do. It is import ...
Text of Professor Maurice Bloch's text: Where did anthropology Go? Or The need for "Human Nature"
... The implications of focusing on the ability of humans to imitate and borrow information and then to pass it on to another by non genetic means is genuinely far reaching. It is what makes culture possible. Since people borrow cultural traits one from another, they can individually combine bits and p ...
... The implications of focusing on the ability of humans to imitate and borrow information and then to pass it on to another by non genetic means is genuinely far reaching. It is what makes culture possible. Since people borrow cultural traits one from another, they can individually combine bits and p ...
Social Darwinism
... Herbert Spencer published his ideas on the theory of evolution in an essay entitled 'The Development Hypothesis' on March 20, 1852, seven years before Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published Herbert Spencer first coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" in his 1864 'Principles of Biology ...
... Herbert Spencer published his ideas on the theory of evolution in an essay entitled 'The Development Hypothesis' on March 20, 1852, seven years before Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published Herbert Spencer first coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" in his 1864 'Principles of Biology ...
CHAPTER 15
... 2. The nuclear family is ego-centered, and impermanent, while descent groups are permanent (lasting beyond the life-spans of individual constituents) and reckoned according to a single ancestor. 3. One’s family of orientation is the family in which one is born and grows up, while one’s family of pro ...
... 2. The nuclear family is ego-centered, and impermanent, while descent groups are permanent (lasting beyond the life-spans of individual constituents) and reckoned according to a single ancestor. 3. One’s family of orientation is the family in which one is born and grows up, while one’s family of pro ...
chapter outline
... 2. The nuclear family is ego-centered, and impermanent, while descent groups are permanent (lasting beyond the life-spans of individual constituents) and reckoned according to a single ancestor. 3. One’s family of orientation is the family in which one is born and grows up, while one’s family of pro ...
... 2. The nuclear family is ego-centered, and impermanent, while descent groups are permanent (lasting beyond the life-spans of individual constituents) and reckoned according to a single ancestor. 3. One’s family of orientation is the family in which one is born and grows up, while one’s family of pro ...
Physical Fitness
... Amount of time it takes to start a movement once your senses signal the need to move Examples: Track, swimming ...
... Amount of time it takes to start a movement once your senses signal the need to move Examples: Track, swimming ...
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... Ethnologists try to find patterns of behavior that are common to the various groups under investigation. ...
... Ethnologists try to find patterns of behavior that are common to the various groups under investigation. ...
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... 19. Explain Boas's idea of relativism. 20. What were the main theories that Hatch considers Boas and Tylor to operate under and tell a little about them? or Compare and Contrast Tylor and Boas? 21. From an Enlightenment era perspective, what role did rationality play in societies? 22. The argument b ...
... 19. Explain Boas's idea of relativism. 20. What were the main theories that Hatch considers Boas and Tylor to operate under and tell a little about them? or Compare and Contrast Tylor and Boas? 21. From an Enlightenment era perspective, what role did rationality play in societies? 22. The argument b ...