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CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading and studying Chapter 1you should be able to: 1. Define anthropology; understand its breadth, especially its interest in global diversity. 2. Describe the four field approach to anthropology. 3. Understand that the four fields are interrelated and have blurred boundaries. 4. Identify three broad areas of interest to physical anthropologists. 5. Understand why archaeologists analyze material remains of historic and prehistoric cultures. 6. Describe the three types of material remains of interest to archaeologists. 7. Describe the four branches of linguistic anthropology. 8. Explain the difference between ethnography and ethnology. 9. Identify five areas of specialization within cultural anthropology. 10. Understand the guiding principles of holism, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism. 11. Understand the nature and limitations of ethnocentric reactions and give several examples of their own and others’ ethnocentrism. 12. Present a clear explanation of cultural relativism and its importance to anthropology. 13. List four contributions of the holistic, cross-cultural perspective of anthropology to the scientific understanding of humanity. 14. Understand the difference between basic and applied research in anthropology. 15. 16. Distinguish between the emic and the etic approaches to anthropology Understand how the study of anthropology develops skills and competencies necessary for success in the 21st century. 1