The Study of Human Civilizations

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The Study of Human Civilizations
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What is Anthropology?

• The study of humans in their environment
• The study of Perception and Values
• The study of Culture and Subcultures
• The study of Language
• The study of Stereotyping

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Humans and Their Environment

• Systems and how they work
• Open class system
• Closed class system
• Interaction
• Greenhouse effect
• Biodegradable
• Ecosystem

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Perception and Values

• Understand that value judgments are largely
  determined by culture
  
• Culture affects our perceptions of people and
  situations

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Perception and Value Judgments
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What is Culture?

• Definition the entire way a society lives and is
  organized.
  
• No culture is original
• Cultural diffusion and acculturation
• Enculturation
• Ethnocentrism
• Cultural traits

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Experiment What is American?
Umbrella Railroad train Steam radiator Bathtub
Towels Automobile

• Apple pie
• Pajamas
• Clock
• Soap
• Necktie
• Forks and spoons
• Oranges
• Cereal

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American Culture

• How has the American Culture Changed?

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Subcultures and their function

• Teenage subculture
• What makes a subculture?

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Language and Communication

• How is language related to culture?
• How does communication reflect a cultures values?

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Major Languages of the World
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Your Name in Hieroglyphics
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Stereotyping

• What are the roles of men and women today?
• What roles have changed?

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Changing Roles in the Family