Key Concepts of Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 3 Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology

Key Terms
Behavioral ecologyindividual selection (p-value)
Cultural ecologyPolitical economy
diffusionprimary institutions
ethnoscience secondary institutions
evolutionary biologysociobiology
evolutionary psychologyspecific evolution
functionismstructuralism
general evolutiontheoretical orientation
group selectionhermeenutics


Suggested Internet & InfoTrac College Edition Exercises
@ Go to http://www.researchnavigatgor.com and enter your LOGIN NAME and PASSOWRD.
@ Using ContentSelect select "Ahthropology." Search for an article that includes a discussion of one of the theorists mentioned in this chapter. Summarize the article and give an example of one of the following: 1) how the theoretical approach of that person was used by the author; 2) how and why the theorist was mentioned; or 3) how research was derived from the theoretical approach.

 

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