Anthropology - Magic, witchcraft, and religion midterm Flashcards

503685294	What is Religion?	set of beliefs and practices pertaining to supernatural beings or forces
503685295	Supernatural	a force or existence that transcends the natural
503685296	what is magic?	a ritual practice believed to compel the supernatural to act in a desired way
503685297	what is witchcraft?	evil power inherent in certain individuals that permits them, without the use of magical charms or paraphernalia, to do harm or cause misfortune for others
503685298	what is emic approach?	is the approach of the insider. insider may not view things the same way as the outsider does
503685299	what is etic approach?	is the outsider looking in.
503685300	unilineal evolution	the idea that each culture goes through the same stages of primitive to advanced (superstition to monotheism)
503685301	animism	belief in spirit beings
503685302	animatism	belief in impersonal supernatural forces like the power of a rabbits foot, knocking on wood etc.
504055786	What is Anthropology?	the study of people, human culture, evolutionary aspects of human bio. Includes cultural, archaeological and physical
504055787	What are the fields of Anthropology	1. cultural 2. linguistic 3. archaeological 4. biological/physical
504055788	cultural anthropology	the study of human culture. It is about the societies, both historic and current, and how they behave around each other
504055789	Archaelogy	is the scientific study of past cultures and the way people lived based on the things they left behind. Culture is the shared ways of life learned by a group of people, including their language, religion, technology, and values.
504055790	Linguistic Anthropology	look at culture through language and attempts to understand underlying cognitive processes through the use and structure of language and body language
504055791	Physical Anthropology	study of evolution through human biology
504055792	Primatology	study of primates
504055793	ethnology	study of nonhuman behavior
504055794	Paleoanthropology	human evolutionary studies; the study or origins and predecessors of human beings
504055795	Gentics	Is the field of biology devoted to understanding how characteristics are transmitted from parents to offspring.
504055796	Paleopathology	the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
504055797	Osteology	The study of the bones and the disorders and diseases of the skeletal system
504055798	emic	approach of studying a culture's behavior from the perspective of an insider (inside their own culture)
504055799	etic	approach of studying a culture's behavior from the perspective of an outsider (looking at a different culture from yourself)
504055800	empirical approach	A study conducted via careful observations and scientifically based research.
504055801	hypothesis	an educated guess that requires verification
504055802	theory	partially proven idea, well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
504177062	Mana	An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects. Ex. luck , charismatic power