Cultural Anthropology and Physical Anthropology
Learning Objective
I can explain how cultural anthropology helps us understand how humans are socialized by their cultures, building on my understanding of physical anthropology.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Briefly describe the main difference in focus between early North American cultural anthropology and early British social anthropology, as presented in the video.
2. According to the video, what is "psychic unity of mankind," and how did this concept influence Franz Boas' approach to cultural anthropology?
3. Explain how studying "folk ideas" (as described by Bastian) can help us understand the shared cognitive structure of humanity.
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