ACTIVITY 1

What steps can I take to overcome any barriers or challenges to participating and
completing this subject? List at least three actions.

Answers:

1. As a student don’t hesitate to ask question about the lesson.

2. Advance reading about this subject.
3. Assessment to student after discussing the lesson.

PRE-TEST:
1. C
2. A.
3. B
4. C
5. B
 Activity 2: Chapter Assessment
What do Anthropologist What are the four What do anthropologist How is anthropology Contrast the
Study? sub-fields of unique as a discipline? unique as a discipline perspective of
anthropology? ethnocentrism and
cultural relativism

 Anthropologists 1. Cutlural  They study of  Anthropologist • Ethnocentrism is

research, Anthropolgy humankind. go into other socially
observe, analyze, 2. Archaeolog The discipline exam cultures. Field transmitted. A
and apply what 3. Linguistic ines the interplay of work. trip to your local
they learn toward Anthroplogy cultural, social,  By studying shopping center
an understanding 4. Physical economic, political, small-scale, may also trigger
of the many Anthropology natural and relatively ethnocentrism if
variations of the environmental isolated cultural you encounter
human condition. factors in the groups.  people of other
A grounding in development of  By using cross- cultures and
past human humans and human cultural and subcultures who
adaptations, both communities. comparative dress, speak,
biological Anthropologist is a method and act
(related to living key discipline differently than
organism) and contributing to you do. It is
cultural, multiculturalism, important to
contributes to environmental recognize that
our studies, and cultural
understanding of globalization. ethnocentrism is
adaptation. different from
egocentrism,
where one
makes negative
value judgments
that are based
on personal
belief or
behavior.
• While cultural
relativism is the
idea that any
aspect of
culture must be
viewed and
evaluated within
the context
(setting,
situation) of
culture. The job
of
anthropologists
who s applying
this perspective
is to describe a
cultural trait,
custom, belief
activity or any
art of a culture
and to show
how it fits into
the values and
traditions of
that cultural
system.