four subfields of anthropology. (4 points) The field of anthropology has four subfields including biological (also known as physical)‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ and archaeology. Biological anthropology studies humans as biological species through human genetics‚ evolution‚ and close human relatives such as primates. Cultural anthropology studies human cultural behaviors and cultural systems through variations in cultural expression among current human populations. Linguistic anthropology describes the
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PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Theoretical approaches in the social sciences – for example‚ behaviorism‚ functionalism‚ hermeneutics – have a perspectival nature. Perspectives have their own way of describing social sciences and may be dangerous for any social institution (Blinov‚ 2010:21). Philosophy’s aim is to question beliefs and opinions in the social science disciplines but also these disciplines can be politically innocent and neutral institutions by not favouring any particular practices or
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3 Major Theoretical Approaches to Sociology Functionalism (a.k.a. Structural Functionalism‚ Functional Analysis‚ Positivism): Until relatively modern times the prevalent sociological perspective was Functionalism‚ a paradigm which analyzes social structures (such as religion‚ schooling‚ or race relations) to deduce what social functions (such as marriage conventions‚ college attendance‚ or hiring practices) derive from them. This theoretical approach views society as a system of inter-dependent
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THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Classification of the literature about violence against women is difficult because violence against women cannot be understood in terms of a single factor. Most of the researchers focus on a few different reasons and not on a single one to explain why men use violence against women. Their arguments are sometimes so similar that even their approach is defined in different perspectives. For example‚ approaches by Gelles and Straus‚ who have many essays and
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nothing more frustrating in life than not getting the proper medical treatment that is the most effective and beneficial to you. In fact a lot of people may feel this way‚ and that is partly to do with the fact that the medical community has been dominated by Western societies which create little room for any other form of medical treatment. This problem can be solved by allowing anthropologists to be available within highly established medical institutions‚ whether it is in a large city hospital or in
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Medical anthropology is an important sub-field within anthropology. Medical anthropology includes global health‚ medical systems‚ and cross-cultural issues and ideas in health and wellness. Health systems Medical anthropologists often research different health systems around the world‚ offering a comparative outlook. A health system is the course of treatment given to an individual. This involves how an illness is experienced and perceived by an individual‚ what an individual does about their illness
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uses the concepts and categories that are relevant and meaningful to the culture under analysis (Ferraro/Andreatta). There has been much debate on whether the etic or emic-orientated techniques of research should be used in the field. Cultural anthropology should focus on a joint permutation on both the etic and emic-oriented research styles to produce the most useful results because of the advantages and disadvantages both contain. “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari‚” “Shakespeare in the Bush‚” and
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1.1 Explain the background and development of theoretical ethical approaches? BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEORETICAL ETHICAL APPROACHES Deontological Theory The deontological theory state that the consequences or outcomes of actions are not important‚ what actually matter is that the actions are morally justified. For example drunken driving is wrong‚ now if a person argues that he safely navigated his way back home and for that reason he/she should not be held accountable by law‚ they
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Introduction As a generalist social worker it is important and imperative to learn and use theoretical approaches when working with an individual or family. Theories are an interrelated set of concepts that have been organized to explain a problem and to remove barriers and challenges that have or are affecting a system. Utilizing a theory assist in removing the negative and focuses on the positive that will impact change in the individual or the family. However theories can be complicated and it
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Theoretical and treatment approaches to family treatment Structural family therapists have developed a number of techniques; some of the following techniques are frequently used in restructuring families (Janzen) Confirmation: The therapist who is giving a sympathetic response to a family member’s affective presentation of herself‚ for example‚ may employ this technique: “You seem to be worried.” Confirmation can also be executed by describing an obviously negative characteristic of the client
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