Anthropology Study Guide 1.) The Nacirema excerpt is written by Horace Miner from the etic or outside perspective describing a ‘backward’ culture with weird beliefs and rituals. The purpose of this essay is to address some critical questions and desire at the heart of anthropology. How do we understand other people who are strange‚ odd‚ and different. Why do people do what they do. How do we know our descriptions are accurate? 2.) Cultural relativism vs ethnocentrism cultural relativism
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Collins_Forensic.qxd 9/21/06 3:40 PM Page 1 FORENSIC CHEMISTRY David Collins Brigham Young University—Idaho C P rime-time television is chock-full of drama centered on the criminal justice system. Programs such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‚ Law & Order‚ Criminal Minds‚ and Cold Case carry the viewer through stimulating‚ yet nearly impossible-to-solve‚ investigations that culminate with the evidence revealing the entire untold story behind a crime in one hour or less. In real life
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apply lipstick and to press ones lips to a surface. Another way is to have someone press their lips on to a surface and lift the print with dust and tape. EAR PRINTS Ear prints are a very tricky subject when it comes to identification purposes in Forensics. Even though no two ears are the same people still believe that ear prints are not a good enough proof of evidence to present in court. One technique to lifting prints is to lift the print with powder and tape‚ as you would while lifting a latent
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of education of it is not high enough they most likely will not get the job. If one does not have at least a high school diploma he cannot obtain a CSI position (Ferguson‚ 18). Having a bachelor’s degree in forensic science is a benefit to anyone wanting to become a CSI (Ferguson‚ 22). A forensic science degree is the only thing one can take up to become a CSI they can also take biology‚ chemistry‚ or criminal justice. The colleges I am still deciding on whether I should attend Saint Leo University
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mortem interval (PMI) is the time between when the victim’s death‚ and when the corpse was discovered. “Understanding the processes that occur in a body during the PMI can help investigators estimate a time of death.” There are many methods in which forensic scientists can estimate the TOD‚ but none of them are fool proof. As a result‚ pathologist can usually find a good estimation of the victims TOD within a few hours of the actual event. When a person first dies‚ their body stays limp until Rigor
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Diffusionism as an anthropological school of thought was an attempt to understand the nature of culture in terms of the origin of culture traits and their spread from one society to another. Diffusionism refers to the diffusion or transmission of cultural characteristics or traits from the common society to all other societies. The Biblical theory of human social origin was taken for granted in Renaissance thought (14th century-17th century). The role diffusion played in cultural diversity was acknowledged
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Human diversity has always called my attention‚ especially when it comes to discovering and studying the behavior of a specific species and the relationships between social organizations‚ that is why anthropology is the answer to my dream of working with intellectuality and passion. Being part of a unique culture which I am very proud to call Colombia‚ I would love to have a deeper study of cultures around the world and through history as a society‚ my dream is to help understand cultural‚ biological
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Shamanism Shamanism in Anthropology has been an entity in a constant metamorphosis. It has always been considered exotic and its existence around the globe was never contradicted. However‚ over the years it did not receive the scholarly attention that it so requires. The age of discovery garnered a multitude of information on shamanism all over the world. The reporters invested a great deal of accuracy in the gathering of the information‚ but their observational skills were mostly underdeveloped
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covers the interesting topic of mental illnesses. Counseling psychology an interesting topic‚ within psychology. This large field in psychology is fascinating‚ because the psychologist is able to really focus in on the patient with a mental illness. Forensic psychology is another intriguing topic‚ as the psychologist gets to learn about different criminals and try to understand what goes on in their mind as they commit their crimes. experimental psychology Yellow fever‚ known historically as yellow
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The goal of anthropology is to learn about people in all spaces and times. Specifically‚ cultural anthropology aims to study how contemporaneous populations understand and organize the world around them‚ both socially and environmentally‚ as well as how they view and treat themselves and others. Four articles‚ which impacted how I think about cultural anthropology‚ are interwoven by concepts of ethics‚ power‚ identity‚ and environment. The main goal of the code of ethics should be to protect human
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