MR. ADJETEY

WEEK 2, WELCOME BACK !!!! HSP 3M Intro to

Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology

AGENDA Attendance/Bell Work Review Class Website assignment Today’s Lesson!

BELL WORK Why is anthropology important?

ADVISORY! Evolution, complicated topic, I know

let’s try and take it easy on each other. Let’s remember we are all part of community of learners with many unique and important differences.

SO REMEMBER TO BE RESPECTFUL.

PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES WITH THE PERSON SEATED NEXT TO YOU TO DISCUSS

THESE 3 QUESTIONS.1. What does it mean to be

human?2. How are human beings

unique? 3. What characteristics do

humans share with other species?

HOW WOULD AN ANTHROPOLOGIST TRY

TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

• In the past, anthropologist divided the human race into distinct racial groups.

• Physical anthropologiest have learned that physical differences develop in response to various geographical climatic and cultural conditions, and not due biological causes.

HOW WOULD AN ANTHROPOLOGIST TRY

TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

• The success of one group is due to social factors, such as education and employment opportunities. The physical differences can be attributed to geographical climatic and cultural differences.

• Diversity should not be viewed as a hindrance, it allows our species to

continue surviving in a changing world.

PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES WITH THE PERSON SEATED NEXT TO YOU TO DISCUSS THESE 2 QUESTIONS.

 

 

1. What human characteristics separate human beings from other species?

2. How have these characteristics helped humans to develop and progress?

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

The ability to communicate through language The ability to walk upright for long distances,

while performing other tasks. Any others...

HOMEWORK

Prepare a short paragraph 5-6 sentences about Mary Leakey

Please use website resources or any other referenced material.

BELL WORK Your Bell Work today will be to showme what you learned about Mary Leakey?

(please put your homework on your desk, I will be moving around to check it.)

CHAPTER 2 CONT’D

Please make a list of all the things you have done since this morning maximum of 20

things.

After you have done that please put an “A” (standing for acquired) and an “I” (standing for Innate) beside those that

you were born with.

NATURE VS NURTURE Hair Color Accent Height Puberty Weight Skin color Gender

NATURE VS NURTURE The nature vs. nurture debate concerns

the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities (“nature”, ie. Nativism or innatism) versus personal experiences (“nurture”, i.e. empiricism or behaviorism) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits.

NATURE VS NURTURE The view that humans acquire all or

almost all their behavioral traits from "nurture" is known as Tabula Rasa("blank slate") “John Locke”. This question was once considered to be an appropriate division of developmental influences, but since both types of factors are known to play such interacting roles in development, many modern psychologists consider the question naive - representing an outdated state of knowledge

DARWIN The concept of evolution basically states

that: Surviving species will pass on its unique characteristics to its offspring and those successful variations will produce a new species, on that can thrive in anew environment.

CULTURE HAND OUT ACTIVITY On your own please describe

characteristics of a culture.

CULTURE DEFINITION Culture refers to the pattern of human

activity and the symbols that give significance to these activities. Culture manifests itself in terms of the art, literature, costumes, customs, language, religion and religious rituals. The people and their pattern of life make up the culture of a region

CULTURE DEFINITION CONT’D Culture can influence our biological

needs and inherited tendencies. Examples of culture defining nature are choice of food or travel

Culture is shared Culture is learned Culture has patterns Culture shapes how we perceive and

understand the world.

WHAT IS CANADIAN CULTURE? Diversity Multiculturalism, Bilingualism, Civility Inclusion Equality.

ETHNOGRAPHYEthnography:  The branch of anthropology that

deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures

Participant observation: Is organized so as to produce a kind of writing called and ethnography. is a type of research strategy. It is a widely used methodology in Cultural Anthropology. Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as a religious, occupational, or sub-cultural group, or a particular community) and their practices through an intensive involvement with people in their natural environment, usually over an extended period of time.

ETHNOGRAPHY EXAMPLE

GROUP WORK Group 1: Foraging CulturesGroup 2: Horticultural culturesGroup 3: agricultural culturesGroup 4: Pastoral CulturesGroup 5: Industrial CulturesGroup 6 Communication-Based Cultures

Major characteristics