# Cultural Anthropology/Glossary
## A
### Anthropology

    The scientific study of human beings as social organisms.

### Applied anthropology

    The practice of applying anthropological theory and or methods to solve human problems.

### Archeology

    The study and interpretation of the human past through examination of the material artifacts and remains left behind.

### Achieved status

    refers to the status level an individual in society has earned through work, education, luck, and/or social climbing. Achieved status is changeable throughout one's life.

### Ataque de Nervios

    State of mind characterized by uncontrollable shouting, crying, aggressiveness, shaking or trembling, fainting, and suicidal gestures. Typically follows a stressful event in one's life, and is accompanied by amnesia for the ataque.

## B
### Biological Anthropology (also Physical Anthropology)

    The study of human biology using principles of genetics, osteology, comparative primatology, evolution and adaptation.

## C
### Chronemics

    A type of nonverbal communication, this tends to cover the role of time when studying nonverbal communication.

### Cline

    Genetic variation between populations of species that are isolated in their reproduction.

### Collective Investigation

    A way of gathering bits and pieces of information from different sources.

## D

Diaspora: A group of people who have relocated from their place of origination to varied foreign lands.

## E
### Ethnography

    A scientific of describing different people and their cultures.

## H
### Haptics

    To use your sense of touch to move objects or manipulate other types of matter.

## I
### Ideology

    A system of ideas and ideals or manner of thinking which are characteristics of a group, social class, or individual.

### Imperialism

    The act of extending a particular country's power, either from military force and colonialism or through diplomacy

### Intrinsic Quality

    This usually has to do with the nature of people and or animals. Ex: Both humans and animals have to feed themselves in order to survive.

## N
### Natural Selection

    A system in which nature chooses who lives and dies.

### Nonverbal Communication

    This includes gestures with in body language to indicate what that person is thinking or what they want to do.

## O

Opprobrium
Extremely harsh criticism, censure or judgement.

## P
### Positivist Approach

    Based around the central idea of positivism, ( positive knowledge is based on natural phenomena with their properties and relations are verified by scientific method). Main goal is to produce objective knowledge.

### Proxemics

    The amount of space that people feel necessary to put between themselves and others as they interact; usually dependent on the region and culture that the people came from.

## Q
### Qualitative

    a type of data that describes the results of an experiment or trial.

## T
### Taxonomic Analysis

    A catalog that usually has an arrangement and sometimes has a division or a predetermined system according to science.

### Triangulation

    Finding and drawing different measurements of groups often found in territories or regions.