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What is the main goal of anthropology?

To emphasize the unique traits of different cultures

To criticize cultures from an outsider perspective

To discover commonalities among all humanity (correct)

To study only prehistoric human origins

Why does anthropology challenge individuals to evaluate their own culture?

To make necessary changes for cultural betterment (correct)

To criticize other cultures

To make one's culture more unique

To emphasize commonalities with other cultures

Which field of anthropology focuses on the study of living people and their cultures?

Prehistoric Anthropology

Historical Anthropology

Biological Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology (correct)

What does anthropology try to understand by studying commonalities in humanity?

Human nature and behavior (A) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for anthropologists to make 'the strange familiar and the familiar strange'?

To understand and criticize one's own culture objectively (A) Signup and view all the answers

How does anthropology contribute to addressing human challenges?

By producing new knowledge and theories about human behavior (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does cultural anthropology mainly study?

Art, religion, migration, marriage, and family (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of linguistic anthropology?

Origins and history of communication (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of archaeology?

Study past human cultures through material remains (B) Signup and view all the answers

Biological anthropology mainly focuses on the study of:

Human evolution and contemporary variation (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who is regarded as the 'Father of Sociology'?

August Comte (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the Latin meaning of the word 'socius' as discussed in sociology?

'Associate' (B) Signup and view all the answers