Choose Either Ecological Anthropology or Boasian Anthropology

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Essay

Choose either ecological anthropology or Boasian anthropology. Describe what sorts of questions an anthropologist following this theoretical perspective would be interested in if he or she were to study the social life of American university students.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

The automatic or natural reaction to a stimulus in classical conditioning, which occurs without the necessity for prior learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Behavioral Perspective

An approach in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors, emphasizing the effects of learning and environment on actions.