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PSYCHOLOGY AND
ANTHROPOLOGYASHIQ MUHAMMED A
14IAME13
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
• PSYCHOLOGY HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANTHROPOLOGY OR ‘THE SCIENCE OF MAN’
• ANTHROPOLOGY STUDIES THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RACE, THE PHYSICAL EVOLUTION OF MANKIND, AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
• IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF PRIMITIVE MAN AND THEIR CULTURE, TRADITION,
CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS.
• PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES HOW THESE CULTURAL FACTORS INFLUENCE THE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.
• THE CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGISTS DRAW FROM THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS
TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE FEATURES AND INFLUENCES OF A CULTURE OR REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE.
• THEY USE THE METHODS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS. SO THE STUDY OF
ANTHROPOLOGY FACILITATES THE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGY.
• SIMILARLY, THE KNOWLEDGE OF ABNORMAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY HELPS THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS
IN EXPLAINING THE MAN, HIS RELIGION, AND CULTURE. MOREOVER, PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
ARE APPLIED FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CULTURE.
• PSYCHOLOGY TENDS TO BE MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL SOCIETY WHILE ANTHROPOLOGY TENDS TO BE MUCH MORE BROAD AND INCLUDE, FAMILIAL,
SOCIETAL AND GLOBAL STUDY INCLUDING LANGUAGE, CULTURE, SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND
ARCHAEOLOGY.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SUBFIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY
THAT STUDIES THE INTERACTION OF CULTURAL AND MENTAL PROCESSES
• SCHOLARS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY EXAMINE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON
INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND SHARED
CULTURE.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY INVESTIGATES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS THAT ENCOURAGE ENDURANCE AND CHANGE IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS,
WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND THE
INDIVIDUAL.
• FOR EXAMPLE, IN CASE OF EATING DISORDERS. PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDYING EATING DISORDERS
MIGHT WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COMBINATIONS OF SYMPTOMS TYPIFY DIFFERENT
EATING DISORDERS, THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERSONALITY VARIABLES TO EATING DISORDERS,
AND EFFECTIVE THERAPIES TO TREAT THESE ILLNESSES. ON THE OTHER HAND PSYCHOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGISTS MIGHT ASK: ARE THERE CULTURAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO EATING
DISORDERS?
• FREUD’S PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY BRIDGED THE TWO AND GAVE PSYCHOLOGY A HISTORICAL ELEMENT .
FREUD’S EXCURSIONS INTO ANTHROPOLOGY, STILL HEAVILY PSYCHOLOGICAL IN NATURE, WERE INCLUDED IN HIS BOOK ‘TOTEM AND TABOO ’(1946), AND HIS ESSAYS
IN ’CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS’ (1961).
• FREUD’S INSIGHTS INTO PSYCHO-CULTURAL ANALYSIS ALLOWED ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO
RECOGNIZE THAT MUCH OF WHAT IS DONE BY INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES IS
INFLUENCED BY THE DESIRES OF THEIR UNCONSCIOUS MINDS.
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