This document discusses the relationship between psychology and anthropology. It states that psychology studies how cultural factors influence human behavior, while anthropology studies human evolution, civilization, and the cultures of primitive societies. The fields are interrelated, as cross-cultural psychologists use anthropological knowledge to understand cultural influences, and anthropologists employ psychological concepts to explain human behavior and culture. The emerging field of psychological anthropology specifically examines the interaction between culture and mental processes.

1. PSYCHOLOGY AND
ANTHROPOLOGY
ASHIQ MUHAMMED A
14IAME13
UNIVERSITY OF
HYDERABAD

2. • 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.

3. • 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.

4. • 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.

5. 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.

6. • 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

7. • 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.