Anthropology, Sociology, PolSci Flashcards
Study of man or human being
Describes human behavior
Anthropology
4 Anthropological perspective
-Cross Cultural
-Evolutionary
-Emphasis
-Evolutionary
Scientific understanding of human interaction and pattern
Sociology
3 Sociological Perspective
-Functionalist P
-Conflict P
-Symbolic INteraction
study of the state and government
Political Science
Studies human cultures, beliefs, ideas, technologies, economies, practices, values, and other spheres of social and rational organization. This branch is primarily based on cultural understanding gained through actual experiences, or participant observations of the human population.
Cultural Anthropology
Deals with biological and behavioral aspects of human beings. It focuses on their relationships to non-human primates and their extinct hominid ancestors.
Physical Anthropology
Studies both the ancient and recent past of humans through the material remains, such as artifacts, fossils and bone fragments.
Archeology
Studies the relations between language and culture in relation to human biology, human reasoning and human language.
Linguistic Anthropology
Deals with the application of anthropological facts, perspectives, theories, and procedures in identifying, assessing, and solving social problems.
Applied Anthropology
This includes the study of social institutions, social inequality, social mobility, religious groups, and bureaucracy.
Social Organization
This area focuses on the study of human nature and its emphasis on social processes as they affect individual or responses which are called “social stimuli”.
Social Psychology
This is concerned with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations. The goal of Applied Sociology is to assist in resolving social problems through the use of sociological research.
Applied Psychology
This area includes size, growth, demographic characteristics, composition, migration, changes, and quality vis-a-vis economic, political, and social systems.
Population Studies
It pertains to the study of the effects of various social organizations (religious organizations, political institutions and etc.) to the population’s behavior
Human Ecology