Anthropology, Sociology, PolSci Flashcards
(24 cards)
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
It focuses on the discovery of theoretical tools, methods, and techniques to scientifically explain a particular sociological issue.
Sociological Theory & Research
It studies factors that cause social organization and social disorganization like calamity, drug abuse, drastic and gradual social change, health and welfare problems, political instability, unemployment and underemployment, child and women issue, etc.
Social Change
Is the oldest field in political science, finding its roots in the ancient theories of Aristotle and Plato, this field integrates the timeless with timely questions about political ideology, fairness, justice, and equity.
Political Theory
International Relations is the study of political relations between nation-states. It includes the study of diplomacy, military conflict, and conflict resolution, as well as the international political economy, international organizations, and other processes that operate across the boundaries of nation-states.
International Relation
Is the comparative study of other countries, citizens, different political units either in whole or in part, and analyzes the similarities and differences between those political units
Comparative Politics
Focuses on the qualitative methods used in the study of politics combining statistics, mathematics, and formal theory. It is often used in positive research, unlike normative research. It is related to econometrics.
Political Methodology
Is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.
Public Administration
Is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the distribution of national income and wealth.
Political Economy
