Chapter 4

Question 1

Areas of Discipline

Answer 1

Social Diversity and Inequality
Self Reflective Knowledge and Practice
Appreciation of Complexity
Advocacy for Social Change and Order

Question 2

Is the study of humans and their society in the past and present.

Answer 2

Anthropoloy

Question 3

Branches of Anthropology

Answer 3

Physical Anthropology, ways of groups people think, feel and behave.
Cultural Anthropology, try to recover information about human creatures.

Question 4

Goals of Anthropology

Answer 4

to describe and analyze about the biological evolution of mankind.
to describe and asses the cultural development of our species.
to explain and analyze present-day human cultural similarities and differences.
to describe and explain human biological diversity today.

Question 5

Is a social science discipline that deals with systems of government and the analysis of political activities and political behavior. Primarily, it helps people gain an understanding of “who gets what, when they get it, and how they get it.”

Answer 5

Political Science

Question 6

It is the study of human social relationships and institutions. This discipline mainly focuses on society–its functions, its members, and its diversity.

Answer 6

Sociology

Question 7

Goals of Sociology

Answer 7

to guide in understanding intrapersonal factors.
to build a better understanding of mankind.
to aid in decision-making in the micro and macro level.
to gather systematic informatiom from which to make a decision, provide insights into what is going on in a situation, and presenr alternatives.