Human Variation

Question 1

It is the distinctive characteristic that defines an individual or is shared by those belonging to a particular group

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identity

Question 2

are two of the primary factors that shape the behavior of human groups

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environmental and history

Question 3

It connotes membership of a person, in the country, describing his/her connection with the political state.

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nationality

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Basis of identification for nationality is

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by birth or by inheritance

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is granted to an individual by the government of the country, when he/she complies with the legal formalities.

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citizenship

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it is either jus soli or jus sanguinis.

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by birth

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jus soli meaning

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right of the soil

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jus sanguinis meaning

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right of blood

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the process of becoming or making someone a citizen of a country that they were not born in.

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by naturalization

Question 10

It refers to the person’s identity in relation to the SOCIAL , CULTURAL or RELIGIOUS group.

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ethnicity

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Bases of identification for ethnicity are through:

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language, religion, culture, race

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It refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women

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gender

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refers to the biological characteristics of humans such as male or female

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sex

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• a person with this gender is inclined to be sexually attracted to a person of the opposite sex.

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heterosexual

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• a person who is sexually attracted to a person of the same sex.

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homosexual

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• a person who is attracted to both sexes.

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bisexual

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-person whose gender identity does not match up with his/her assigned sex.

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transgender

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• a person who feels that he/she is not the gender which he/she was assigned, and can be addressed through medical sexual reassignment.

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transsexual

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• a broad term that is inclusive of people who are not straight and cisgender

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queer

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• a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “male” or “female”

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intersex

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• a person who is totally incapable of being attracted to any sex.

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asexual

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• a person who is attracted to multiple types of gender.

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polysexual

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• a person who accommodates all types of gender

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pansexual

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It refers to the category of persons who have more or less the same socioeconomic
privileges in a society

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socioeconomic class

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- they are considered the most productive in terms of resource generation and oftentimes very successful in their respective fields of interests and endeavors. The elite has two general types: the new rich/nouveau riche and the old rich/traditional upper class.

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upper class

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- composed of small business and industry operators mostly owners and managers, professionals, office workers, and farm owners with income sufficient enough to provide a comfortable and decent living.

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middle class

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- are the farm employees, skilled and unskilled artisans, service workers, and people who may be unemployed or underemployed or those who belong to indigent families or informal sectors.

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lower class

Question 28

• It refers to an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, associated along with ceremonial or ritualistic practices by which people try to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe otherwise beyond human control.

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religion

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- belief in the existence of one God.

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monotheism

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- belief in the existence of multiple gods and goddesses.

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polytheism

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- disbelieving or lacking belief in the existence of God.

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atheism

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- belief that the nature and existence of gods is unknown and inherently unknowable due to the nature of subjective experience.

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agnosticism

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It refers to the set of attitudes and practices that an individual adheres to in relation to the political systems and actors within his or her society.

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political identity

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• It refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/or having physically or mentally challenged conditions concerning personality/behavior, communication, intellect, physical Combination of mare than one specific exceptionality or disability.

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exceptionality

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is a perspective that promotes an individual's culture as the most efficient and superior; hence the individual who exhibits ethnocentrism feels that his or her culture is the most appropriate as compared with other cultures.

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ethnocentrism

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promotes the perspective that cultures must be understood in the context of their locality

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cultural relativism