Lesson 1 Flashcards
Learned patterns of perception, values, and behaviors shared by a group of people that are dynamic and heterogeneous.
Culture
Anthropology: Culture
Sociology: Society
Political Science: ________
Politics
Anthropology and Sociology deal with _____________, both study human behavior and the different factors that affect our social relations.
Commonalities in society and culture
It started as a science during the time of exploration when European countries started to colonize what they considered primitive societies where people were believed to be savages and barbaric.
Anthropology
It emerged as an academic field right at the height of the Industrial Revolution in Europe which mobilized the entire population in a way that had never been before in human history. This era had brought great changes in the way people lived in a society
Sociology
Who started anthropology?
Franz Boas
Who started sociology?
Auguste Comte
It is the study of people and their culture.
Anthropology
It is the study of society, patterns of social interactions, and culture of everyday life.
Sociology
Subject Inquiry of Anthropology:
- Biological anthropology
- Cultural anthropology
- Linguistics
- Archeology
Subject Inquiry of Sociology:
- Social phenomena, issues, and problems
- Family background
- Socioeconomic status
- Ethnicity
- Social classes
- Religion
- Gender
- Beliefs
- Traditions
- Norms
- Social organization
- Social psychology
- Applied sociology
- Human ecology
Goals of Anthropology:
- See the commonalities among people.
- Look at what makes us the same.
- Discover what makes people different from each other.
- Produce new knowledge about mankind.
- Look at one’s own culture more objectively.
Goals of Sociology:
- Obtain possible theories and principles about society.
- Study the nature of humanity.
- Appreciate that all things in society are interdependent.
- Expose our minds to different perspectives in attaining truth.
