Lesson 1 Flashcards
3 social sciences
anthropology, sociology, and political science
Meaning of Anthropos
Human
It study humans as both biological and social creatures
anthropology
the genetic composition of humans, the relationship with other primates, and their evolution
biological
it is the human behaviors, attitudes, and belief systems, which range from birth practices to burial rights
social
the study of the people – their origins, their development, and the contemporary variations, wherever and whenever they have been found on the face of the earth
anthropology
scientist who studies anthropology
anthropologist
this focuses on human diversity around the world
anthropology
list down the five subdisciplines of anthropology
• archaeology
• cultural anthropology
• linguistic anthropology
• physical anthropology
• applied anthropology
this subdiscipline examines the remains of ancient and historical human populations to promote and understanding of how humans adopted to the environment and developed
archaeology
archaeology came from what word?
arkhaios
what does arkhaios mean?
ancient
this subdiscipline looks into the biological development of humans and their contemporary variation
physical anthropology
these are the portable remains
artifacts
these are the non portable remains
features
this subdiscipline promotes the study of a society’s culture through their belief systems, practices, and possessions
cultural anthropology
this subdiscipline examines the language of a group of people and its relation to the culture
linguistic anthropology
this subdiscipline attempts to solve contemporary problems through the application of theories and approaches of the discipline
applied anthropology
during this time anthropologist often from western societies will investigate on the system of beliefs, behaviors, and material possessions of non-western, preliterate, and simple societies
19th century
One of the classic studies in anthropology by claude Levi-Strauss. It presented the lives of a non-modern society in Brazil
Tristes Tropiques
a professor of anthropology at University of Pennsylvania ,studied the lives of street-level drug dealers
Philippe Bourgois
a french anthropologist and ethnologist, a key pioneer of structuralism and structural functionalism
Claude Levi-Strauss
these are the individuals who have significant knowledge on the topic being studied by the anthropologist
key informants
these entail the participation of the researcher on the daily practices and rituals of the group being studied
participant-observation methods
in this time, the study of anthropology is holistic in the sense of that its study (1) humans; (2) human behavior; (3) human behavior from all regions of the world; (4) all forms of human actions and belief
Anthropology in the 21st Century
it is a scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationship, social interaction, and culture
sociology
a latin word which means companion or associate
socius
he is the father of sociology
Auguste Comte
it is a scientific inquiry that covers human social activities
sociology
he coined the term sociology
Auguste Comte
he coined the phrase “sociological imagination”
C. Wright Mills
he define sociology as scientific inquiry that covers human social activities
Auguste Comte
it refers to the ability of sociologist to understand societies systematically
sociological imagination
Name atleast 3 subdisciplines of sociology
• social psychology
• social change and disorganization
• social organization
• human ecology
• population or demography
• applied sociology