Module 03: The Sociology & Anthropology of the Self

Question 1

This is the study of human social relationships and institutions.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

This is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Professionals investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts.

Answer 2

Sociology

Question 3

This is the systematic study of humanity, with the goal of understanding our evolutionary origins, our distinctiveness as a species, and the great diversity in our forms of social existence across the world and through time.

Answer 3

Anthropology

Question 4

This is “the science of humanity,” which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species.

Answer 4

Anthropology

Question 5

According to Stevens (1996), the “Self” is commonly defined by the following characteristics: (SSICUP)

Answer 5

(1) Separate
(2) Self-contained
(3) Independent
(4) Constant
(5) Unitary
(6) Private

Question 6

This characteristic of life suggests that the self is isolated from the external world.

Answer 6

Private

Question 6

It is ever-changing and dynamic, allowing external influences to take part in its shaping.

Answer 6

Self

Question 7

This pertains to ‘the person’ and their ‘social context’ where the boundaries of one cannot easily be separated from the boundaries of the other

Answer 7

Social Constructionist Argument

Question 7

According to him, the self is not a static entity that stays constant through and through.

Answer 7

Stevens

Question 8

What is the gist of the self according to Stevens?

Answer 8

Multifaceted

Question 9

According to this French Anthropologist, there is an elucidation regarding the faculty or paradoxical nature of remaining as the same person and turning chameleon by adapting to one’s context.

Answer 9

Marcel Mauss

Question 10

According to Marcel Mauss, the self is constituted of two parts:

Answer 10

(1) Moi
(2) Personne

Question 11

This pertains to a person’s sense of who he is, his body, and his basic identity, biological given. It is a person’s basic identity.

Answer 11

Moi

Question 12

This is composed of the social concepts of what it means to be who he is. It has much to do with what it means to live in a particular institution, a particular family, a particular religion, a particular nationality, and how to behave given expectations and influences from others.

Answer 12

Personne

Question 13

According to Vignoles et al., (2016), these influence how we think about the world, our social relationships, health and lifestyle choices, community engagement, political actions, and ultimately our own and other people’s well being

Answer 13

Social Influence

Question 14

Recent studies, indicate that men and women in their growth and development engage actively in the shaping of the self. The unending terrain of metamorphosis of the self is mediated by ______________________.

Answer 14

Language

Question 15

As both a publicly shared and privately utilized symbol system. this is known as the site where the INDIVIDUAL and the SOCIAL make and remake each other.

Answer 15

Language

Question 16

This theory believed that the sense of self is developed through social interactions, such as observing and interacting with others

Answer 16

Social Self Theory

Question 17

According to him, the self is not yet present at birth. Rather, it is developed over time from social experiences and activities.

Answer 17

George Herbert Mead

Question 18

According to George Herbert Mead, there are three activities that develop the self.

Answer 18

(1) Language
(2) Play
(3) Games

Question 19

He develop the Looking Glass Self?

Answer 19

Charles Cooley

Question 20

According to Charles Cooley, people develop a sense of self having 3 elements:

Answer 20

(1) How we imagine we appear to others.
(2) Judgment we imagine that other people may be making about us.
(3) Self-image based upon the evaluations of others.

Question 21

This is a group of people affiliated by a specific relationship. Basically, this is the most fundamental unit of social organization that with which we most intimately identify.

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Family

Question 22

What are the types of family? (NSECSG)

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(1) Nuclear Family
(2) Single Parent
(3) Extended Family
(4) Childless Family
(5) Stepfamily
(6) Grandparent Family

Question 23

This is is a biological term for a person’s genetic condition of being male or female.

Answer 23

Sex

Question 24

This is a social interpretation that varies across cultures. This term is personal, social and cultural.

Answer 24

Gender

Question 25

This is a social construct determined by a person’s ancestral origins, culture, and physical attributes inherited from their ancestors

Answer 25

Ethnicity

Question 26

What are the terms under gender?

Answer 26

(1) Sexual Orientation
(2) Gender Identity
(3) Gender Expression

Question 27

This combined with Ethnicity to further define a person’s identity within his or her larger community

Answer 27

Nationality

Question 27

A research anent to ethnicity stated that they usually believe that they belong to ethnic minorities, are found to have lower self-esteem when they compared themselves to Whites, who are more advantaged

Answer 27

African-Americans

Question 27

They are assumptions that are made about individuals because they belong to a particular social group.

Answer 27

Stereotypes