Nomadic Lifestyle | Socio 100 / USCP Flashcards
Environmental determinism
Nomadic Lifestyle
What is the significance of studying culture, society, and politics?
SSCDM
A branch of learning that deals with human society. It includes a number of disciplines. These disciplines differ, but they share enough in common to overlap.
Social Science
Are the disciplines concerned with the systematic study of social phenomena.
Social Science
Originated from the Latin word, ‘SOCIUS’ meaning ASSOCIATE / COMPANION.
Sociology
From the Greek word LOGOS meaning to STUDY / INQUIRE.
Sociology
It is the study of society; human social behavior. (Arcilla-Serapio 2016)
Sociology
It enables us to understand the structure and dynamics of society, their complex connections to patterns of human behavior, and individual life changes.
Sociology
Helps us see that all people are social beings. It tells that your behavior is influenced by social factors and that you have learned your behavior from others.
Sociological Perspective
It allows you to see beyond your own day-to-day life by viewing the world through other’s eyes. (Arcilla-Serapio, 2016)
Sociological Perspective
Father of Sociology
Auguste Comte
He emphasized that in understanding a society we need not only to observe in a step-by-step procedure but also to have methodological principles that will lead us into research.
Emile Durkheim
He said that the study of society must involve social facts (NORMS, FOLKWAYS, BELIEFS, AND MORES.
Emile Durkheim
He believed that society was here before us.
Emile Durkheim
[ ] and [ ] believed that society is a set of interdependent parts.
Comte and Durkheim
Father of Modern Sociology
Emile Durkheim
He coined the term ‘Sociology.’
Auguste Comte
He used empirical evidence; a statistical method to count the number of people.
Auguste Comte
A way of thinking based on the assumption that it is possible to observe social life if we will be using scientific methods to understand society.
Positivism
He said, “Society is like a living organism, a human body.”
Herbert Spencer
Social Darwinism or Survival of the Fittest
Herbert Spencer
He said that society is a system of highly interrelated parts. Each part of the society has a role to perform and work together for the benefit of the whole society.
Herbert Spencer
Derived from the Greek word, ‘ANTHROPOS’ - MAN and ‘LOGOS’ - TO STUDY / INQUIRE.
Anthropology
Holistic Study of Man
Anthropology
It answers the question: Who are you? What makes you? And what is your place in this world?
Anthropology
SUBFIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY
It deals with prehistoric societies, through the examination of artifacts and fossils.
Archaeology
SUBFIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Focuses on human cultures, beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies, and economies.
Cultural Anthropology