SOC 101 LT 2 Flashcards
Anthropology meanings
“Anthropos” - human
“logos” - knowledge
Who said “knowledge about humans”
Thomas H. Eriksen
What are the disciplines of Social Sciences?
Anthropology
Political Science
Sociology
What are social sciences?
Disciplines that study culture, society, and politics
What is archaelogy?
Studies tangible remans
What are the aspects cultural anthropology tackles?
Social Structure
Language
Law
Politics
Religion
Technology
What is Physical Anthropology
Studies Causes of Present Human Diversity
What is Political Science about?
Political Ideologies & Systems
Dynamics of governing and managing
Who was the first to use the term “politics”
Aristotle
What does polis mean?
city-state
What is Comparative Politics?
” within nations
Political science field about legal systems?
Constitutional Law
What is International Relations?
” among nations
What is Political Theory all about?
Classical and modern politics
Studies how bureaucracies function
Public Administration
Interplay of Politics & Economics
Public Policy
What is Sociology?
People’s collective and patterned actions and interactions in society
Sociology is also known as __?
science of societies
Who is the Father of Sociology?
August Comte
Difference between macrososiology and micrososiology?
collective vs individual
Main Importance of each discipline?
Anthropology: Cultural Differences
Political Science: Political Affairs & Rights
Sociology: Human Relationships
Concerns of Social Science?
-Empirical Details
-Causal Issues that produce Concerns
Who said culture was about knowledge, beliefs….other capabilities acquired by a human as a member of society…
Edward Taylor
Two Types of Culture
Material and Nonmaterial
Elements of Culture
Belief
Language
Values
Norms
Values
Symbols
Technology
