Starting Point for USCP | L1 Flashcards
Environmental Determinism; People rely on what the environment provides.
Nomadic Lifestyle
Utilizing the environment to survive; People settle in one place.
Environmental Possibilism
ENUMARATION
What is the significance of studying culture, society, and politics?
S-S-C-D-M
A branch of learning that deals with human society. These are disciplines concerned with the systematic study of social phenomena.
Social Science
ETYMOLOGY
From the Latin word: SOCIUS, meaning ‘Associate/Companion’
Sociology
ETYMOLOGY
From the Greek word: LOGOS, meaning to ‘Study/Inquire’
Sociology
The study of society and human social behavior.
Sociology
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 us that our behavior is influenced by social factors and that we may have learned it 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”
< He coined the term ‘Sociology’
< Empirical Evidences
< Statistical Method to count the number of people.
Auguste Comte
It is a way of thinking introduced by Auguste Comte that says ‘it is possible to observe social life by using SCIENTIFIC METHOD to understand society.’
Positivism
“Father of Modern Sociology”
< He emphasized that we need not only to understand the society by observing it in a step by step manner, but rather applying METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES that will lead us into Research.
< The study of society must involve social facts; and believed that it was here before us.
Emile Durkheim
They inferred that a society is a set of interdependent parts.
Comte & Durkheim
“Social Darwinism - Survival of the Fittest”
< Society is like a human body.
< Each part of the society works together for the benefit of the whole society.
Herbert Spencer
Derived from the Greek word, ANTHROPOS meaning ‘Man’ and LOGOS meaning to ‘Study / Inquire’
Anthropology