Ucsp Flashcards
Study, analysis,description and about past and present that questions the origins and human evolution
Anthropology
Behavior, language,beliefs system and institution
Culture
Plan speculation or examination and to gather quantitative information and subjective information
Research Method
It’s about discipline and containing the four fields emphasis on separated yet interrelated subjects.(it’s called the sub disciplines or subjects)
Cultural Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology
Father of Modern Anthropology and the one established the cultural relativism and who apply the scientific method
Franz boas
No absolutes among cultures, should try to comprehend
Cultural Relativism
To understand how we adapt
To comprehend the fossils record
To comprehend the conduct of monkeys and gorillas in their natural settings
Goals of Anthropology
Perspective of Anthropology
Holism
Cultural relativism
Comparison
Field work
How different parts of life connect it has a saying that “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”… holistic thinking
Holism
Ability to understand a culture on its own terms, not to make judgements, no one culture is superior to another culture ….
Open mindedness
Cultural relativism
We compare ideas,morals,practices,and systems. Comparing the roles of men and women
Comparison
Refered to as Ethnography
Field work
Greek words “ethno” and “graphy”
Ethno means individuals
Graphy means composing
Scientific investigation of human culture and social behavior
Sociology
Sociology is the study of…..
Social life
Social change
Social causes
Consequences of human behavior
First coined the term of sociology
Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
French humanist and the development of social science as a disciple
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
Welcomes us to take a look at our recognizable environmental
Perspective of Sociology
Study of Nature,causes, consequences of collective decisions and actions taken by groups of people embedded in cultures and institutions that structure power and authority.
Political science
Nature of political science the greek scholars
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Father of politics and he said that “man is a political animal”
Aristotle
Approached positivism,interpretivism, rational choice theory, behvioralism, structuralism, realism, pluralism
Perspective of political science
Inquires sought
Primary source : historical documents and official records
Secondary source: survey research,statistical analysis, case studies