UCSP Flashcards
It is an organized group of interdependent people who share a common territory, language and culture
Society
It is the sum of an individual’s way of life
Example: values, norms, traditions, beliefs, poetry, practices, literature
Culture
It is the theory, art, and practice of government
Politics
Socially-constructed characteristics of being male or female
Gender
Most limiting social label
Gender
Refers to the category of persons who have more or less the same the same socioeconomic privileges in society
Socio economic status
Expression of set of cultural ideas held by distinct ethnic or Indigenous group
Ethnicity
Organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or supernatural, along with associated ceremonial and ritualistic practices
Religion
Refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/or having physically or mentally challenged conditions concerning personality/behavior/communication/intellect/physical appearance
Exceptionality
It is the legal relationship that binds a person and a country
Nationality
The deliberate avoidance of a food item due to reasons outside of simple dislike or food preference
Food Taboo
Refers to locals who are neither studying nor working
Istambay
A type of science that deals with society and the social interactions within or outside the society
Sociology
Study of human species, it’s immediate ancestors and their cultures
Anthropology
A person who thinks their culture is superior
Ethnocentrism
A person who thinks their culture is inferior
Xenocentrism
Relating other’s culture with their own
Cultural relativism
The process of being hominids
Hominization
When you be walking on 2 legs
Bipedalism
First to use stone tools for survival
Hominoids
Made tools from volcanic stones
Homo habilis
Had the capacity to manipulate their environment in order to survive
Homo erectus
Learned to settle in one place and crafted metals
Homo sapiens
Had the capability of speech/language
Homo Sapeins