UCSP EXAM Flashcards
concept that defines your distinctive characteristics over the course of your life.
IDENTITY
is continuously shaped, reshaped, and changed over the course of your life
IDENTITY
process by which an individual learns or acquires the important aspects of his/her culture.
ENCULTURATION
Experiences
Beliefs
Traditions
Language
Arts
Norms and Customs
CULTURE
Defines as a group of people who:
Have shared culture
Are living in a particular location
Are interacting with one another for survival
SOCIETY
Defined as activities of government and its citizens
Power
Authority
Governance
Dynamics (Conflict, Resolution, and Cooperation)
POLITICS
Study of man
ANTHROPOLOGY
This branch of social sciences provides comprehension and explanation of human species and their practices in their environment
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthros
man
Oldest known bones of homo sapiens
JEBEL IRHOUND H. SAPIENS FOSSIL
Study of social life of humans
SOCIOLOGY
This branch of social sciences provides knowledge and understanding on different aspects of society
SOCIOLOGY
Father of SOCIOLOGY
Augusto Comte
Socius
Companionship
Study of politics
POLITICAL SCIENCE
This branch of social sciences provides knowledge and understanding on authority, power, implementation of general rules, and conflict and resolution
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Polis
city-state
The aim of the Politics, - says, is to investigate, on the basis of the constitutions collected, what makes for good government and what makes for bad government and to identify the factors favorable or unfavorable to the preservation of a constitution.
Aristotle
Elements of Society
Social Solidarity;
Shared identity and culture;
Common Language;
Population;
Definite geographical location; and
Political, social, and economic organizations.
People were basically small and nomadic.
Hunting and Gathering Society
This society is also known as band level society
Hunting and Gathering Society
The society was non-hierarchical since their roles and responsibilities were distinct according to their age and sex.
Hunting and Gathering Society
Leadership was based according to strength, trustworthiness, and intelligence.
Hunting and Gathering Society
This society shifted from hunting and gathering lifestyle to a more sedentary lifestyle.
Horticultural and Pastoral Society
This society introduced agriculture (food production method), cultivation of plants, and domestication of animals.
Horticultural and Pastoral Society
Introduction to a more advanced technology in agriculture.
Agricultural Society
People were not nomads anymore.
Horticultural and Pastoral Society
Food production became more efficient.
Agricultural Society