UCSP QUIZ Flashcards
is a field that studies everything that makes us
human. It studies human beings, both past and present,
through biological and social lenses.
Anthropology
f Anthropology is by looking at its four subfields:
Archaeology
Linguistic anthropology
Physical anthropology
Social and cultural anthropology
study of history and prehistory through
material remains
Archaeology
– study of human languages and
communication
Linguistic anthropology
study of humans as biological
organisms, including evolution and contemporary variations
Physical anthropology
study of living peoples
and their cultures
Social and cultural anthropology
anthropology does not only investigate the prehistoric origins
of humans through fossils and artifacts, but it also studies
…… in the contemporary world.
human diversity
The word culture derives from the Latin word ‘
colere,’
e Latin word ‘colere,’
meaning
tend, to grow, to nurture
It shares its etymology
or origin with words that relate to the active fostering of
growth
Culture
kultura, but another
translation used and one that is more preferred by
anthropologists and culture enthusiasts is
kalinangan
erred by
anthropologists and culture enthusiasts is kalinangan, from
the root word
linang
word linang, which also means ‘
to cultivate
cannot be easily defined.
Culture
s the notion that culture follows a specific
line or stage of development.
Evolutionism
views culture as similar to a biological
organism, in which parts work together to support the
operation of the whole.
Functionalism
This theory focuses on the social
roles that cultural items play within the social system as a
whole.
Functionalism
analyzes culture in terms of the structural
relations of its elements.
Structuralism
This theory contends that culture
is a set of narrative or linguistic system that has underlying
codes or structures.
Structuralism
m contends that culture can have multiple
meanings and can exist independently of the people who
created them
Postmodernism
Culture is adaptive. why?
We act, think, and behave the way we do as a way
of adapting
It is important to
note that while we are being shaped by our environment, why?
we also have the ability to shape it, both in good and bad ways.
Culture is learned. why?
We learn our culture as we grow up. We
develop our skills, values, and behavior, and learn to speak our
language over time through observations, by being part of a
society, and by being taught. T
This process of learning culture,
both formally and informally, is called
enculturation or
socialization.
Studying our history through the traditional
educational system is
formal learning
e getting feedback
from the people around us about how we behave is
informal learning.
Culture is shared practices and shared understandings by
people in a specific community
Culture is shared
Culture is a complex system, made up of many parts that
are interconnected and related to each other.
Culture is integrated.
Cultures interact with each other and change each other
through contact such as trade networks, international
development projects, telecommunications, education,
migration, and tourism
Cultures interact and change.
refers to an object or concept’s initial
appearance in society.
Innovation
n refers to the spread of material and nonmaterial
culture in different places.
Diffusion
Diffusion is most possible in
our present time because of
Globalization
is a process through which an individual or
a group from one culture adopts the practices and values
of another culture, while still retaining their own distinct
culture. T
acculturation
s the process by which different cultural
groups become more and more alike.
Assimilation
When full
assimilation is complete,
, there is no distinguishable
difference between the formerly different groups.
