UCSP Quiz 2 Reviewer

Question 1

THE TERM SOCIETY WAS COINED BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS TO FACILITATE THEIR
EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA.
š IT SERVES TO GRASP THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PHENOMENON IT REPRESENTS
AND A MEANS TO EXPLORE ITS MANY OTHER DIMENSIONS HIDDEN BY ITS
NORMATIVE USE..
š MAY CHAGE THROUGH THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS ANG
INTERPRETATIONS OR DISAPPEAR FROM NONUSE ALTOGETHER.
š USE IN SOCIOLOGY, OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL SCIENCES
SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, BIOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE, AND ETC.

Answer 1

Society as Concept

Question 2

š IT IS FORMALLY DEFINED AS CONSTITUTING A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SAME TERRITORY, ARE RELATIVELY
INDEPENDENT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR AREA AND PARTICIPATE IN A
COMMON CULTURE.
š SOCIETY ONLY EXISTS IF THERE ARE PEOPLE INTERACTING AND THEIR
INTERACTIONS CONSTITUTE THE PROCESS THAT DEFINES SOCIETY.
š INFORMAL WAY TO CONCRETIZE THE DEFINITION- IS TO ASSESS ITS
POWER IN SHAPING THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT.

Answer 2

Society as Facticity

Question 3

The twin Concepts

Answer 3

SOCIAL FORCES AND SOCIAL FACTS

Question 4

-Sees society as a complex
system whose parts work
together to promote solidarity
and stability.
-It asserts that our lives are
guided by social structures
which relatively stable
pattern of social behavior.
(government, law,
education, religion)

Answer 4

Structural Functionalism:
Emile Durkheim

Question 5

-Society is all about competition
-sees society as an arena, social
actors are the gladiators fighting
for their very lives.
-resources and their scarcity make
up the bone of contention in
every conflict situation.

Answer 5

Conflict Theory by: Karl Marx

Question 6

-people attach meanings to
symbols, and the they act
according to their subjective
interpretation of these symbols.
Example: marriage=wedding
bands, vows of life-long
commitment, a white bridal dress, a
wedding cake, a church ceremony,
flowers and music. (society
attached general meaning to these
symbols but individuals maintain
their own perception)

Answer 6

Symbolic Interactionism by: Herbert Blumer

Question 7

are guides in the performance of roles and in
everyday actions and interactions
-they provide order in a system characterized by the
presence of many actors with different businesses and
agenda to pursue.
-it orchestrate the simultaneous yet orderly transactions
and interactions.
-not all ____ are visible or written
-there are invisible rules or unwritten
-our daily actions are guided by these unseen _____
(riding public transpo, queuing at Jollibee counter,
reciting in class, using a private or public toilet, crossing
the street)

Answer 7

Rules

Question 8

is the central concept in Anthropology

Answer 8

Culture

Question 9

is an organized group of individuals.

Answer 9

Society

Question 10

is an organized group of learned responses.

Answer 10

Culture

Question 11

Culture is that ”complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society”

Answer 11

EDWARD B. TYLOR

Question 12

”the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a
particular group of people at particular time”

Answer 12

The Cambridge English Dictionary

Question 13

”culture is an organized body of conventional understanding manifested in art and artifacts, which persisting through tradition”

Answer 13

ROBERT REDFIELD

Question 14

a term used to
describe the general conduct exhibited by individuals within a society

Answer 14

Social behaviour

Question 15

are the individual,
external, and social constructions that influence a person’s life and
development.

Answer 15

Social phenomena

Question 16

influenced by their
political views, ideologies, and levels of political participation. An example of an act of political behaviour is the act of voting.

Answer 16

Political behavior

Question 17

are not only limited to
public offices as these also include how
institutions like schools, churches, or
companies are ran and governed.

Answer 17

Political phenomena

Question 18

associated with a group
affiliation and describes the ways in which being a member of a particular group might express specific political opinions and attitudes

Answer 18

Political Identity

Question 19

the value system where one gains favor, promotion, or political
appointment through family affiliation (nepotism) or friendship (cronyism), as opposed to one’s merit.

Answer 19

Padrino System or Patronage Politics

Question 20

family in which several
members are involved in politics; particularly electoral politics

Answer 20

• Political dynasty

Question 21

is the simultaneous
monopoly of seat

Answer 21

Fat dynasty

Question 21

is the intergenerational
succession of seat

Answer 21

Thin dynasty

Question 21

happens when something or someone gains widespread popularity. However, it is noteworthy that it is not the subject that is the cultural
phenomenon but rather the
process of becoming famous.

Answer 21

cultural phenomenon

Question 22

also known as
the bandwagon effect.
-is an event where certain
individuals behave a certain way
merely because other persons
do as well.

Answer 22

cultural behavior

Question 23

A person’s or a collectivity’s principles or standards of behavior and are considered
as judgment of what is important in life.

Answer 23

Values

Question 24

Is something one accepts as true or real regardless of the lack of verifiable evidence.

Answer 24

Beliefs

Question 25

is the transformation
of culture or the
way people live.

Answer 25

Cultural change

Question 26

happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of governance in the
country changes.

Answer 26

Political change

Question 27

is the transformation
of social institutions over
time.

Answer 27

Social change

Question 28

is the kind
of system or ideology
used to express authority
in a country. It may be a
democracy, monarchy,
oligarchy, and others

Answer 28

Governance

Question 29

is the process through which the
cultural traits of one society are borrowed,
transmitted, and adopted by another
and considered as its own.

Answer 29

Diffusion -

Question 30

is the process where new
cultural elements are created to solve
social and cultural problems.

Answer 30

Invention

Question 31

is the process where people
recognize or gain a better understanding
of already existing elements present in the
environment.

Answer 31

Discovery

Question 32

Is the use or involvement
of a volunteer or free
labor in the community
services.

Answer 32

YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM

Question 33

are provided by the government to people living within its
jurisdiction, either directly
(through the public sector) or
by financing the provision of
services.

Answer 33

LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES

Question 34

is where one or both parents live and work in another country while the children remain in their country of origin.

Answer 34

TRANSITIONAL
FAMILY

Question 35

is a vital human process

Answer 35

Communication