UCSP REVIEWER Flashcards
is a group of academic
disciplines that focus on how individuals
behave within society.
-is one of the branches of science,
devoted to the study of societies and the
relationships among individuals within
those societies
SOCIAL SCIENCES
- is the systematic study of
humanity, with the goal of
understanding our evolutionary origins,
our distinctiveness as a species, and the
great diversity in our forms of social
existence across the world and through
time.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Study of human relationship
and institutions.
SOCIOLOGY
is the study of politics
and power from domestic, international,
and comparative perspectives.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
studies humans and what it means to be a human.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
is the study of humans as
cultural beings.
ETHNOLOGY
is the study of the human
past using material remains
ARCHEOLOGY
Study of the
relationship between language and
culture.
Anthropological linguistics
is a macro-
level theory that sees society as an
interconnected system with each part
having a different function while still
working together. Functionalists view
society as a system whose parts work
together to promote solidarity and
stability
STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM
focuses on the
competition among groups within
society over limited resources
CONFLICT THEORY
views social and
economic institutions as tools of the
struggle among groups or classes, used
to maintain inequality and the
dominance of the ruling class.
CONFLICT THEORY
sometimes
called symbolic interaction perspective,
is a sociology theory that seeks to
understand humans’ relationship with
their society by focusing on the symbols
that help us give meaning to the
experiences in our life.
SYMBOLIC INTERACTION THEORY
Group of people sharing
common identity, culture, territory, and
language who act together for collective
survival and well-being.
SOCIETY
everything a person learns as a
member of the society. People ways of
living.
CULTURE
Tangible (all
material objects) and Non-Tangible
(belief, norms, tradition etc.)
Components of culture
product of behavior
and of the society. Develops through
social interaction.
CULTURE IS SOCIAL
Culture varies from society to society-
culture is unique to itself due to the fact
that it is a human product.
culture is unique to itself due to the fact
that it is a human product.
Culture varies from society to society-
people in the society
shares ideas, activities and artifacts.
Transmission is not automatic but largely
depends on the willingness of people to
give and receive it
CULTURE IS SHARED
Learned socially rather than biologically.
Handed to generations through
generations as a product of
enculturation and acculturation.
CULTURE IS LEARNED AND TRANSMITTED
Culture exists as a continuous process
and it is responsive to the changing
world.
Culture is continuous and cumulative-
practice of comparing other cultural practices. Finding other cultural practices to be inferior and their culture
as superior.
“My culture is the best”. “Our family’s culture is the most important”.
ETHNOCENTRISM
Preference for the foreign cultures. Seeing their culture as inferior and other’s as superior. “Koreans culture is so much better that Filipinos Culture.”
XENOCENTRISM
Idea that all norms, beliefs and values are dependent of their cultural context. Practicing diversity. “All cultures are unique and beautiful”
CULTURAL RELATIVISM