UCSP

• Local museums in the country are built by the local governments to address the need of preserving local history and traditions.
• Environment and History are the primary factors that shape the behavior of human groups.
• Behavior, which serves as an adaptive tool for the varied stimuli projected by the environment, is influenced by beliefs, practices, and material possessions.
• Through constant practices, these sets of behavior form human traditions, which are passed from one generation to the other.
• Nationality-identity that is tied to being part of a nation or country.
• Ethnic Groups or Ethnicity- a small cultural groups within a nation that share specific social environments, traditions, and histories that may not necessarily subscribed to by mainstream society.
• There are about 180 ethnic groups in the Philippines.
• Gender- refers to the socially constructed behaviors, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
• Sex- biological characteristics of humans.
• Heterosexual- most common gender identity
• Gay- male romantically attracted to male or same sex.
• Lesbian- female romantically attracted to female or same sex.
• Bisexual- attracted to both sexes.
• Asexual- neither to both sexes.
• Polysexual- attracted to all types of gender.
• Pansexual- accommodate all types of gender.
• Transgender- gender identities do not match their biological identity or sexual orientation.
• Transsexual- sex reassignment surgery.
• SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression)- enables for a wider and more fluid discussion of human identity.
• Sexual Orientation- person's biological identity
• Gender Identity- individual's internal concept of self may be related to being masculine, feminine, neither, or both, without strict relation to the physical characteristics that the person has.
• Gender Expression- how individual chooses to present himself or herself in society.
• Socioeconomic Class- refers to the class system in the society
• The typical determinants of one's social status include income, value of assets, and amount of savings, cultural interests and hobbies, and economic status of his or her peers and relatives.
• Political Identity- a social category refers to the set of attitudes and practices that an individual adheres to in relation to the political systems and actors within his or her society.
• Religion- the belief of the supernatural Monotheistic believing in the existence of I god
• Polytheistic-believing in multiple gods.
• The concept of exceptionality leans on the non-average capacity of an individual.
• Cultural Variation leads to discrimination and racism.
• Ethnocentrism- a perspective that promotes an individual's culture as the most efficient and superior.
• Humans have two forms of locomotion: Bipedalism, which is the capacity to walk and stand on two feet, and Quadropedalism, which uses all four limbs.
• The Paleolithic stage has provided the bases for the development of complex human groups through the establishment for culture.
• Cultural Relativism- promotes the perspective that cultures must be understood in the context of the locality
• By the end of the Paleolithic period, Earth was getting warmer as the Ice age was already at its last stages.
• The Acheulian Industry, developed by Homo erectus, used percussion flaking to create hand axes that were bifacial, shaped in both sides, and with straighter and sharper edges.
• A state is a political entity that has four requisite elements: territory, sovereignty, people, and government.
• Force Theory suggests that a group forces members of another group to subject themselves to their rules.
• The "Neolithic Revolution" occurred throughout the planet during the Neolithic period, characterized by a major shift in economic subsistence of the early humans from foraging to agriculture.
• There are two types of grip: Power grip, which enables humans to wrap the thumb and fingers on an object, and Precision grip, which enables humans to hold and pick objects steadily using their fingers.
• Divine right theory suggests that rulers ascend to power convinced that their right to rule is based on their filial relationship with the supernatural forces and entities.