UCSP

• ANTHROPOLOGY It includes topic such as human origin,

  globalization, social change, and world

  history.
• ANTHROPOLOGY It is the study of humankind and all places.
• ANTHROPOLOGY It is the study of humanity including our

  prehistoric origins and contemporary

  human diversity
• CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  The study of living people and their cultures

  with description and analysis of their social

  lives from the past and present.
• LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

  The study of communication among

  humans. It includes its origins, history, and

  contemporary variation.
• BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

  Also known as the “physical anthropology”, the

  study of humans as biological organisms including

  their evolution and contemporary variation.
• ARCHEOLOGY

  The study of past human cultures through

  their material remains. It is the study of past

  human cultures through the recovery and

  analysis of artifacts
• SOCIOLOGY

  • The term sociology was derived from the Latin

  word socius meaning "associate" and the Greek

  word logos, meaning “study of knowledge.”
• SOCIOLOGY It is a science that studies human civilization
• SOCIOLOGY It was coined by August Comte who was regarded

  as the “Father of Sociology.”
• SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

  This includes the study of social institutions, social

  inequality, social mobility, religious groups, and

  bureaucracy.
• APPLIED SOCIOLOGY

  This is concerned with the specific intent of

  yielding practical applications for human behavior

  and organizations. The goal of Applied Sociology is

  to assist in resolving social problems through the use

  of sociological research.
• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

  This area focuses on the study of human nature

  and its emphasis on social processes as they affect

  individual or responses which are called “social

  stimuli”.
• HUMAN ECOLOGY

  It pertains to the study of the effects of various

  social organizations (religious organizations, political

  institutions and etc.) to the population’s behavior.
• POPULATION STUDIES

  This area includes size, growth, demographic

  characteristics, composition, migration, changes, and

  quality vis-à-vis economic, political, and social

  systems.
• SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND

  RESEARCH

  It focuses on the discovery of theoretical tools,

  methods, and techniques to scientifically explain a

  particular sociological issue.
• SOCIAL CHANGE

  It studies factors that cause social organization

  and social disorganization like calamity, drug

  abuse, drastic and gradual social change, health and

  welfare problems, political instability, unemployment

  and underemployment, child and women’s issue, etc.
• POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • It is an academic discipline that deals with the study of

  government and political processes, institutions, and

  behaviors.
• politics It originated from the Greek word polis, which

  means ‘city’ or ‘state
• POLITICAL SCIENCE It is a study of the complex behavior of various political

  actors such as the government administration, opposition,

  and subjects.
• politics It is the social process or strategy in any position of

  control which people gain, use, or lose power.
• government It is the agency to which the will of the state is formulated,

  expressed, and carried out
• government It is a group of people that governs a community or unit. It

  sets and administers public policy and exercises executive,

  political, and sovereign power through customs, institutions

  and laws within a state.
• Historical Particularism believes that each group of

  people has its own unique culture influenced by its history,

  geography, and environment. (e.g. Superstitious beliefs)
• Unilineal Evolutionism states that new cultural forms

  emerge from the past that pass through similar stages of

  development. (e.g. Animism to Monotheism)
• Cultural Diffusionism asserts that culture originates from

  one or more culture centers, which are results of borrowed

  elements of the new culture. (e.g. Colonialism)
• Anthropological Functionalism believes that cultural

  elements and practices are interrelated and interdependent

  and persist because they have a purpose. (e.g. Actions

  influenced by religion.)
• Anthropological Structuralism conveys that cultural

  phenomena and practices have a relationship to one

  another by which human organize and structure their

  experiences. (e.g. Family connectedness)
• Cultural Materialism considers the idea that culture is

  influenced by technology, resources, economic values, and

  the utilization of things (e.g. Prohibition by a religion)
• Functionalism views society as an organized network

  cooperating groups operating orderly to generally accepted

  norms. (e.g. Government to education)
• Conflict Perspective sees the social environment in a

  continuous struggle which is in contrast with Functionalism.

  (e.g. Rich & Poor)
• Symbolic Interactionism deals with patterns of behavior in

  large units of society such as organization, communities,

  etc. (e.g. the way humans act)
• Evolutionism explains how human groups came to exist,

  grow, and develop. (e.g. material things)
• Culture Shock is the feeling of uncertainty, confusion, or

  anxiety that people experience when visiting, doing business

  in, or living in a society that is different from their own
• Ethnocentrism refers to the tendency of each society to

  place its cultural patterns at the center of all things
• Cultural Relativism is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and

  values are dependent on their cultural context and should

  be treated as such.
• Xenocentrism refers to a preference for the foreign. It is

  characterized by a strong belief that one’s own products,

  styles, or ideas are inferior to those which originate

  elsewhere.
• Xenophobia is the fear of what is perceived as foreign or

  strange. It may include fear of losing identity, suspicion of

  other group’s activities, aggression, and the desire to

  eliminate the presence of the other group to secure a

  presumed purity.