UCSP

• Task group


  Constitutes a pool of workers, labor force, or performers following a chain of command to complete an assigned duty
• Human ecology


  Branch of sociology that studies the effects of various social organizations to the population's behavior
• Symbolic interactionism


  Sociological perspective that deals with patterns of behavior in large units of society
• Archaeology


  Field of anthropology that studies past human cultures through their material remains
• Conformity


  The act of exhibiting the same as the behavior of most other people in society
• Deviance


  The recognized violation of cultural norms
• Biological anthropology


  Field of anthropology that seeks to describe the distribution of hereditary variations among contemporary populations
• Out-group


  Is often perceived as odd and indifferent
• Cultural diffusionism


  Asserts that culture originates from one or more culture centers
• Cultural evolution


  Refers to the process as social development from an early simple type of social organization to one that is complex and highly specialized
• Rebellion


  Form of deviance that attempts to change the goals and means of society
• Anthropological functionalism


  Believes that cultural elements and practices are interrelated and interdependent and persist because they have a purpose
• Norm


  The set of means to ensure that people generally behave in expected and approved ways