UCSP

• Anthropology


  Studies human beings, their societies, cultures, and behavior, aiming to understand the diversity of human experiences across time and space
• Branches of Anthropology


  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Linguistic Anthropology
  • Archeology
  • Biological Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology


  Study of human cultures, societies, and behaviors; explores various aspects of human life
• Linguistic Anthropology


  Study of communication, among humans
• Archeology


  Study of past human cultures through their material remains; through the recovery and analysis of artifacts
• Biological Anthropology


  Also known as physical anthropology; study of humans as biological organisms, including their evolution and contemporary variation
• Sociology


  Study of society, human social behavior, and social institutions
• Branches of Sociology


  • Sociological theory and research
  • Human Ecology
  • Social organization
  • Applied Sociology
• Sociological theory and research


  Focuses on the discovery of theoretical tools, methods and techniques to scientifically explain a particular sociological issue
• Human Ecology


  Pertains to the study of the effects of various social organizations (religious organizations, political institutions and etc.) to the population's behavior
• Social organization


  Study of social institutions, social inequality, social mobility, religious groups and bureaucracy
• Applied Sociology


  Concerned with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations
• Political Science


  An academic discipline that deals with the study of government and political processes, institutions, and behaviors
• Politics was originated from the Greek word 'polis', which means 'city' or 'state'
• Cultural Diffusionism


  Asserts that culture originates from one or more culture centers which are results of borrowed elements of the new culture
• Cultural Diffusionism


  • Filipino culture is influenced by western civilization brought by the colonization of western countries spain
• Cultural materialism


  Considers the idea that culture is influenced by technology, resources, economic values, and the utilization of things
• Sociological functionalism


  Views society as an organized network cooperating groups operating orderly to generally accepted norms
• Sociological functionalism


  • To produce more productive graduates in the community, the government must pour money into education
• Symbolic interactionism


  Deals with patterns of behavior in large units of society such as organization, communities, etc.
• Symbolic interactionism


  • Why does an individual in the community avoid eye contact when talking to a stranger?
• Explicit culture


  Refers to similarities in words and actions which can be directly observed
• Implicit culture


  Exists in abstract forms that are not quite obvious
• Enculturation


  Gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person and another culture
• Culture Shock


  The feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture
• Ethnocentrism


  The perception of one's own culture as superior compared to other cultures
• Xenocentrism


  The perception of one's own culture as inferior compared to other cultures
• Xenophobia


  The fear of what is perceived as foreign or strange
• Cultural Relativism


  A person's beliefs, values and practices that should be understood based on that person's own culture rather than be judged against the criteria of another
• Cultural Universalism


  Exact same standard of what is right and wrong applies strictly for everyone regardless of culture
• Levels of Development


  • Hunting and Gathering Societies
  • Horticultural Societies
  • Pastoral Societies
  • Agricultural Societies
  • Industrial Societies
  • Post Industrial Societies
• Hunting and Gathering Societies


  Relying on simple tools for subsistence; nomadic and lack permanent settlements
• Horticultural Societies


  Small-scale farming; basic hand tools for planting crops; semisedentary
• Pastoral Societies


  Rely on animal domestication; engage in small-scale trading
• Agricultural Societies


  Cultivating crops such as wheat, barley, peas, rice, and millet and domesticating animals for subsistence; permanent settlements and population growth; improved farming technology
• Industrial Societies


  Harnessing of new energy sources; application of advanced technology, and the invention of various types of machinery
• Post Industrial Societies


  Application of new information technology rather than traditional factories; production revolves around computers and electronic devices that generate, process, and utilize ideas and information
• Family


  Basic unit of society
• Workplace


  Allows us to learn to behave properly within an occupation, at the same time, indicates that one has passed out adolescence stage
• Mores


  Refers to norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance