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Anthropology vs Sociology vs Political Science

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A - holistic study of humanity
S - study of social world
P - study of politics

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etymology of anthropology

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greek words
anthropos (human being/humanity)
logos (study/knowledge)

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father or even grandfather of all social and behavioral sciences

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anthropology

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comparative study of cultural and social life

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anthropology

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how did anthropology start

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time of exploration: european countries colonize “primitive” societies (uncivilized = savages/barbaric)

started as the study of non-europeans

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Barbaric Tribes

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Vandals
Viking
Visigoths
Franks
Ostrogoths
Germanic
Saxons

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research in anthropology

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ethnography
arthropologists required to live with their subjects for a long period of time

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anthropology: written records about

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cultural perceptions
language
race
religion
kinship

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people is anthropology

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Franz Boas (father of modern american anthropology - doctrine of historical particularism - “each society has a unique form of culture”)

Claude Levi-Strauss “anthropology has humanity as its subject of research” (how different + commonalities)

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Anthropology Subject of Inquiries

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Biological - human origins (genetics, race, evolution)
Cultural - living people (language, clothing, food, religion)
Linguistics - language, its evolution and connection to other language
Archaeology - dead culture

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biological anthropology example

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tabon man - palawan
gallao man - cagayan

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cultural anthropology example

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maharlika
timawa
alipin (saguiguilid, namamahay)

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goals of anthropology

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understand human nature and diversity, look at culture objectively

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etymology of Sociology

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latin words
societas (interaction of ppl sharing same culture)

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how did sociology start

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academic field at the height of industrial revolution in Europe

started as the study of European society by Europeans

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people in sociology

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term coined by Auguste Comte (french philosopher & mathematician, need for systematic science in studying sociology)

Karl Marx - bourgeoisie vs proletariat

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anthropology vs sociology

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sociology: understand one’s OWN society

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research in sociology

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sociologists use qualitative research

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goals of sociology

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examine our roles, all things in society are interdependent

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Sociological imagination

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vivid awareness of relationship between private experience and wider society - c. wright mills

private troubles (personal problems)
public issues (social problems)

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What is Political science?

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process of making collective decisions influence and power

studies how even most private and personal decisions of individuals are influenced by collective decisions of a community

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etymology of politics

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greek word
polis (city-state)

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people in political science

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aristotle - father of political science
book: politics “man is a political animal”

plato
book: republic “democracy being the best kind of government”

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goals of political science

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better citizens, social order, protect human rights, avoid conflict

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major perspectives in sociology

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symbolic interactionism - attach meaning to symbols, miss the larger issues of society

functionalism - each aspect is interdependent

ROBERT MERTON human functions
>manifest - intentional, obvious, beneficial
>latent - unintentional, not obvious, beneficial
>dysfunction - harmful latent functions causing conflict and disorder

conflict perspective - overly negative view of society, rich and powerful forcing social order on the weak

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Karl Marx book

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Communist Manifesto

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Segregation of white from black

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Apartheid Policy

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yearly protest for workers’ rights

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Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)

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an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin

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George Zimmerman

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etymology of culture

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latin word
colere - to cultivate

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no social interaction =

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no culture

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characteristics of a culture

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variety
social
continuous
gratifying
shared
learned

33
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unwritten rules of behavior acceptable in a group

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norms

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types of norms

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folkways - proper way of dealing with everyday living (school unif, raising hand)

mores - moral norms; needs to be followed by society strictly (religious doctrines)

laws - formalized mores (legislated, approved, and implemented)

beliefs - ideas hold to be true, factual, and ideal

symbols - representations or illustrations representing beliefs and meanings

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the tendency to evaluate other groups according to the values and standards of one’s ethnic group

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Ethnocentrism

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Ethnocentrism types

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Eurocentrism - focus on western people

Sinocentrism
>Zhonggou - Middle Kingdom
>Huawizhidi - lands outside the influence of china

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Xenocentrism other name

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colonial mentality

38
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First Afro-American Rhodes scholar in 1897

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Alain Locke coined the term cultural relativism

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idea that one’s beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on their culture

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Cultural Relativism

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Cultural universals

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“human universals”
element, pattern, or trait common to all

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Culture shock

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cultural environment one is not familiar with

42
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cultural leveling

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different cultures approach each other as a result of travel or communication

43
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paleolithic etymology

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greek word
palaios - old
lithos - stone

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paleolithic was coined by

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john lubbock 1865

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paleolithic happened

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2.5 million years ago

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paleolithic way of life

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nomads
fire
caves
simple tools and weapons
grouped in small societies “bands”
food gathering and hunting

47
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transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic

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mesolithic
meso “middle”

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neolithic etymology

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greek word
neo - new
lithos - stone

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neolithic

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10,000 BC
1st agricultural revolution

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neolithic way of life

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sedentary, farming, domestication of animals, pottery

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civilization etymology

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latin word
civis - citizen
civitas - city - developed culture

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ANCIENT STATE AND CIVILIZATION

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Mesopotamia (land between water - Tigris and Euphrates)
>Fertile Crescent
>Ur, Uruk, Kish, Lagesh
>Ziggurat (priest-king)
+cuneiform (henry rawlinson)

Egypt
>Gift of Nile
>Pharaoh
>Pyramid

53
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WWI: TRIPLE ENTENTE

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Britain, France, and Russia

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WWII: AXIS

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rome, berlin, tokyo

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WWII: TRIPARTITE PACT

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rome, berlin, tokyo

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MODERN STATE AND CIVILIZATION

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England
>1500s, most people lives in small villages
>Henry VII won war of the roses (York-white, Lancaster- red)

Spain
>1942, Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella took spain back from the Muslim (Kingdom of Granada)
> Spain as a global power

France
>Louis XIV created an absolute monarchy
>French revolution (Napoleon Bonaparte)
+King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

> 1914-1918 World War I (allied vs central)
Treaty of Versailles
+ started with the assassinations of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
+Triple Entente
1939-1945 World War II (central vs. axis)
+started with Hitler’s invasion of Poland
+Tripartite Pact
United Nations (October 24, 1945)

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Four cradles of civilization in the old world

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Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus valley, and (Huang-he) Yellow river

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Two cradles of civilization in the new world

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Caral-Supe and Olmec

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transition to a more democratic political regime

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Democratization

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Types of DEMOCRATIZATION

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Representative - ppl vote for a representative
Direct - ppl directly vote for laws
Constitutional - from lowest to highest position

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Tangible vs Intangible

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62
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Socialization vs. Enculturation

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Socialization - adapt
Enculturation - learns

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Agents of Socialization

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family, school, peer group, social media

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Social groups

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  • common objects of attention
  • common loyalty
  • participates in the same activities
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL GROUP

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-

66
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GROUP VS SOCIETY

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-

67
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ACCORDING TO NATURE OF SOCIAL TIES

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-

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ACCORDING TO ORGANIZATION

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-

69
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socialization according to joseph fichter

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process of mutual influence
person becomes social when he learns to get along with
other people

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KINDS OF SOCIALIZATION

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-

71
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TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION

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-

72
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THEORIES ON HOW SELF IS FORMED

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