USCP CM 1 - The Three (3) Disciplines Of Studying Culture, Society, And Politics Flashcards
Familiarize concepts such as anthropology, sociology, and political science.
_____________ refers to the systematic study of man, his body, his works, his behavior and values, in time and space (Palispis, 2007).
Anthropology
______ came from Greek words,
“Anthropos” and “logos”, which mean “man” and “study”, respectively.
Anthropology
What are the fossils that are the Oldest known BONES OF HOMO SAPIENS, which are 195,000 years old?
JEBEL IRHOUD H. SAPIENS FOSSILS
This branch of social sciences is significant in studying culture, society, and politics as this provides us comprehension and explanation of human species and their practices in their environment.
Anthropology
TRUE OR FALSE: Human bones discovered at kibish in Ethiopia are the oldest known bones of a Homo Sapiens, first found in 1967.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: The previously identified oldest bones, discovered in Herto, Ethiopia, were dated to 169,000 years ago.
FALSE
*160,000 years old
____________ refers to the systematic study of social life of humans, groups, and society, per se. It analyzes human interaction, social relationships, social organizations and structures, and social processes (Palispis, 2009).
Sociology
_________ came from Greek and Latinwords, “logos” and “socius”,
which mean “study” and “companionship”, respectively.
Sociology
This branch of social sciences is significant in studying culture, society, and politics as this provides us knowledge and understanding on different elements and aspects of
society such as gender, race, culture, norms of conduct, social structures, social order, and social change.
Sociology
He is one of the founders of sociology and coined the term sociology. He was a positivist who argued that sociology must have a scientific base and be objective.
Isidore Marie Auguste Francois
Xavier Comte
1798-1857
Father of Sociology
__________ refers to the systematic study of state and its government, relationship of state and people in the community, and relationship of state and other states.
Political Sciences
________ came from the Greek word, “Polis”, which means
“city-state”.
Politics
This branch of social sciences is significant in studying culture, society, and politics as this analyzes how people attain and maintain their political position; how people encounter conflicts but soon provide resolutions;
and how laws, policies, rules and regulations, among others, implement in the society.
Political sciences
The Aim of the Politics, is to investigate, on the basis of the
constitution collected, what makes for good government and what makes for bad government and to identify the
factors favorable or unfavorable to the preservation of a constitution. - said by who?
Aristotle
TRUE OR FALSE: Social background and identity shape people’s behavior and views about other people and society.
TRUE