4th quarter Flashcards
(24 cards)
It is used to state or declare something about something either as true or false. It gives us knowledge or information about a certain thing whether it is right or wrong, good or bad, relevant or useless, universal or
particular.
LANGUAGE AS INFORMATIVE
It is used to express one’s feelings, emotions or attitudes whether these are proper or not, positive or negative, right or wrong. As a tool for expression, language may either elicit or evoke reactions or indifference.
LANGUAGE AS EXPRESSIVE
It is used to cause or prevent an action which is either a command or a request. It is used to give orders to do or not to do something. Commands are usually given by higher authorities or elders to subordinates. Unlike a
command, a request uses connectives such as, please, kindly, will you in causing or preventing action.
LANGUAGE AS DIRECTIVE
It is used not only to state or report something but also to perform what is being said. Not only does one say something but he also performs what he says.
LANGUAGE AS PERFORMATIVE
It is used to evoke laughter as when a clown or a funny guy tells a joke or a funny tale. Clowns or comedians
often use the language of this nature.
LANGUAGE AS LUDIC OR COMICAL
It is used to enhance one’s social relationship through greetings and other social amenities.
LANGUAGE AS CEREMONIAL
It is a combination of two or more functions of language.
LANGUAGE AS COMPLEX
It is used to reason out or clarify a problem or an argument.
LANGUAGE AS LOGIC
The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
ANTHROPOLOGY
It is also considered as the father of all social behavior.
ANTHROPOLOGY
s derived from the Greek words ‘antropos’ and ‘logos’ which intensively studies humans and the
respective cultures where they were born and actively belong to
ANTHROPOLOGY
- is the practice of writing about people
- is literally the practice of writing about people. Often, it is taken to mean the anthropologists usually study cultures other than their own.
- a research method that used in anthropology and social sciences to study and describe the lives, cultures, and social practices of people in their natural environment.
ETHNOGRAPHY
A type of data collection method typically used qualitative research or
ethnography.
PARTICIPATORY OBSERVATION
- It pertains that cultures have their own historical trajectory, has a unique historical
past and that each culture developed according to this history
HISTORICAL PARTICULARISM
- is often considered as the father of modern American anthropology
- in favor of historical particularism. In this doctrine, each society is considered as having a unique form of culture that cannot be subsumed under an overall definition of general culture
FRANZ BOAS
He is a Polish immigrant who
did a comprehensive study of Trobriand Island. Based on his field study, he developed what social scientists now call participant observation. It is a method of social science research that requires the anthropologists to have the ability to participate and blend with the way of life of a given group of people.
BRONISŁAW KASPER MALINOWSKI
One of the leading figures in the development of structural-functionalism (BRITISH)
He saw individuals as a mere products of social structures. This view led to the establishment of the structural-functionalist paradigm in anthropology. According to this view, the basic unit of analysis for anthropology and social sciences are the social structures and the functions they perform to maintain the equilibrium of society.
ALFRED REGINALD RADCLIFFE - BROW
A theory that focuses on understanding the structure of societies and the functions that various social institutions and practices serve within those societies
STRUCTURAL - FUNCTIONALISM
came from the Latin word “societas”, which in turn was derived from the noun socius (“comrade, friends, ally”) used to describe a bond or interaction between parties that are friendly, or at least civil
SOCIETY
claimed that the original state of
human nature in the society of social relationships was a “survival of the fittest.” Every individual had to fend for himself to enable him to survive. He treats the other as a threat to his survival so much that people then considered one another as a potential enemies.
THOMAS HOBBES
was created to have individuals agreed to “surrender their individual freedom” under the rule of law with a supreme leader to govern the individuals
SOCIAL CONTRACT
The social relationship was forged, and behaviors were aligned toward the promotion of common interest or welfare which ______ as the common good.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
“a reality in its own right”
EMILE DURKHEIM
a total complex of human relationship
TALCOTT PARSONS
