ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Q1 Flashcards
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It includes topics such as human origin,
globalization, social change, and world
history.
ANTHROPOLOGY
It is the study of humankind in all times and
all places.
ANTHROPOLOGY
It is the study of humanity including our
prehistoric origins and contemporary
human diversity.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Fields of anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Refers to the study of living people and
their cultures including variation and
change.
Cultural Anthropology
It deals with the description and
analysis of the forms and styles and the
social lives of past and present ages.
Cultural Anthropology
also study art,
religion, migration, marriage, and family.
Cultural Anthropology
It refers to the study of communication, mainly among humans (but not exclusively)
Linguistic Anthropology
The study includes communication’s origins, history, and contemporary variation.
Linguistic Anthropology
Refers to the study of past human
cultures through their material
remains.
Archaeology
It is the study of past human
cultures through the recovery and
analysis of artifacts.
Archaeology
This refers to the study of humans as biological organisms, also known as “physical anthropology”
Biological Anthropology
It includes their evolution and contemporary variation
Biological Anthropology
The study seeks to describe the distribution of hereditary variations among contemporary populations and to measure the relative contributions made by heredity, environment, and culture to human biology.
Biological Anthropology
It is a systematic study of groups and
societies that people build and how these
affect their behavior.
Sociology
It focuses on various social connections,
institutions, organizations, structures, and
processes.
Sociology
It gathers social inputs which are
composed of frequent forms and manners
namely: attitude, viewpoints, consolidated
values, and norms of social institutions
which form part of social array.
Sociology
The scientific study of
Sociology enables us to:
- Obtain possible theories and principles about society
- Critically study the nature of humanity
- Appreciate that all things (in society)
- Broaden our familiarity on sociological facts
- Expose our minds to the different perspectives on attaining the truth
Branches of Sociology
Social Organization
Social Psychology
Applied Sociology
Population Studies
Human Ecology
Sociological Theory and Research
Social change
This includes the study of social institutions, religious groups, inequality, and mobility.
Social Organization
This area focuses on the study of
human nature and its emphasis on
social processes as they affect
individual or responses which are
called “social stimuli”.
Social Psychology
This is concerned with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations.
Applied Sociology
assist in resolving social problems through the use of sociological research
Applied Sociology
This area includes size, growth,
demographic characteristics, composition,
migration, changes, and quality vis-à-vis
economic, political, and social systems.
Population Studies