Lesson 1 Flashcards
What are the three faces of social?
Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science
Study of humanity, including our prehistoric origins
Anthropology
What are the four major fields of general anthropology?
•Cultural anthropology
•Linguistic anthropology
•Archaeology
•Biological anthropology
It is the study of living people and their cultures
Cultural anthropology
It is a study of communication or language
Linguistic anthropology
It is the study of past human culture
Archaeology
Also known as physical anthropology
It is a study of human as biological organisms
Biological anthropology
Physical change
Biological
Way of living
Cultural
It involves the use of anthropological knowledge to help solve social problems, achieve primary goals (policy goals)
Applied anthropology
It came from the latin word socius (associate) and greek word logos (study of knowledge)
Sociology
He is the father of sociology
August/e Comte (1798-1857)
It is the study of government and political process. An academic discipline
Political science
Came from the greek word polis (city or state)
It refers to art and science of governing a city or a state
Politics
The agency to which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and carried out
A group of people that govern a community or unit
Government
