Natural Science Flashcards
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is a branch of science that deals with the natural world: its processes, elements, and composition.
(example: Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, etc.)
Natural Science
is a branch of science that deals with human behavior in its social and cultural aspects. (Anthropology,
Sociology, Political Science, etc.)
Social Science
It can be defined as the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down
from generation to generation. Culture has been called “the way of life for an entire society.”
Culture
It can be defined as group of people who share the same set of laws, rights, and resources.
Society
It can be defined as the science of government.
Politics
(humans)
Anthropos
(to study)
Logos
is the study of humankind in all times and all places or the study of human and its culture.
ANTHROPOLOGY
refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world.
Cultural Variation
Four Cultural Variation
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Nationality
- Society
(companion)
Socius
(to study)
Logos
The study of human social relationships and institutions.
SOCIOLOGY
Father of Sociology
He believed that society should be understood and studied as it was, rather than what it ought to be.
Auguste Comte
American Sociologist who laid the groundwork for sociology of race and ethnicity and contributed important analyses
of American Society in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.
William Du Bois
Was a British scholar and writer who were also fundamental to establishing the sociological perspective. She wrote
prolifically about the relationship between politics, morals, and society, as well as sexism and gender roles.
Harriet Martineau
Two Main Approaches in Sociology
1.Macro-sociology takes on the study of society as a whole.
2.Micro-sociology study of small group behavior, focuses on the nature of everyday human interaction on a small
scale.
are the differences among the individuals based on social characteristics and qualities.
Social Differences
Parts of Social Differences
Gender
Socio-economic status
Exceptionality
(city-state)
Polis
(to know)
Scire
The systematic study of governance by the application of empirical and general scientific methods of analysis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
It is the way that people living in groups make decisions.
* making agreements between people so they can live together in groups such as tribes, cities, or countries.
Politics
Always associated with group affiliation and describes the ways in which being a member of a particular group might
express specific political opinions and attitudes.
Political Identity