UCSP Flashcards
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What are the three causes of social change
Invention
Discovery
Diffusion
It is more focused on the history of a human and its structure
Anthropology
It studies artifacts
Anthropology
This focuses on the economics and how the environment of a person can affect someone
Sociology
The systematic study of governance by the application of
empirical and generally scientific methods of analysis. The
contemporary discipline, however, is considerably broader
than this, encompassing studies of all the societal, cultural,
and psychological factors that mutually influence the
operation of government and the body politic.
political science
*It is the scientific study of society; the science of
society, institutions and social behavior. “Humans
are to be understood in the context of social life,
that we are social animals influenced by
interactions, social patterns and socialization.
sociology
It is a binary data designed to work as a medium of
exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in
a ledger existing in a form computerized database using strong
cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of
additional coins, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership.
cryptocurrency
is the process of developing physical and biological change in a
species over a period of time. Natural changes and events
forced species to adapt to the environment, while some faced
extinction for being unable to do so.
evolution
that proposed that the
current human race spurred from a line of primates that
evolved through “survival of the fittest,” wherein primitive
species competed among each other for survival.
Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
is the only source of knowledge in
understanding the lifestyle and the developments that
occurred in each transitional stage of human evolution.
artefactual evidence
belong to the class Mammalia and they share all the
common features of Mammals. Except for humans, the bodies
of primates are covered with dense hair or fur which provides insultation
primates
is learned behavior passed on from one generation to
another. In understanding cultural evolution, we could
associate tools and artifacts that the early humans used.
cultural evolution
Refers to a group of people sharing a common
culture within a defined territorial boundaries.
society
Complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs,
arts, morals and any other capabilities and habits
acquired by man as member of a society
culture
Proposed the Tabula Rasa Theory
john locke
It is transmitted from one
generation to another
through the medium of
language, verbal or non-
verbal through the
gestures of signs, orally or
in writing.
Culture is socially transmitted through
language
- Many persons interacting with each other develop
culture. Culture is a product of social interaction,
through manual interstimulation and response of
people with one another. The patterns for behavior, the
learned ways of doing things which have become stable,
and material products of such interaction develop
culture.
Culture is a Social Product
The act
or instance of
satisfaction
gratification
It provides satisfaction
of man’s varied
physiological, social,
emotional, and spiritual
needs.
Culture is a source of gratification
*Through inventions and discoveries, man has been able
to overcome his limitations to outdo all other animals.
Through culture man has been able to control and
harness the inhospitable forces of nature to conform to
his biddings.
culture is adaptive
is defined as a collection of two or more people who
participate in an enduring social interaction and relationship who
believe that they have something in common.
social group
It is the processes that occur between group members. These dynamics
are affected by each member’s internal thoughts and feelings, their
expressed thoughts and feelings, their nonverbal communication, and
the relationship between group members.
group dynamics
is the organization of the biological, psychological,
social, cultural, and moral factors which underlie a person’s
behavior. It refers to a more or less enduring organization of forces
within the individual associated with a complex of fairly
consistent attitudes, values, and modes of perception which
account, in part, for the individual’s consistency and behavior
(Barrnow 1963).
personality
refers to groups whose members are
more or less the same age, sex, and rank. According to K.
Davis (1949), peers stand in the same relation to persons in
authority and therefore “see the world through the same eyes.”
peer groups
