UCSP

Question 1

It refers to the changes, modifications, and variations in the genetics and inherited traits or biological populations from one generation to another

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Biological Evolution

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It refers to the changes or development in cultures from a simple form to a more complex form of culture.

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Cultural Evolution

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The evolution of species happens through the process of

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Natural Selection

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Every species is made up of variety of individuals wherein some are adopted to their environments compared to others

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Variations

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Organisms produce progeny with different sets of traits that can inherited.

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Heritability

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The general term used to categorize the group of early humans and other humanlike creatures that can walk erect during the prehistoric period.

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Hominids

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They are also known as “Ape on the Ground”.

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Ardipithecus

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They are called as “The Southern Ape”

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Australophitecus

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They are classified as humans and not humanlike creatures because they had bigger brains were bipedal.

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Homo

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It has a brain half the size of modern human.

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Homo Habilis

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They invented hand axe tools for chopping and digging

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Homo Erectus

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Two or more people interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity

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Social Group

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These are small, intimate and less specialized group

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Primary Group

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Examples of these particular group are, families, factions, play groups, and friendship groups.

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Primary Group

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A large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity

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Secondary Group

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Industrial workers, business associates, faculty staff, and company employees are some examples of this certain group.

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Secondary Group

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A cross between primary and secondary groups.

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Intermediate Group

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A member can identify him/himself within that group & which individuals feel at home.

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In-Groups

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A social unit to which individuals do not belong due to differences in social categories and with which they do not identify.

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Out-Groups

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Groups to which we consciously or unconsciously refer when we evaluate our life situations and behavior but to which we do not necessarily belong.

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Reference Group

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series or web of social ties involving people or groups of individuals connected to each other.

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Network

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Groups which are organized to meet the specific interest of the members.

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Special interest groups

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Groups assigned to accomplish jobs which cannot done by one person.

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Task Groups

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Groups organized to support or influence social actions.

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Influence/Pressure Groups

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Their goals are clearly stated & the division of labor is based on member's ability or merit

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Formal Groups

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An administrative structure which is aimed to enable members to meet their goals

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Bureaucracy

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Arises spontaneously out of interactions of two or more persons; it is unplanned.

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Informal Groups

Question 28

It is defined as a type of social institution that unites people by blood, kinship or alliance one group within a society.

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Family

Question 29

According to him, family is a group of individuals wherein the relationship is based on consanguinity and kinship.

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Kingsley Davis

Question 30

He defined family as an institution that passes down cultural traditions of a society to the next generations.

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Bronilow Nalinowski

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Families that include the other members of the kinship group such as uncles, grandparents, and cousins.

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Extended Family

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These relationships achieved by birth or blood affinity.

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Consanguineal

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Biological relationship between parents and offspring.

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Descent

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The line where one's descent is traced.

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Lineage

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Tracing the affiliation of a person through descent of only one sex,

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Unilineal Descent

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Descent is identified by tracing the ancestry of an individual by his or her relatives from the men, sons or fathers of the families in the ancestry line.

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Patrilineal

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The union of a couple through legal and socially acceptable means.

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Marriage

Question 38

The practice of marrying a specific ethnic group, class or social group, rejecting others on such a basis as being unsuitable for marriage or for the close relationships.

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Endogamy

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The practice of marrying outside group, class or social group, which is very common in modern societies

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Exogamous

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The marriage of sexual partnering practice where the individual has only one male or female partner or mate

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Monogamy

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A man that has a multiple partner or wife.

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Polygyny

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A woman that has a multiple partner/husband.

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Polyandry

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A man marries several sisters

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Sororal polygyny

Question 44

In a _______ kinship is traced through both ancestral lines of the mother and father.

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Bilateral Descent

Question 45

It involves issues like allocation of political roles, leveis of political integration, concentration of power and authority, mechanisms of social control and resolving conflicts

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Political Organization

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It is usually a very small, oftentimes nomadic group that is connected by family ties and is politically independent.

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Band

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It is a combination of smaller kin or non-kin groups, linked by a common culture, that usually act as one.

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Tribe

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A political unit headed by a chief, who holds power over more than None community group.

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Chiefdom

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It is a political unit that has sovereignty.

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STATE

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It consists of a distinct population of people bound together by a common culture, history, and tradition who are typically concentrated within a specific geographic region

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Nation

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TYPES OF FAMILY:

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1. NUCLEAR FAMILY 2. EXTENDED FAMILY 3. EXTENDED FAMILY 4. SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY 5. BLENDED FAMILY

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KINSHOP BY BLOOD:

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1. CONSANGUINEAL 2. DESCENT 3. LINEAGE 4. UNILINEAL 5. GROUPS 6. BILATERAL DESCENT 7. PATRINEAL 8. MATRILINEAL

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AFFINAL KINSHIP

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1. ENDOGAMY 2. EXOGAMY 3. MONOGAMY 4. POLYGAMY