UCSP (1st grading) Flashcards

(38 cards)

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sociologists refer to a definable region- as small as a neighborhood

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By “territory»

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It is basic to communication and transmission of culture. It is known as the storehouse of culture.

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Language

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Discipline in social science concerned primarily in the state, government, and politics .

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Political Science

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the study of what humans left behind, through excavation

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Archaeology

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These are norms that society holds so strongly that violating it results in extreme disgust.

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Taboos

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is a shared set of spoken and written symbols.

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Language

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These may be based on common sense, folk wisdom, religion, science, or combination of all of these.

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Beliefs

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verbal (words) nonverbal (acts, gestures, signs, and objects) that communicate meaning that people recognize.

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Symbols

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This is known as HOLISM, or the various parts of a culture being interconnected or interlinked. All aspects of a culture are related one another and to truly understand a culture, one must learn about all of its part, not only a few.

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Integrated

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Sociologists refer to the period during the 18th century when the production of goods in mechanized factories began of the Industrial Revolution.

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Industrial societies

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the study of human language

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Linguistic Anthropology

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These societies rely on the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and plants in order to survive.

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Horticultural Societies

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A branch of Social Science that deals with all
aspects of human
beings including biological
evolution and social and cultural features that
definitely distinguish humans from other animal species.

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Anthropology

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Is a term used by anthropologists to refer to a group of people who share a culture and belief. Their members interact with one another and cooperate to achieve objectives collectively that they could not
achieve as individuals

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Society

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describes a group of people who share a common territory and a culture.

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Society

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People use technology, ideas and activities in order to survive and expand the human culture and society, this only depicts that culture is ____.

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describes what is appropriate on inappropriate (good or bad, bad; desirable or undesirable; worthy or unworthy) in a given society or what ought to be.

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Rely on products through the domestication and breeding of animals for transportation and food

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Pastoral Societies

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is the process by which a person adopts the behavior patterns of the culture he lives in.

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Enculturation

20
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the study of the human body

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Physical or Biological Anthropology

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A branch of Social Science that deals with the** study of society, groups, norms, and organizations.**

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These are strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior. _____ are norms based on definitions of right and wrong

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Focuses on mode of production They rely on the use of technology in order to cultivate cropy in large areas, including wheat, rice, and corn.

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Agricultural societies

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They are often forced to relocate when the resources of the land are depleted or when the water supplies decrease.

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Horticultural Societies

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Their economy is based on services and technology, not production.
Post-industrial societies
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Another word for enculturation
Socialization
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What are the 4 key subdiscipline of Anthropology?
Cultural Anthropology Physical or Biological Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology Archaeology
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These are codified ethics, and formally agreed, written down and enforced by an official law enforcement agency.
Laws
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Most societies interact with other societies, and lead to exchanges of material (e.g., tools and furniture) and nonmaterial (e.g., ideas and symbols) components of culture.
Dynamic, Flexible, and Adaptive
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They use advanced sources of energy to run large machinery which led to industrialization.
Industrial Societies
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Also known as customs, these are norms for everyday behavior that people follow for the sake of tradition or convenience.
Folkways
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Culture is _____ as it responds to the changing needs of time, alongside to the motion and actions within and around it. When one aspect changes within a system, culture easily responds to it.
Dynamic
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These are the earliest forms a society.
Hunting and gathering societies
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is the view of things in which one's Own group is the center of everything and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.
Ethnocentrism
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refers to "that complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society".
Culture
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the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time.
Culture
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are specific rules/standards to guide appropriate behavior.
Norms
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the study of human cultures around the world
Cultural Anthropology