UCSP FIRST PRELIM

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in its sense involves social
(i.e., actions and interactions),
cultural (i.e., practices and traditions)
and political realities
- Is a social system comprising
interconnected and interrelated parts
(sub systems)

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Society

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Is the activity through which people
make, preserve and amend the
general rules under which they live.

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Politics

Question 2

refers to the personal traits
and social roles of the male and
female members of society.

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Gender

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is the state of being either
masculine or feminine.

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Sexuality

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Refers to the status of every
individual from the sociological and
economic points of view.
- The level of an individual’s social
standing and financial position in the
society.

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Socio-Economic Status

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Is a condition in which a social
group belongs to a common national
or cultural tradition.

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Ethnicity

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The study of society and human
behavior.
Help us better understand all
problems and how to try and fix
them.

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Sociology

Question 7

The _____ of an individual
refers to the identity or feeling of
belonging to a group.
Pertains to one’s nationality,
ethnicity, religion, social class,
generation, locality or any kind of
social group that has its own distinct
culture.

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Cultural Identity

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Consists of the ethnic, religious,
racial, gender, linguistic or other
socioeconomic factors and values
that shape an individual’s
upbringing.

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Cultural Background

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Are known from virtually all human
societies. A ____ is a
prohibition against consuming
certain foods.

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Food Taboos

Question 10

The cuisine of the Filipinos has its
roots or with influences from the
Malay, Spanish, Arab, Indian,
Japanese, Chinese and American
cuisines.

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Food Taboos in the Philippines

Question 11

Are two robust constructs in the
vocabulary of the social sciences

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Society and Culture

Question 12

The Filipino term “______” is
derived from the English idiom “on
______”.
______ is a localized version of
standby, which over the years has
developed a set of peculiar
characteristics that signify a
particular subsector in Philippine
society.

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The Standby (Istambay) Phenomenon

Question 13

The word ‘society’ was coined by
social scientists to facilitate their
exploration of social phenomena.
As a concept, ‘society’ represents the
ideal type, which more or less
depicts the form, process, and
dynamics of the social reality it
embodies.

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Society as a Concept

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Which refer to families whose
members are engaged in politics
have been in the Philippine political
structure since time past.

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Political Dynasty

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The definition simply means that
society only exists if there are people
interaction and their interactions
constitute the process that defines
society.

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Society as a Facticity

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Is concerned mainly with the
foundations of the political
community and institutions.
It focuses on human nature and the
moral purposes of political
association.

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Political Theory

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The definition simply means that
society only exists if there are people
interaction and their interactions
constitute the process that defines
society.

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Society as a Facticity

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Is a broad field with a variety of
approaches and goals.

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Comparative Politics

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Survived by hunting animals and
gathering plants

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Hunting and Gathering Society

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Survived primarily on growing
plants

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Horicultural Society

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• Society which food is obtained by
  raising and taking care of animals

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Pastoral Society

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Uses plows and draft animals in
growing food

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Agricultural Society

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Depends on science and technology
to produce its basic goods and
services

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Industrial Society

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Which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information Manufacturing-based economy to service-based economy

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Post-Industrial Society

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Which the economic emphasis is on providing services and information Manufacturing-based economy to service-based economy.

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Post-Industrial Society

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Preindustrial society-based on traditions, kinship, and close social ties.

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Gemeinschaft

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Industrial society by weak family ties, competition, and impersonal social relationships.

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Gasellschaft

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Achieved by people doing the same type of work and holding similar values.

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Mechanical Solidarity

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Which members interdependence is based on specialized functions and statuses.

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Organic Solidarity

Question 30

4 Types of Social Norms

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Folkway Mores Law Taboo

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Set of unwritten rules and behaviors that are accepted in a group or society Standards of expectations

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Norms/Social Norms

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tells us things to do

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Prescriptive

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tells us what to avoid

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Proscriptive

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Fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate one’s attitude or behavior

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Values

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Describes actions or behaviors that violate informal social norms or rules

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Deviance

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Includes criminal violations EX. Robbery, theft, murder, etc.

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Formal Deviance

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Violations of informal social norms that have not been codified into law

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Informal Deviance

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Unintended consequences from the manifest functions.

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Latent Function

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Structures that are created to meet the needs of different needs in society

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Institution

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Affects behavior and attitude of an individual

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Social Facts

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Focuses on the war, inequality, and ‘conflict’ in society Examines any social phenomenon through lens that there is a natural human instinct towards conflict

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Conflict Theory

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Refers to the opinion that one’s own culture is better

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Ethnocentrism

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The ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgements using one’s own culture.

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Cultural Relativism

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You perceived that another culture is better than your own preference of another culture

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Xenocentrism

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is the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners

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Xenophobia

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A way of classifying yourself by race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc.

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Social Location

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Means that it occupies a position outside the centers of power

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Marginalazation

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Social and cultural inequality

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Power & Inequality

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Study of people and their cultures Trying to understand how intuitions developed

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Anthropology

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The theory that cultures are built on hidden underpinnings formed from human perceptive and activity.

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Structurism

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How institutions fitted together to create a functioning society. It argues that society is made possible by cooperation and interdependence.

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Structural Functionalist Tradition

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Things that are put in place intentionally to keep society moving forward. i.e Institutions, agencies, etc.

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Manifest Function

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Has a broader meaning set including "a belief that racial differences produce the inherent superiority of a particular race.

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Racism

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Questions the assumptions of global politics

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Political Anthropology

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Explores differing experiences of medicine and disease

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Medical Anthropology

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Asks fundamental questions about the ways in which we understand society

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Feminist Anthropology