UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

1. UCSP Week 1
Marie Joy Trinidad

2. Reminders
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3. UNDERSTANDING THE
CONCEPTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY, AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE
GOAL
Discuss the nature, goals and
perspective in of anthropology,
sociology and political science
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5. Share your thoughts

6. Culture

7. Society

8. Politics

9. What is ANTHROPOLOGY?
 includes topics such as human origin,
globalization, social change, and world
history.
 is the study of humankind in all times
and all places.
 is the study of humanity including our
prehistoric origins and contemporary
human diversity. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

10. Why do we need to study Anthropology?
 To discover what all people have in common
 To discover what makes people different from one another in order to
understand and preserve diversity
 To Produce new knowledge and new theories about humankind and
human behavior – This new knowledge is then applied in an attempt to
alleviate human challenges.
 To Look at one’s own culture more objectively like an outsider

11. Fields of
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Cultural Anthropology
 Linguistic Anthropology
 Archelogy
 Biological Anthropology
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12. CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Refers to the study of living people
and their cultures including
variation and change. It deals with
the description and analysis of the
forms and styles and the social
lives of past and present ages.
Cultural anthropologists also study
art, religion, migration, marriage,
and family. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

13. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
 Refers to the study of communication, mainly (but not
exclusively) among humans. It includes the study of
communication’s origins, history, and contemporary variation.
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14. ARCHAEOLOGY
 Refers to the study
of past human
cultures through
their material
remains. It is the
study of past human
cultures through the
recovery and
analysis of artifacts.

15. BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Also known as “physical anthropology”, this
refers to the study of humans as biological
organisms including their evolution and
contemporary variation. It seeks to describe
the distribution of hereditary variations among
contemporary populations and to sort out and
measure the relative contributions made by
heredity, environment, and culture to human
biology.

16. What is SOCIOLOGY?
It is a systematic study of groups and
societies that people build and how
these affect their behavior.
It focuses on various social
connections, institutions,
organizations, structures, and
processes.
It gathers social inputs which are
composed of frequent forms and
manners namely: attitude,
consolidated values, and norms of
social institutions which form part of
social array.
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17. Why do we need to study SOCIOLOGY?
 To obtain possible theories and principles about society as well as various aspects of social life;
 To critically study the nature of humanity, which also leads to examining our roles within the society;
 Appreciate that all things (in society) are interdependent with each other. An individual’s personal history
is connected to his/her environment’s history, which is also tied into the nation’s history;
 Broaden our familiarity on sociological facts, which are acquired through empirical process. Incidentally,
it makes us realize our prejudices on various social issues; and
 Expose our minds to the different perspectives on attaining the truth. For instance, some theorists
(especially social philosophers) argue that the truth is relative. This sociological viewpoint diminishes the
theory that there is an absolute truth. Furthermore, the determination whether an action/behavior is
good or bad depends on one’s social norms.

18. Fields of
SOCIOLOGY
 Social Organization
 Social Psychology
 Applied Sociology
 Political Studies
 Human Ecology
 Sociological Theory and Research
 Social Change

19. SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
 This includes the study of social institutions,
social inequality, social mobility, religious
groups, and bureaucracy.

20. SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 - This area focuses on the study of human
nature and its emphasis on social processes as
they affect individual or responses which are
called “social stimuli”.

21. APPLIED
SOCIOLOGY
 This is concerned with the specific intent of
yielding practical applications for human
behavior and organizations. The goal of Applied
Sociology is to assist in resolving social
problems through the use of sociological
research.

22. POPULATION
STUDIES
 This area includes size, growth, demographic
characteristics, composition, migration,
changes, and quality vis-à-vis economic,
political, and social systems.

23. HUMAN
ECOLOGY
 It pertains to the study of the effects of various
social organizations (religious organizations,
political institutions and etc.) to the population’s
behavior.

24. SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY AND
RESEARCH
 It focuses on the discovery of theoretical tools,
methods, and techniques to scientifically
explain a particular sociological issue.

25. SOCIAL
CHANGE
 It studies factors that cause social organization
and social disorganization like calamity, drug
abuse, drastic and gradual social change,
health and welfare problems, political
instability, unemployment and
underemployment, child and women’s issue,
etc.

26. In
Addition…

27. What is POLITICAL
SCIENCE?
 It is an academic discipline that deals with
the study of government and political
processes, institutions, and behaviors.
 It is a study of the complex behavior of
various political actors such as the
government administration, opposition, and
subjects.
 It is the systematic study of political and
government institutions and processes
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28. Why do we need to study POLITICAL SCIENCE?
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GovernmentPolitics

29. What’s the
difference?

30. POLITICS
 The study of Politics has something to do with power – who wields it and how it is used.
Therefore, it is important to study politics to understand society and to help change it for the
better. This means that political science is not just for politicians or for aspiring lawyers instead, it
is also a give and take relationship between the government (as a state apparatus) and its people
(as a subject).
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31. Politics
 It originated from the Greek word ‘polis’, which means ‘city’ or ‘state’.
 It is the art and science of governing city/state.
 It is the social process or strategy in any position of control which people gain, use, or lose power.
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32. Politics
 Due to the negative connotations of politics, the term is now applied to many different social
situations. For example, politics is present when a teacher is bribed to include a certain student in
the honor list or when an employee spreads rumors against his/her officemate to get ahead in a
promotion.
 Politics is often used synonymously with government, however, the two (2) are distinct from each
another. The government that takes shape in a country is a reflection of the country’s political
philosophy. While government typically refers to the established legislative and executive
departments of a nation or state, politics is a broad term that is related to the power sharing in
any organization. In other words, politics is an idea while government is the concrete realization
of that idea.
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33. GOVERNMENT
 It is the agency to which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and carried out.
 It is the organized agency in a state tasked to impose social control.
 It is a group of people that governs a community or unit.
 It sets and administers public policy and exercises executive, political, and sovereign power
through customs, institutions and laws within a state.
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34. Government
 The government exists for the benefit of the governed. It is there for our benefit not for the
government officials to benefit from us. It is not just governing the people or the citizens but also
the territory and the sovereignty or independence of the country. Collectively, the government,
people, territory, and sovereignty are known as the elements of the State.
 People often interchangeably use the terms state and nation but the difference lies on how the
latter refers to an ethnic concept which means that people are bound together by common
ethnical elements such as race, language, and culture.
 On the other hand, a state is more of a political concept. It refers to a community of persons
more or less numerous permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a
government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience and enjoying
freedom from external control.
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35. Question Time
 How are culture, society and politics inter
related with one another?

36. Remember
 Anthropology is the study of humankind in all times and all places. It focuses on CULTURE.
 Sociology is a systematic study of groups and societies that people build and how these affect their
behavior. It focuses on SOCIETY.
 Political Science is an academic discipline that deals with the study of government and political
processes, institutions, and behaviors. It focuses on POLITICS and Government.

37. TAKE AWAY
 In each lesson I will be expecting each student
to have 3 take-aways. This is what stuck with
you from what we have studied today.

38. Final
Product
Create a simple
graphic
organizer using
this format
Anthropology Sociology
Political
Science
Nature
Goals
Perspective

39. From this graphic
organizer, Write a 3-
paragraph essay about our
lesson for today. Each
paragraph should contain
at least 6 sentences.
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40. Use this
checklist
Yes No
Graphic
Organizer completed
Paragraph 1 6 sentences
Paragraph 2 6 sentences
Paragraph 3 6 sentences
Grammar and
spelling No Errors

41. Additional
Tip!
www.Grammarly.com

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