UNDERSTANDING THE
CONCEPTS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY, AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
#UCSP
ANTHROPOLOGY
It includes topics such as human origin,
globalization, social change, and world
history.
It is the study of humankind in all times and
all places.
It is the study of humanity including our
prehistoric origins and contemporary
human diversity.
GOALS
ANTHROPOLOGY
Discover what all people have in common –
By studying commonalities (folklores,
traditions, language, etc.) in all humanity,
we could understand more about the
human’s nature.
Produce new knowledge and new theories
about humankind and human behavior –
This new knowledge is then applied in an
attempt to alleviate human challenges.
FIELDS
ANTHROPOLOGY
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.
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Refers to the study of
communication,
mainly (but exclusively) among
humans. not includes
It the study of
communication’s origins, history, and
contemporary variation.
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.
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 measure relative
and the made
contributions
environment, and culture byto human heredity
biology.
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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, viewpoints, consolidated values, and
norms of social institutions which form part of
social array.
The scientific study of
Sociology enables us to:
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
SOCIOLOGY ENABLES US TO:
Obtain possible theories and principles about
society as well as various aspects of social life;
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;
BRANCHES
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
This the social
institutions,
includes social study
mobility, religious of social
bureaucracy. inequality, and
groups,
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”.
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.
POPULATION STUDIES
This area includes size, growth,
demographic characteristics,
composition, migration,
changes, and quality vis-à-vis
economic, political, and social
systems.
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.
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND
RESEARCH
It focuses on the discovery
theoretical of tools,
techniques tomethods,
scientifically
and explain
a particular sociological issue.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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