CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1 Behavioral Sciences

Anthropology

the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings, comparative study of various aspects of past and present cultures

Physical Anthropology

The systematic study of humans as biological organisms; also known as biological anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

The study of human society and culture, the subfield that describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences

Ethnology

The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theories that help explain why certain important differences or similarities occur among groups.

Archaelogy

Past human life as shown by fossil relics and the cities, monuments, and artifacts left by ancient peoples

Anthropological Linguistics

The scientific study of human communication within its sociocultural context

Culture

The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

Technology

The application of scientific discoveries to practical use

Economic Systems

means by which a society distributes its goods and services free market, capitalism, planned systems, socialism, communism.

Social Systems

All the people who help meet financial, personal, physical, and emotional needs. Family, friends, and neighbors.

Reciprocity

the exchange of goods and services, of approximately equal value, between two parties without money.

Redistribution

A form of exchange in which goods flow into a central place, where they are sorted, counted, and reallocated

Market Exchange

An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined primarily by the forces of supply and demand

Egalitarian Societies

Societies in which everyone has about equal rank, access to, and power over basic resources.

Stratified Societies

Societies in which people are hierarchically divided and ranked into social strata, or layers, and do not share equally in basic resources that support survival, influence, and prestige.

Kinship

A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

Sociology

The systematic study of human society

Sociologists

People who mainly focus on human needs and concepts, like equity, empowerment, social cohesion, and cultural identity.

Society

An organized community with established rules and traditions

Folk Society

A traditional society that is generally based in agriculture and today is found only in isolated areas.

Modern Society

Large and generally based on advanced division of labor and is rapidly changing.

Socializations

the process through which children acquire the values, standards, skills knowledge and behaviors, that are regarded as appropriate for their present and future role in their particular role in their particular.

Family

A social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children

Socialization Process

How cultural values & norms are passed down to children