Social Sciences
The disciplines under which identity, culture, society, and politics are collectively under.
Social Sciences
Comprised of a wide array of academic disciplines that study the overall functions of society as well as the interactions among its individual members and institutions.
Man Influenced by Culture
We grow up with traditions from our households.
Society Influenced Culture
Culture is affected by society because cultures are mixed in a society, making some cultures irrelevant.
Crime Rate
Number of crimes committed in a period of time.
Crime Rate
Affects the economic development and productivity of the country.
Poverty
A state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essential for a minimum standard of living.
Types of Poverty
Absolute
Relative
Situational
Generational
Rural
Urban
Absolute Poverty
Condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs.
Cause of Absolute Poverty
Debt
Population Increase
Natural Disasters
Conflicts
Child Labor
Relative Property
Lack of income needed to maintain the average standard of living in a society.
Cause of Relative Poverty
Long-term Sickness
Disability
Discouragement from the Labor Market
Single Parent
Situational Poverty
A period where an individual falls below the poverty line because of a sudden event.
Cause of Situational Poverty
Divorce
Death of the Breadwinner
Illness
Loss of Job
Generational Poverty
Defined as having been in poverty for atleast two generations
Cause of Generational Poverty
Hopelessness
Scarcity of Mindset
Toxicity
Stress
Rural Poverty
The product of poor infrastructure that hinders development and mobility.
Cause of Rural Poverty
Lack of Sufficient Food
Lack of Technological Development
Lack of Agricultural Support
Lack of Access to Markets
Urban Poverty
The set of economic and social difficulties that are found in industrialized cities.
Cause of Urban Poverty
Low Level of Education/Skills
Lack of Employment Opportunities
Low Wages
Large Family Size
Elections
A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
Second Monday of May every 3rd year Starting 1992
National and local elections.
Corruption
A form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one’s personal gain.
Examples of Corruption
Giving or accepting bribes
Under the table
Manipulating/diverting bribes
Money Laundering
Defrauding investors
Types of Corruption
Grand
Petty
Grand Corruption
Done by high ranking officials
Misappropriation
Theft
Embezzlement/fraud
Breach of trust
Petty Corruption
Lowest form of corruption, typically done by low-level public servants.
Types of Migration
Push
Pull
Media Controversies
Civil rights
Censorship and freedom of speech
Climate change
Death penalty
Abortion
Anthropology
The study of what makes us human.
Types of Anthropology
Cultural
Biological
Cultural Anthropology
Deals with the study of the differences and similarities of various cultures and how they corelate with each other.
Ex. Ethnology
Ethnology
An academic field that compare and analyzes the characteristics of different people and the relationships between them.
Power Distance
The relationship between high-ranking and lower-ranking individuals depend on how the latter react to the former.
High Power Distance
Respect for authority
Low Power Distance
Respect for individuality
Biological Anthropology
Concerned with the origin, evolution, and diversity of people’s ancestry, development, genetics, and other human characteristics.
Human Lineage
Australopithecus Afarensis
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Sapiens
Archeology
The scientific study of humans, their history and culture, through the examinations of the artefacts and remains left behind.
Archeological Records
Artifacts
Architecture
Biofacts or ecofacts
Sites
Cultural Landscapes
Anthropological Linguistics
Examines human languages
Anthropological Linguistics
Study of the relationship between language and culture. Refers to work on languages that have no written records.
Sociology
The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior; from large scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions.
Sociology
The study of reifications or social constructs.
Structural Functionalism
Views the society as composed of different but interdependent integral parts that keep a society intact and functioning.
Examples of Structural Functionalism
Government
Church
Hospital
School
Symbolic Interactionalism
Symbolic interactionism is an approach used to analyze human interactions by focusing on the meanings that individuals assign to things in the world around them, including words and objects.
Herbert Blumer
“In order to understand society, it is of paramount concern to know underlying concepts embedded in everyday communication and interaction.”
Examples of Symbolic Interactionalism
Written
Unwritten
Conversations
Responses
Interpretations
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