UCSP first quiz

Anthropology

Anthropology

the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings, the study that makes us humans

Sociology

the study and classification of human societies, the study of human social relationships and institutions, the study of human relationships and their cultures

Biological Anthropology

carry out systematic studies of noncultural aspects of humans a near-human

Linguistic Anthropology

study human communication process

Archaecology

interested in recovering prehistory and early history of societies and their cultures

Cultural anthropology

interested in cultural aspects of human societies all over the world

Social difference

the difference among the individuals on the basis of social characteristics and qualities are known as ___________

Political Science

is the branch of the social science that studies the state, politics and government

Importance of Political Science

the importance of p.s lies in the fact that all of us live within political systems and we are affected by the changes in the global political economy

Political ideologies

is a set of ideas, beliefs, values and opinions, exhibiting a receiving pattern, that competes deliberately as well as unintentionally over providing plans of action for public policy making in an attempt to justify , explain ,contest or change the social and political arrangements and processes of a political community

absolutism

a system where the rulers have unlimited control

anarchism

society without government, laws , police or other authority. A system of self-control

Aristocracy

the privilege of social class whose members posses a disproportionately large percentage of society's wealth, prestige and political influence.

Autocracy

Supreme political power is in the hands of one person whose decisions are unregulated

Communism

Extreme left-wing ideology based on the revolutionary socialist teachings of Marx. Collective ownership and a planned economy. Each should work to their capability and receive according to their needs

Conservatism

Governmental system where the existing institutions are maintained, emphasising free-enterprise and minimal governmental intervention

Democracy

Government by the people, usually through elected representatives

Dictatorship

Government by a single person with absolute control over the resources of the state

Anguste Comte

originator of positivism, maker of the the law of three stages, "Father of Sociology

Herbert Spencer

"survival of the fittest"

C. Wright Mills

"the power elite". One of the great sociologist and leading public intellectuals of the last century

Peter Ludwig Berger

sociology of knowledge, sociology of religion, study of modernization, and theoretical contributions to sociology theory

Max Weber

one of the founding fathers of sociologist, "Protestant ethic"

Franz Boas

father of modern anthropology, father of american anthropology

Meaning of UCSP

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Name of our UCSP teacher

Isidro Andea