UCSP Exam

Culture

Is a powerful defining characteristics of human groups that shapes our perceptions, behaviors, and relationships

Material

Identified with the material things in our life

Non Material

These are the thoughts, standards, and conviction

Society

Gathering of individuals whose individuals associate, dwell in a qualifiable religion and offer a culture

Politics

was a subject which managed

Law

appears to be equal but does not usually provide equity

Culture

Anthropology, The study of human kind

Anthropology

is the study and analysis or description of humanity’s past and present

Cultural Relativism

They connect their study on the beliefs / culture of people

Comparison

They compare one person to another

FIeldwork

their fieldwork is within the community

Sociology

The scientific investigation of human culture and social behavior

Political science

the study of the nature, causes and consequences of collective, decision and action taken by groups of people embeded in culture institution that structure power and authority

Gender

the composite attitudes and behavior of men and women

social class

a group of people with similar socio-economic status or standing in the society

exceptionality

refers to the behavioral, communicative, intellectual and physical characteristics / ability of a person

ethnicity

frequently linked with a person racial, cultural, or religious group

nationality

related to the state to which an individual belongs or shares affiliation

Labels

Individually given, collective, not natural, enforced within the society

people

are the social actors or agents who have the capacity to understand and reshape their world too

History

is an object and humans are the subject who can change it

Ethnocentrism

the act of judging another culture from the perspective of one’s own

cultural chavvinism

extreme form of ethnocentrism

Xenocentrism

a belief that anything that is foreign is superior

xenophobia

the fear of what is perceieved as different, foreign or strange

temporocentrism

one’s time culture is important than other time culture

cultural relativism

idea that all norms, belief, and values are all dependent on their cultural context and should be treated as such

Identity formation

is the development of individual’s distinct personality, which is regarded as a persisting entity in a particular stage of life by which a person is recognized or known

Cultural identity

is ones feeling of identy or affilation with a group or culture

Deviant behavior

it is a behavior which may be tolerated, approved, or dissaproved by the group

Innovatiors

who accepts the culturally approved goals but disregard the institutional means to achieve them

ritualists

persons who discard socially approved goals but accept legitimate ways and means of doing things

retrealists

persons who reject both socially approved goals and legitimate ways and means of acheiving it

rebels

who reject both socially approved goals and the legitimate ways and means of achieving it with thee intention of replacing these with their own

socialization

refers to a lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture

enculturation

is the process by which people learn the requrements of their surrounding cultures and aquire the values and behaviors appropriate or neccesary in that culture

norms

a rule that guides the behavior of members of a group or society

values culturally

defined standard that people use to decide what is desirable and beautiful

ascribed status

social position recieves at birth

achieved status

social position a person takes place that reflects personal identity and effort

role

refers to the behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status

role set

a number of role attached to a single status

role strain

conflict among the roles connected to two or more status

Conformists

who accept socially approved goals and the legitimate means of achieving it