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    This document provides an overview of the fields of anthropology and sociology. Anthropology is defined as the study of humankind in all times and places, including topics like human origins, globalization, social change, and world history. The main fields of anthropology are cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Similarly, sociology is defined as the systematic study of groups and societies and how social structures and processes influence human behavior. The main branches of sociology discussed are social organization, social psychology, applied sociology, population studies, and human ecology. Key anthropologists and sociologists mentioned include Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Emile Durkheim.

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    This document provides an overview of the fields of anthropology and sociology. Anthropology is defined as the study of humankind in all times and places, including topics like human origins, globalization, social change, and world history. The main fields of anthropology are cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Similarly, sociology is defined as the systematic study of groups and societies and how social structures and processes influence human behavior. The main branches of sociology discussed are social organization, social psychology, applied sociology, population studies, and human ecology. Key anthropologists and sociologists mentioned include Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Emile Durkheim.

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    Understanding The

    Concepts Of
    Anthropology and
    Sociology
    ANTHROPOLOGY
    OIt is the study of humankind in all times and all
    places.

    OIncludes topics such as human origin,


    globalization, social cange, and world history.
    ANTHROPOLOGY
    OGOALS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
    OFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
    OANTHROPOLOGIST
    Goals of Anthropology
    O Discover what all people have in common.
    O Produces new knowledge and new theories about
    humankind and human behavior.
    O Discover what makes people different from one
    another.
    O Look at one’s own culture more objectively like an
    outsider.
    Fields of Anthropology
    OCultural anthropology
    - refers to the study of living people and their
    cultures including variation and change.

    OLinguistic Anthropology
    - refers to the study of communication, mainly among
    humans.
    OArchaeology
    - refers to the study of past human cultures through their
    material remains.

    OBiological Anthropology
    - also known as physical anthropology.

    Study of humans as biological organisms.


    Anthropologist
     Franz Boas
    - one of the greatest and most influential
    anthropologist ever.
    - “Father of Modern Anthropology”
    - the first to implement the scientific method
    into the study of human cultures and society.
     Alfred Koeber
    - an American cultural anthropologist.
    - the first professor appointed to the Department of
    Anthropology.

     Clifford Geertz
    - practice the symbolic anthropology.
     Margaret Mead
    - known for her studies about psychology and culture.

     Edward Burnett Taylor


    - he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology,
    based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell.
     Bronislaw Malinowski
    - the most influential anthropologist of the 20 th century.
    SOCIOLOGY
    OSystematic study of groups and societies people build
    and how these effect their behavior.

    OIt focuses on various social connections, institutions,


    organizations, structures and processes.
    SOCIOLOGY
    O BRANCHES OF SOCIOLOGY
    O SOCIOLOGIST
    Branches of Sociology
    OSocial Organization
    - this includes the study of social institution, social
    inequality, social mobility, religious group, and bureaucracy.

    OSocial psychology
    - this area focuses on the study of the human nature
    which are called “social stimuli”.
    O Applied Sociology
    - this concerned with the specific intent of yielding
    practical applications for human behavior and organizations.

    O Population Studies
    - this area includes size, growth, changes, demographic
    characteristics and quality economic, political and social
    systems.
    OHuman Ecology
    - it pertains to the study of the effects of various social
    organizations to the population’s behavior.

    OSociological Theory and Research


    - it focuses on the discovery of theoretical tools, methods,
    and techniques to explain a a particular sociological issue.
    OSocial Change
    - it studies factors that cause social organization and social
    disorganization like calamity, drug abuse, underemployment,
    child and women’s issue, etc.
    Sociologists
     Herbert Spencer
    - developed an all embracing conception of evolution as the
    progressive development of the physical world.

     Emile Durkheim
    - he formally established the academic discipline .
     Karl Marx
    - he was the famous Prussian political economist, journalist,
    and activist.
    - widely known for his critiques of the social and political of
    industrial capitalism.

     Max Weber
    - one of the founder thinkers of sociology;
    - died at the age of 56
     Auguste Comte
    - he became very interested in a way that society molded
    itself and the laws that it followed.

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