Ucsp - Week2 Introduction

Understanding Culture,
Society, AND
Political Science
LET’S WARM UP!
• Draw figure 1 on your paper.
• Write your name inside the
circle.
• Write the following information
of yourself. (Gender, Socio-
Economic, Ethnicity, Religion)
1.WAY OF LIFE
- Do you think there are

changes in your view of life?
2.VIEW OF THE WORLD
- Do you noticed some

differences in your view of
the world?
3.PRIORITIES IN LIFE
- Do you still consider your

studies as your top priority?
4.RELATIONSHIP WITH
OTHERS
- Do you experienced that

something are not as they
DIRECTION: Based on the from the previous
activity, answer the following questions.
1.What are the similarities and differences of

every individual?
2.Do these similarities and differences affect
the life of the whole community? Explain.
WHAT IS
SOCIAL
SCIENCE?
SOCIAL
SCIENCE
- a branch of science that deals with the
institutions and functioning of human
society and with the interpersonal
relationships of individuals as members of
society.
SOCIAL
SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
-
SOCIOLOGY
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
WHAT IS
ANTHROPOLOGY
?
ANTHROPOLOGY
- The study of the biological, cultural,
and social aspects of man.
- Derived from Greek words,

Anthropos meaning “man,” and
logos, which means “study” or
“inquiry.”
FIELDS ANTHROPOLOGY
1. SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY – how social
patterns and practices cultural variation
across different societies.
2. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY – studies

cultural variation across different
societies and examines the need to
understand culture in its own context.
FIELDS ANTHROPOLOGY
3. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY – studies
language and discourse and how they
reflect and shape different aspect of human
society and culture.
4. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY – studies
the origin of humans as well as the
interplay between social factors and the
process of human evolution.
FIELDS ANTHROPOLOGY
5. ARCHEOLOGY – deals with prehistoric

societies by studying their tools and
environment.
FRANZ BOAS
- Father of American
Anthropology.
- He rejected the biological

basis of racism or racial
discrimination.
ALFRED
KROEBER
- Father of California
Anthropology.
- culture must contain

explanations.
CLIFFORD
GEERTZ
- advocated for the
"thick description"
approach.
GOALS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
1. Observe the common things among people
-
2. Discover what make people differ from each
other
3. Create new knowledge through researches
about human kind and behavior.
WHAT IS
SOCIOLOGY?
SOCIOLOGY
- A branch of Social Sciences that deals
with the scientific study of human
interactions, social groups and
institutions, whole societies, and the
human world.
AUGUSTE MARIE
FRANCOIS XAVIER
COMTE
- Coined the word
“Sociology” but
originally used as
“social physics”
- Father of Sociology
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SOCIETIES
1. The Theological Stage
2. The metaphysical Stage
3. The positive Stage

AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER
COMTE
KARL MARX
- Father of scientific socialism.
- Advocated the use of

scientific methods to
uncover the deep structural
tendencies that underlie
great social transitions.
EMILE
DURKHEIM
- Pioneer of Functionalism in
sociology
- Society possess a reality

“sui generis” (that is, its
own kind, or a class by itself,
unique)
MEX WEBER
- Stressed the role of
rationalization in the
development of society.
- Pioneer of interpretative
sociology.
- Rationalization refers to
the disenchantment of the
world.
FIELDS OF SOCIOLOGY
-
1. Social Organizations
2. Social Psychology
3. Applied Sociology
4. Human Ecology
GOALS OF SOCIOLOGY
-
1. Study the nature of humanity

2. Applied Society
WHAT IS
POLITICAL
SCIENCE?
POLITICAL SCIENCE
- The systematic study of politics. It

focuses on the fundamental values of
equality, freedom, and justice as well as
the dynamics of conflict, resolution, and
cooperation.
PLATO
- conflicting interests of
different parts of society
can be harmonized.
ARISTOTLE
- the purpose of the
government is to
foster the good life for
its citizen.
- man is a Political
Animal.
JEAN-JACQUES
ROUSSEAU
- questioned the purpose

and place of government
and its responsibility for
its citizen.
JOHN
LOCKE
- He uses a theory of
natural rights to argue that
government official have
obligations to their citizens.
GOALS OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE
1. Make people a better citizen
-
2. Keep social order and harmony among
different groups of people
3. Protect the rights of an individual
4. Avoid conflict and promise cooperation
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
- - can help us explain how society
works and what it means to be
human.
- Improvement of Society

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Understanding Culture,

- Do you think there are

- Do you noticed some

- Do you still consider your

- Do you experienced that

1.What are the similarities and differences of

- Derived from Greek words,

2. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY – studies

5. ARCHEOLOGY – deals with prehistoric

- He rejected the biological

- culture must contain

2. The metaphysical Stage

3. The positive Stage

- Advocated the use of

- Society possess a reality

1. Study the nature of humanity

- The systematic study of politics. It

- questioned the purpose

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