The disciplines under which identity, culture, society, and politics are collectively under.
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.
Number of crimes committed in a period of time.
Affects the economic development and productivity of the country.
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
Condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs.
Cause of Absolute Poverty
Lack of income needed to maintain the average standard of living in a society.
Cause of Relative Poverty
Discouragement from the Labor Market
A period where an individual falls below the poverty line because of a sudden event.
Cause of Situational Poverty
Death of the Breadwinner
Loss of Job
Defined as having been in poverty for atleast two generations
Cause of Generational Poverty
Scarcity of Mindset
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
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
Large Family Size
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.
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
Types of Corruption
Done by high ranking officials
Breach of trust
Lowest form of corruption, typically done by low-level public servants.
Types of Migration
Censorship and freedom of speech
The study of what makes us human.
Types of Anthropology
Deals with the study of the differences and similarities of various cultures and how they corelate with each other.
An academic field that compare and analyzes the characteristics of different people and the relationships between them.
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
Concerned with the origin, evolution, and diversity of people’s ancestry, development, genetics, and other human characteristics.
The scientific study of humans, their history and culture, through the examinations of the artefacts and remains left behind.
Biofacts or ecofacts
Examines human languages
Study of the relationship between language and culture. Refers to work on languages that have no written records.
The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior; from large scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions.
The study of reifications or social constructs.
Views the society as composed of different but interdependent integral parts that keep a society intact and functioning.
Examples of Structural Functionalism
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.
“In order to understand society, it is of paramount concern to know underlying concepts embedded in everyday communication and interaction.”