29 Questions
What branch of the Philippine government is responsible for adjudicating and interpreting the laws of the country?
Judiciary Branch
How many consecutive terms can a member of the House of Representatives in the Philippines be reelected for?
3 terms
What is the term length for a senator in the Philippines?
6 years
Who is considered the Chief Executive and head of state in the Philippines?
President
How many associate justices are there in the Supreme Court of the Philippines?
14
Who is known as the father of Sociology?
Auguste Comte
What is the focus of Material Culture?
Physical objects and spaces defining culture
Which field of study focuses on issues like religion, politics, and language?
Cultural Anthropology
What does studying Culture, Society, and Politics help students develop?
Cultural relativism and social inclusiveness
What do the differences in social behaviors exhibited by different cultures refer to?
Human Cultural Variation
What does Nationality refer to?
Identity tied to being part of a particular nation
How do Non-Material Culture and Material Culture differ?
Non-Material Culture refers to physical objects; Material Culture refers to ideas.
What term is used to describe understanding a culture from the point of view of a non-member?
Etic Perspective
Which term refers to the existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultures within a particular country or territory?
Multiculturalism
Who proposed the theory about waves of migration in the Philippines known as The Wave Migration Theory?
Henry Otley Beyer
Who is known for contributions to Political Science including the concept of waves of democracy?
Samuel Huntington
Which term describes the tendency for Filipinos to compare their own culture with others due to being multicultural?
Ethnocentrism
What event in history led to a decline in the power of a centralized church authority?
The Reformation
What movement originated in the American South to confront racial segregation and inequality?
The Civil Rights Movement
Which event led to a world transformed for African Americans by granting them rights that previously did not exist?
The Abolition of Slavery
What term refers to the adoption by one culture of features from another?
Acculturation
What does the feminist movement promote?
Equality between men and women
What period marked significant social and economic change due to new technologies and communication systems?
The Industrial Revolution
What does ethnicity refer to?
Cultural ideas by a particular ethnic group within a nation
Which component is NOT part of an individual's political identity?
Social Differences
What does social change refer to?
Changes in economic context affecting the majority of the population
How is socioeconomic class defined?
Group of people with similar socioeconomic status based on income and occupation
What does gender refer to?
Sense of self as masculine or feminine regardless of genitalia
Which term refers to how individuals think of themselves in relation to the politics and government of a country?
Political Identity
Study Notes
Culture and Society
- Culture is divided into two types: Material Culture (physical objects, resources, and spaces) and Non-Material Culture (nonphysical ideas)
- Cultural Anthropology studies culture, religion, politics, language, and environmental setups
- Political Science studies politics
Significance of Studying Culture, Society, and Politics
- Provides a deeper understanding of culture, human agency, society, and politics
- Engages students in examining human development goals
- Acquires ideas about human cultures, human agency, society, and politics
- Recognizes cultural relativism and social inclusiveness to overcome prejudices
- Develops social and cultural competence to interact with groups, communities, networks, and institutions
Social Classes and Terminologies
- Bourgeoisie and Proletariat are two social classes
- Human Cultural Variation refers to differences in social behaviors among cultures
- Factors influencing cultural differences: environment, history, beliefs, religion, and traditions
Identity and Classification
- Nationality: tied to being part of a particular nation
- Nation: a group of people sharing the same history, language, and similar cultures/traditions
- Ethnicity: set of cultural ideas by a particular ethnic or indigenous group within a nation
- Political Identity: individual's or group's relation to the politics and government of a country
- Socioeconomic class: group of people with similar socioeconomic status
- Social Differences: differences among individuals based on social characteristics (gender, sexual orientation, age, social class, religion, and ability)
Social Change
- Refers to changes in the political or economic context of societies affecting the vast majority of the population
- Types of social change: Evolutionary (slow and gradual) and Revolutionary (sudden and drastic)
- Acculturation: adoption of features from one culture by another
- Examples of social change: Industrial Revolution, Abolition of Slavery, Civil Rights Movement, and Feminist Movement
Anthropology and Sociology
- Anthropology: study of humans, derived from Greek words "Anthropos" (humans) and "logos" (study of)
- Etic Perspective: outsider's view to understand a culture
- Multiculturalism: existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultures within a country or territory
- Ethnocentrism: tendency to compare one's culture with others
- Cultural Relativism: no universal standards of culture, all cultures are equal despite differences
- Famous Anthropologists: John Locke, Henry Otley Beyer
- Sociology: study of human social behavior, founded by Auguste Comte
- Sociological Theories: Structural Functionalism (society as an organism)
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