Social Studies Concepts and Generalizations

An abstraction, a general idea expressed by a word which represents a class or group of things or actions having characteristics in common.

An understanding of a relationship between or among concepts.

False

<p>In declarative statements, models, systems, theories, or statements indicating the relationship between two or more concepts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They help us deal with the complexity of our environment, classify and catalogue events, identify objects, reduce the need for re-learning, solve problems, make complicated instructions possible, and represent our picture of reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Growth and Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An increase in size of a living being, process of growing, increase in quantity or value.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced, improvement in the level of functioning, transformation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increase in size of a living being = Growth Improvement in the level of functioning = Development Increase quantity = Growth Process of going from simple to complex = Development Increase in value = Growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Empowerment, improvement in a country's economic and social conditions, and improvement in ways of managing an area’s natural and human resources in order to create wealth and improve people’s lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A feeling of trust that someone has in his or her own efforts and abilities; simply put, it is your reliance in your own efforts and abilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Peace</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A dynamic process in which structure, attitudes, and behavior are constantly changing and influencing one another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Positive Peace</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A confrontation between individuals or groups over scarce resources, incompatible behavior between parties with conflicting interests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>There must be two or more parties with distinct interests. 2. There must be a struggle by each party to control the existing object or space of the struggle. 3. The objective of each party is to neutralize, to injure, or to eliminate the other party. 4. It is important to recognize that conflict is a form of interaction and a way of achieving some kind of unity even if it involves annihilation of the conflicting parties.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of analyzing a problem and strategizing a solution to sort out the differences between two parties in discord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A condition, which some people in the community view as being undesirable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ignorance, apathy, greed, selfishness, poor physical planning, lack of good education, uneven development, poverty, abuse of power, moral laxity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers