Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics Quiz

Anthropology

• Cultural Anthropology examines people and culture, and studies human societies and elements of culture.
• Applied Anthropology is not the same as Cultural Anthropology, but is a separate field of study.
• Archeology is not related to the study of culture or human societies, but is a distinct field.

Social Sciences

• Social Change is the study of changes in human interactions between and among human and non-human nature in different cultures.
• Social Psychology is not the same as Social Change, but is a separate field of study.

Linguistics

• Linguistic Anthropology studies the relations between language and culture in relation to human biology, human reasoning, and human language.
• Applied Anthropology is not the same as Linguistic Anthropology, but is a separate field of study.

Political Science

• Public Administration is the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that prepares for working in the public service.
• Political Science deals with the study of society and social interactions taking place.
• Comparative Politics, Political Theory, and Philippine Government are related fields of study, but distinct from Public Administration.

Key Figures

• Max Weber defined Political Science as the study of the state.
• Aristotle, Franz Boaz, and Wright are key figures in the field of Political Science, but did not define it as the study of the state.

Sociology

• Sociology has a practical perspective, enabling us to see general patterns in particular events.
• Sociology helps us understand how the social world operates and our place in it.
• There are other perspectives in Sociology, but studying sociology is practical is one of them.