Understanding the culture

1. PRE-TEST

2. DIRECTION: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER AND
WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN A SHEET OF PAPER.
• 1. It defines how people relate to nature and their physical environment.
A.Politics C. Culture
B.Anthropology D. Sociology
2. It always describes human, human behaviour and human societies around the
world.
A.Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Culture
3. It is a social science that deals with human and their interactions.
A. Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Culture

3. 4. It is the study of human social relationships ans institutions.
A.Politics C. Culture
B. Anthropology D. Sociology
5. It is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing.
A.Beliefs C. Traditions
B. Customs D. Norms
6. This term means scientific study of man or human beings.
A.Politics C. Culture
B. Anthropology D. Sociology
7. It refers to a theoretical foundations of contemporary anthropology.
A.Nature of politics C. Nature of Culture
B. Nature of Anthropology D. Nature of Sociology

4. 8. It attempts to explain how the social world operates.
A.Political Theory C. Athropological Theory
B.Sociological Theory D. Cultural Theory
9. It is use to analyse and explain objects of social study and facilitate organizing sociological
knowledge.
A.Theoretical Perspective C.Cultural Perspective
B.Conflict Perspective D. Functionalist Perspective
10.It sees social life as a competition and focuses on the distribution of resources, power and
inequality.
A.Theoritical Perspective C.Cultural Perspective
B.Conflict Perspective D. Functionalist Perspective

5. CULTURE
• Is define as how people relate to nature and their physical environment.
• “that complex whole which encompasses beliefs, pratices, values, attitudes, laws,
norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge and everything that a person learns and
shares as a member of society. (E.B Tylor 1920 [1871].
• Athropology, regards culture as the “acquired cognitive and symbolic aspects of
human existence, whereas society refers to the social organization of human life
pattern of interaction and power relationship.
• Are groups of people who share a common set of values and beliefs

6. EXAMPLE OF CULTURE

16. ANTHROPOLOGY

17. ANTHROPOLOGY
• It is a two Greek words “Anthropos” means Human, “logos” refer to knowledge
(Eriksen 2001:2).
• Can be undestood as the”knowledge about human”
• Relates to sociology, it always describe human, human behaviour and human
societies around the world.
• It is a comparative science that examines all societies.
• Study of man and its various aspects.
• It also describes the ancestors through time and space in relation to its
environment, social relations and culture.

18. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
• Studies human societies, and elements of cultural life.

19. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
• Which focuses on language in a certain society.

20. GOAL OF STUDYING ANTHROPOLOGY
• To understand the origin of human evolution and the diverse forms of its existence
throughout time.

21. SOCIETY
• Refers to a group of people living together in a community with common
traditions, interest and institutions.

22. SIMILARITIES AND DIVERSITY OF CULTURE AND
SOCIETIES
• Understanding cultures will help us overcome and prevent racial and ethnic
divisions.
• Racial and ethjic division reault in misunderstanding, losa of opportunities and
sometimea violence

23. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE AND
SIMILARITIES OF CULTURES
• Embracing the different and similarities of culture allows you to experience what
it’s like to be part of community other that your own.
• It gives cultural awareness and acceptance which can help break down cultural
barriers while interacting with people of different background.

24. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF CULTURE AND
SOCIETY
• Culture provides guideline to people on how to live. Conversely, society is a
structure that provides the way people organize themselves.
• Culture comprise of beliefs, values and oractices of a group. In contrast, society
comprise of individuals who share common beliefs, practices, customs,etc.

25. SOCIOLOGY

26. SOCIOLOGY
• It is the study of human social relationship and institutions.
• Is a social science, it belongs to the family of social sciences. As a social science,
focuses its aspects on man, his social manners, social activities and social life.
• Sociology subject matters is diverse, ranging from crime to religion, from shared
beliefs of a common culture, and from social stability to radical change in whole
societies.

27. GOAL OF SOCIOLOGY
• Is to understand how human action and consciousness both shape and are
shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.

28. EXAMPLE OF SOCIOLOGY
• What someone is studying when they attend a religious service of a religion
that isn’t their own.

29. POLITICAL SCIENCE

30. POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Is a social science that deals with humans and their interactions .
• It is a branch of sociology it essentialy deals with large- scale actions of humans
and group mentality.
• It is a discipline that deals with several aspects such as the study of state and
government.
• It deaks the nature and formation of the state and attempts to understand its
forms and functions.

31. GOAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Is to constantly deepen the knowledge, discover progress and protect the
quality of life within the group, community, country, and the world.

32. EXAMPLE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Study of the processes of government ( how a bill become a law )
• Study of the institutions of government (eg. presedency, congress)
• Study of the behaviour of the people in government (both elected officials and
government workers)
• Study of how citizens interact with their government (eg. Why don’t more people
vote?)