3. Warm up:
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and
write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. It defines how people relate to
nature and their physical
environment.
A. Politics C. Culture
B. Anthropology D. Sociology
4. 2. It always describes human, human
behaviour and human societies around
the world.
A. Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Culture
5. 3. It is a social science that deals with humans and their
interactions.
A. Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Culture
4. It is the study of human social relationships and
institutions.
A. Politics C. Culture
B. Anthropology D. Sociology
6. 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
7. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
THE NATURE GOALS, AND PERSPECTIVES
OF ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. An example for this is the analysis and
solutions of the different aspects of the
society such as the environment issues of
pollution, the issues on health and medicine
and other issues related to the human
activities.
8. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Central features include social
interaction and relationships, social
contexts, social structure, social change,
the significance of diversity and human
variation, and the critical, questioning
character of sociology.
9. 1.The Functionalist Perspective - societies are thought
to function like organisms, with various social
institutions working together like organs to maintain and
reproduce societies.
2. The Conflict Perspective - sees social life as a
competition, and focuses on the distribution of
resources, power, and inequality
3. The Symbolic Interaction Perspective
4. Theoretical perspective is used to analyze and explain
objects of social study, and facilitate organizing
sociological knowledge.
Three major theoretical
perspectives:
10. The Concept of Society Meaning and Nature of Society
It is a group of people living together in a
definite territory, having a sense of
belongingness, mutually interdependent of
each other, and follow a certain way of life.
11. Reasons people live together as a society
a. For survival – No man is an island. No man can live alone.
b. Feeling of gregariousness – This is the desire of people to be with
other people, especially of their own culture. People flock together for
emotional warmth and belongingness the need for approval, sympathy
and understanding to which the individual belongs is a psychosocial
need.
c. Specialization – Teachers, businessmen, students, physicians,
nurses, lawyers, pharmacists, and other professionals organize
themselves into societies or associations to promote and protect their
own professions.
12. Culture is a way of living. According to Taylor, culture is a
complex whole which consist of knowledge, beliefs, ideas, habits,
attitudes, skills, abilities, values, norms, art, law, morals,
customs, traditions, feelings and other capabilities of man
which are acquired, learned and socially transmitted by man
from one generation to another through language and living
together as members of the society (Arcinas, 2016).
The Concept of Culture
13. Dynamic, flexible and adaptive- Culture necessarily changes,
and is changed by, a variety of interactions, with individuals,
media, and technology.
Shared and maybe challenged- It may be challenged by the
presence of other cultures and other social forces in society
like modernization,industrialization, and globalization.
From the Perspective of
Sociologists
14. Learned- Culture is learned, as each person must learn
how to “be” a member of that culture.
Symbolic - Culture is symbloic, as it based on the
manipulation of symbols - Culture renders meaning to
what people do.
1.
2.
From the Perspective of Anthropologists
15. Importance/Functions of Culture
It plays a vital role in our social lives. It is
essential for shaping social relationships,
maintaining and challenging social order,
determining how we make sense of the world and
our place in it, and in shaping our everyday
actions and experiences in society.
16. Perspective of
anthropology and
sociology
Activity 1. Power Organizer Directions: Using
the power organizer, write the most important
details about the perspective of Anthropology,
Sociology your activity notebook.
17. Activity 2: Directions: Draw and explain how
you can show that you are proud of your
own culture and what you can do to help
preserve Filipino culture.
