UCSP Week 2

Thursday, August 27, 2020

12:47 PM
 
Why we study UCSP:
We get a world view and how we solves these problems
We get to embrace different ideas and cultures
To widen our perspective of humanity from time, space, and culture
To understand ourselves in our relationship with the world
 
The road to self-acceptance is to relate your own problems with others
There is a relationship between the self and the social world
No society can function as a society if it can't give the society powers
 
 
What makes us different?
Environment? History?
Culture? Nationality?
… As a group of people who share the same history, customs, and traditions.
Culture refers to the way of life of people.
We may all be Filipinos but the factor in different nations we get to have different subcultures,
languages, beliefs, biases, etc.
Ethnic Groups?
Bicolano, Ilocano, Tagalog, etc.
Gender?
Refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors ans attributes that a society considers appropriate for
men and women.
Ex:
Male, Female…
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI)
Socioeconomic Class?
Ideals associated with being poor and rich based on collective experiences of individuals
Ex:
Mahirap, Medyo Mahirap, Sakto Lang, Mayaman
 
Not every culture is accepting of the LGBTQ community biggest example is the Middle East.
There is discrimination still faced from our Gender or Socioeconomic class
 
Exceptionality/Non-Exceptionality
People with non-average capacity (Low IQ) : Geniuses (High IQ)
People with disabilities and those physically challenged individuals
 
Then what makes us different?
All that human beings learn to DO, to USE, to PRODUCE, to KNOW, and to BELIEVE as they grow to
maturity and live out their lives in the social group they belong
 
Through culture we get to learn from the past, our biases, our beliefs, our practices, and traditions.
 
According to anthropologists, Culture is the way of living
 
Two types of Biases:
Bias against - A prejudice against someone or something
Bias towards -
 
What is Society?
The product of Human Interaction
Symbolizes that group within human beings can live a total common life.
What is Politics?
Arises when people are living together in associations
Politics is a result of conflict, power, rulership, or authority.
 
Anthropology
Came from 2 Greek Words, "anthros' meaning humans and "logos" meaning word.
It is a study of human kind and their human and cultural evolution.
We would study different civilizations and the different cultures and practices and lifestyles that they
have.
Diversity - to understand life in a community
Culture Universal - pattern of similarities with a array of difference; Equal but different
Focuses on human diversity and translate it into understanding between different cultures.
 
 
FIVE SUBDISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY:
Archeology - Ancient and Human Population and how they adapt to their environment
Cultural - Society's culture through their belief, practices, and possessions
Linguistics - Language and its relation to culture
Physical - Biological Development of humans
Applied - Solve contemporary problems through application of theories
 
Sociology
Socious - Society in interaction
Scientific study of human society and societal interactions
Focus is the group not the individual
Study forces that molds individuals, shape their behaviour, and determine social events.
Social Org - Social Structures (Institutions, Social Groups, Social Stratifications, Social Mobility, and Ethnic
Groups
Social Psychology - Impact of group life to a person's nature and personality
Social Change and Disorganization - Social and Cultural interruptions, interactions
Demography - Interrelationship between population with economic, political, and social system
Applied - Solve contemporary problems
 
 
Political Science
Study of the State, its elements, aspects, and relationships
Study of the Polis
 
Elements of the State:
People
Territory
Government
Sovereignty
 
Politics - How, when, and where of getting power and influence
 
POLITICAL SCIENCE SUBDISCIPLINES
Political Theory
International Relations
Public Philosophy
Comparative Politics
Political Behavior
Public Administration
 
Sociological Imagination
Charles Wright Mills
 How would you explain the macroperspective
 The relationship between individual experiences and forces in the larger society that shapes our
actions
 
Agents of Socialization
Family - Most important agent of socialization because they teach and take care of yourself.
School - Teaches life skills so they don't only learn about the curriculum but social skills, obedience, etc.
Peers - Helps develop our Social Behavior. Sometimes contradicts with Family and its up to you to what
to throw and what to keep
Mass Media - The Internet, News, etc. That influences your perspectives of the world and social
expectations.