Republic of the Philippines

TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Camiling, Tarlac

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Gabriel T. Bravo
NAME SCORE

12 STEM A 10/11/21
YEAR & SECTION DATE

ACTIVITY NO. 3.5

Direction: Enumerate the perspectives of Anthropology, Sociology and Political

Science. Then, give examples of how they are being used in society

A. ANTHROPOLOGY

Perspectives Examples

1. Cultural Relativism 1. In India, for example, it is normal

for same-sex friends to walk in
public while holding hands.

2. Holism
2. A philosophy that argues that
you cannot understand things
by breaking them down is an
example of holism. Instead,
everything must be understood
 in reference to the whole or the
sum of its components.

3. A comparison would be drinking

various years of pinot noir wine
side by side and analyzing the
differences.
3. Comparison

B. SOCIOLOGY

Perspectives Examples

1. Structural Functionalism 1. Structural Functionalism is a

macro theory that examines
how all structures and institutions
in society interact with one
another. Education, health care,

2. Symbolic Interactionalist
Perspective
3. Conflict Perspective
the family, the legal system, the
economy, and religion are all
examples of societal structures
or institutions.
2. Water symbolizes rebirth, energy,
and purification.
3. Conflict theory, for example,
characterizes the relationship
between employers and workers
as one of conflict, with the
employees wishing to pay as
little as possible for the
employees' labor and the
employees wishing to maximize
their income.
C. POLITICAL SCIENCE

Perspectives Examples

1. Comparative Politics 1. Comparative politics includes

researching the contrasts
between presidential and
parliamentary systems,
democracies and dictatorships,
parliamentary systems in various
nations, multi-party systems like
Canada and two-party systems
like the United States.

2. Topics such as international

diplomacy, arms control, and
alliance politics are examples of
classic elements of international
2. International Relations
relations connected to world
peace and prosperity.

3. Political theory is the systematic

study of the ideas and concepts
that create Constitutions,
governments, and social life. It
defines concepts like as
freedom, equality, justice,
3. Political Theory
democracy, secularism, and so
forth.