REVIEWER UCSP

 Political Economy Approach are concerned with the relationship between government
and economics.
 Polis a city which known today as a sovereign state.
 System Approach politics of social environment and an abstract political system which
processes or converts demand and support into outputs providing and overall stability
or homeostasis.
 Structural/Functional Approach it specifies the activities of a sociable political system
and explains how these functions must be performed to maintain the stability of the
political system.
 General Theory Approach this theory employs to identify all the critical structures and
possesses of society
 Behavioralist/Scientific Approach concentrating on the informed aspect of politics,
behavioralist seeks to understand how individual behave.
 Historical/Traditional Approach political scientist use history while traditionalist
concentrate exclusively on emphasizing chronology and historical development
 Politics it is the theory, art, and practice of government.
 Culture Shock an attempt to judge behavior according to its cultural context
 Diffusion modes of learning and acquiring culture
 Ethnocentrism judging/evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions
originating in the standards and customs
 Relativism arises from the fact that cultures differ, and each culture defines reality
differently
 Values they represent the standards we use to evaluate the desirability of things
 Mores they embody the code of ethics and standard of morality in society
 Laws these are the guides or models of behaviors which tell us what is the proper and
which are appropriate or inappropriate, right, or wrong
 Rebellion this occurs when people reject and attempt to change both goals and the
means approved by society
 Conformity this occurs when people no longer set high success goals but continue to toil
as conscientious diligent workers
 Government an institution that established explicitly for the purpose of socializing
people.
 Deviance defined as an act that violates a social norm.
 Norms refers to the rules that regulate the process of social interaction
 Imitation human action by which one tends to duplicate or exactly the behavior of
others.
 Socialization it is the process and outcome of integration to society through association,
social interaction, and social activities.
 Ethnicity the cultural differences among groups of people bounded by certain cultural
and historical commonalities that establish their unique identity
 Ancestry refers to genetic variation among human groups that characterizes their
common biological traits along with supposedly correlated other traits.
 Civilization refers to relatively high level of cultural and technological development of
human beings.s
 Neolithic the earliest tools used by prehuman primates.
 Homo erectus the species also known as the upright man.
 Homo Habilis the species also known as the handy man
 Ramapithecus considered as the earliest known fossil creature identified as definitely
manlike form
 Homo the genus of modern humans and the first group that came out from Africa
 Evolution the natural process of biological change occurring in population across
successive generations.
 Political Science it is the scientific study of the state and politics which deals with nature,
principles and mechanics of rule, authority, power, and influence.
 Anthropology branch of knowledge deals with the scientific study of man, his works,
body, his behavior, and values.
 Psychology scientific study of patterned, shared human behavior.
 Social Structure refers to the stable pattern of configuration of social relationships and
social interactions in society
 Society the totality of social organization which includes the social structure and system
 Folkways these are customary patterns of everyday life that specify what is socially
correct and proper in daily life.
 Beliefs the perception of individuals to accepted reality
 Material culture consist of tangible things such as tool buildings and others than can be
seen and hold
 Culture refers to the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.
 Social status
 Ascribed
 Achieved