SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

DEFINITION
RELEVANCE
SCOPE AND DIVISION
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What is Sociology?
 Sociology is the study of social
life, social change, and the social
causes and consequences of
human behavior.  existence across the world and through
 It is the scientific study of society,
including patterns of social
relationships, social interaction,
and culture.
What is Anthropology?
 Anthropology is the systematic study of
humanity, with the goal of
understanding our evolutionary origins,
our distinctiveness as a species, and
the great diversity in our forms of social
time.
 Anthropology is the study of people
throughout the world, their
evolutionary history, how they behave,
adapt to different environments,
communicate and socialise with one
another.
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 Sociology and anthropology as a science
deal with socio-cultural questions requiring
empirical investigation to discover social and
cultural facts.
 Both are treated as social science. Social
science is a division of science that deals
with the scientific study or man in all aspects.
 Social science is multidisciplinary in the
sense that one cannot understand one of the
discipline unless he knows how to integrate
the other disciplines in it as well.
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Social and cultural changes go together as a result of the interplay of social and cultural
factors.
 Anthropology helps by providing insights into strange aspects of past or even present
societies which to historians and sociologists find them difficult to comprehend and explain
such as conflict and violence, trial by ordeal, superstition and witchcraft, fashion, myths
and legends, and rituals concerning rites of passage, courtship and marriage, human
sacrifice, and others.
 Sociology, aids in the study of how group interests and expectations develop a kind of
culture and how social institutions regulate a way of life. Agents of socialization and the
socialization process also pave way to acculturation and assimilation of different peoples.
 Sociology focuses on the totality of man’s social life and attempts to discover the facts and
the laws of life as a whole.
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1. Explain social phenomena by understanding social interactions and the interplay of socio-
cultural, political and economic factors.
2. Resolve social problems and improve human conditions by analyzing socio-cultural issues,
social policy-making and guiding socio-cultural changes
3. Determine socio-cultural trends and outcomes by analyzing and interpreting data
pertaining to social conditions and situations.
4. Allow for better socio-cultural integration by understanding cultural differences, cultural
meaning, and social relationships.
5. Acquire a personal understanding of our social roles and functions in relation to others in
society and how society affects us.
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SCOPE OF study
 The scientific SOCIOLOGY ANDknown
of society became ANTHROPOLOGY
as sociology, derived
from the Latin word sociu (associate or companion) and the Greek
word logos (study).
 Society is the association organized by men who share a culture
within a territory. It is that complex whole of social organization and
human interaction.
 Social institution, social life, community living, human interaction,
group integration and dynamics, social roles and functions, social
hierarchy, interrelationships, and interdependence men that give
rise to a social structure and a social system, and the processes that
lead to social change.
 Studies human behavior that focuses on the collective behavior and
social influence. Sociology understands man in the social context
with his fellows.
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 Anthropology is derived from the Greek words anthropos (man), and
logos (study).
 It deals with the scientific study of humanity or those aspects that
make us human and the imprints of human achievement and
progress.
 The main concern of anthropology is to understand the diversity and
dispersion of human beings from the standpoint of cultural
differences.
 Anthropology also studies past human settlements, but the
difference is that the former through archeology reconstructs the
past based on human remains and artifacts – structure, potteries,
tools, jewelries, clothing, etc.
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Seven areas of Concentration on Sociology
1. Social Organization - social institutions, social stratification and mobility, social groups,
and social relationships.
2. Social Psychology – collective and deviant behavior, socialization, and social influences
on personality.
3. Social Change – underlying principles, processes and dynamics of social change and its
social implications.
4. Human Ecology – deals with the relationship and integration of human population with
the natural environment.
5. Population Studies or Demography – characteristics and growth of a population and
its social implications.
6. Social Theory and Method – social theories are formulated and advanced for explaining
social phenomena and for useful applications.
7. Applied Sociology – utilization of sociological research in solving social problems and
improving social conditions.
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Four Fields of Discipline on Anthropology

1. Physical Anthropology. The scientific study of human species. It deals with the origins,
development, adaptations, and characteristics of humans from a biophysical-cultural
standpoint.
2. Cultural Anthropology. The scientific study of culture. It focuses on the cultural elements
and organized way of life of human groups.
3. Archeology. The scientific study of past human settlements and cultures! It entails recovery
and examination of fossils (organic remains especially humans) and artifacts (remnants of
man’s activities).
4. Linguistic. The scientific study of language. It analyzes the nature, development, structure,
usage and variation of human languages.
YOUR TURN!
Watch the video for additional information about
sociology and anthropology.
1.Differentiate sociology and anthropology.
2.How can this two disciplines help us understand
what we see and experience around us?
3.What are your expectations in the course as you
learn about socio - anthro?