SOCIETY AND CULTURE—Soc Sci 1 QUIZ
state when they fulfill their function?
Science is the state of knowing.
Natural Science studies phenomena and processes
as well as objects in nature and provide systematic
information of non-human and physical aspects of
the natural world.
Social Science involved in the study of society,
social relations, and human behavior.
Pure Science – its goal is to discover truth
Applied Science – the use of scientific knowledge
and theory for the solution of practical problems.
Anthropology – it refers to the science of human
being.
Father Valentin Martin – introduced sociology as
subject in the curriculum in 1896 at the University
of Santo Tomas.
Imperialism; The success of American and French
Revolution; The turmoil of industrialization; The
success of the natural science – four factors
combined that led to the development of sociology.
Sociology refers to the science of society and the
social interaction taking place among individuals in
a social group.
Social Organization – This involves the study of
social groups, social institutions, ethnic relations,
social stratification, social mobility, and
bureaucracy.
Social Psychology – this area studies human
nature and personality as the product of group life.
Human Sociology – Deals with the human behavior
of a given population in relation to its environment.
Symbols – refers to things which we attach
meanings.
Theory – refers to the general statement about
how some parts of the world fit together and how
they work.
Symbolic Interactionalism – people use symbols to
encapsulate their experience.
Structural-Functionalism – society is a whole unit
made up of interrelated parts that work together.
Normal State – as to Durkheim, society is in what
Pathological State – what state if society do not
fulfill their functions?
Function – term used by Merton that refers to the
beneficial consequences of people’s action that
help keep a group.
Dysfunction – consequences that undermine a
system’s equilibrium.
Manifest Function – intended to help part of the
system.
Latent Function – unintended consequences that
help a system adjust.
Latent Dysfunction – unintended consequences
that hurt the system.
Conflict Theory – Theory developed by Marx
witnessing industrial revolution that transformed
Europe.
Bourgeoisie – refers to small group of capitalists
who owns the means to produce wealth.
Proletariat – refers to the mass workers who are
exploited.
Auguste Comte – Father of Sociology.
Positivism – refers to the idea of applying scientific
method to the social world.
Sociological Imagination – This perspective opens
a window onto unfamiliar words and offers a fresh
look at familiar words.
Society – A group of people who shares a culture
and territory.
Social Location – The corners in life that people
occupy because of where they are located.
Verstehen – to grasp by insight.
Subjective Meaning – the ways in which people
interpret their own behavior.
Social Facts – the pattern of behavior that
characterize a social group.
Anthropology – the science of humanity and its
society.
Universalism; Integration; Adaptation; Holism – 4
unifying themes of anthropology

Biological and Physical Anthropology; Socio-

Cultural Anthropology; Archeology; Linguistic;
Applied Anthropology – 5 subfields of
Anthropology

Cultural Relativism – perspective in anthropology

where everyone sees other cultures to the lens of
their own.