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[ Suggested Study Method “Pomodoro Technique” or “Repeated Scheme Reading” ]

1. Culture - the shared set of values, ideas, concepts, and rules of behavior that allow a
social group to function and perpetuate itself.
2. Society - this refers to a group of people who live in a definable community and
share the same cultural components.
3. Politics - the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or
other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources
or status.
4. Identity - the distinctive characteristics that defines an individual and is shaped one’s
membership to a particular group.
5. Material Culture - refers to the objects or belongings of a group of people, such as
automobiles and physical structures where people worship.
6. Non-material Culture - consists of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a society.
7. Anthropology - In order to fully understand the complex human species, including
their historical practices and social patterns across various cultures, it integrates
elements from the biological sciences and humanities.
8. Social Anthropology - Studies how social patterns, practices, and cultural variations
develop across different societies.
9. Cultural Anthropology - studies cultural variations across different societies and
examines the need to understand each culture in its own context.
10. Linguistic Anthropology - studies language and discourse and how they reflect
and shape different aspects of human society and culture.
11. Biological or Physical Anthropology - studies human evolution, adaptation, and
variation over time, as well as the origin of humans and the interaction between social
factors.
12. Archeology - deals with prehistoric societies by studying their tools and
environment.
13. Sociology - an academic discipline that attempts to provide a deeper assessment
of individual and group behavior, as well as social phenomena, by examining the
interplay between economic, political, and social factors.
14. Political Science - Its processes are connected to the dynamics of conflict,
resolution, and cooperation and center on the fundamental ideals of equality, freedom,
and justice.
15. Public Administration - examines how the government functions and how
decisions and policies are made.
16. Political Economy - examines how politics, law, and economics interact and what
that means for the various social institutions.
17. Comparative Politics - compares domestic politics and governance systems
across different sovereign states.
18. Social Solidarity - members of the community live together for mutual benefit.
19. Hunting and Gathering Communities - a group of people who hunt animals for
food and survival in order to feed their community.
20. Horticultural and Pastoral Societies - a group of people who built a small garden
out of their own food or crops.
21. Agricultural Societies - a group of people who built up vast hectares of land on
which to raise crops and sell goods to their population.
22. Industrial Society 18th Century - a society that was strengthened by industrial
development and met the needs of their civilizations.
23. Post-Industrial Society 20th Century - modern civilizations have the technologies
necessary for today's society.
24. Folklore - community stories and other types of narratives shared within societies. It
consists of myths, legends, proverbs, and riddles.
25. Symbols - things that convey meaning or represent an idea.
26. Language - Set of symbols that enable members of society to communicate
verbally and non-verbally.
27. Values - shared beliefs, standards, and values that give society's members a
reference point for what is acceptable or unacceptable, good or bad, desirable or
undesirable.
28. Norms - shared rules of conduct that determine specific behavior among society
members.
29. Socialization - is used to describe the process of forming an identity through social
interaction.
30. Enculturation - process by which a person gradually learns or acquires the
significant cultural components of his or her society.
31. Relativistic Approach - Considers culture as equal.
32. Ethnocentric Approach - one’s culture is superior to others.
33. Ethnocentrism - diminishes or discredits "other" ways of living and produces a
distorted view of one's own.
34. Xenocentrism - their own cultures identifies itself as inferior to others.
35. Cultural Relativism - recognize and accepts the cultural differences between
societies.
36. Sociology - relates culture with the overall context of social order.
37. Structural Functionalism - society is a stable and orderly system.
38. Conflict Theory - assumes that there is a constant power struggle among various
institutions within the society.
39. Symbolic Interactionism - views individual and group behavior and social
interaction as defining features of society.
40. Conflict Theorists - study the culture of “dominant classes” and analyze how this
culture is imposed on other classes.
41. Symbolic Interactionists - believe that culture gives society's citizens shared
meanings.
42. Multiculturalism - this acknowledges and promotes cultural diversity. Open to all
different cultures and recognizes it.
43. Cultural Relativism - implies the need to accept and even celebrate all aspects of a
particular culture.
44. Cultural Sensitivity - promotes understanding and acceptance of cultural
differences, but also promotes a critical approach to diversity-related issues.
45. Internalization - refers to the process of accepting social norms, attitudes, roles,
and values transmitted by people and social groups within society as one’s own.
46. Functionalist - seen as the primary factor responsible for how individuals learn to
think and behave. In simple terms, they are limited from their actions in the society.
47. Interpretevist - see socialization as an interactive process between individuals and
other members of society.