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 Starting points for the understanding of culture, society,
and politics.
 Defining Culture and Society from the perspectives of
anthropology and sociology.
 Looking back at Human Biocultural and Social Evolution.
 Becoming a member of society.
 How society is organized.
 Cultural, social and political institutions.
 Social and political stratification.
 Cultural, Social, and Political Change Sources of social,
cultural, and political change.
 New challenges to human adaptation and social change.
Major Topics…

SOCIAL SCIENCE as a
Reference Point for the UCSP:

WHAT IS SOCIAL SCIENCE?:
(Science of Society)
 It focuses on studying the following:
1. Changes in human relationship brought
about by events;
2. Interactions between humans and their
social and physical environment;
3. Effects and implications of past events to
the present time;
4. Social systems, processes, and
institutions- and how humans relate to
these.

SEVERAL DEFINITIONS OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE:
 Seligman
“Social Science deal with the activities
of the individual as a member of the group.”
 Mitchell
“Social Science is any study concerning
man and society. It should refer the
application of scientific method to the study
of the intricate and complex network of
human relationship and the form of
organization designed to enable people to
live together in societies.

SEVERAL DEFINITIONS OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE:
 Fairchild
“Social Science as a general term for all
the sciences which are concerned with the
human affairs.”
 Peter Lewis
“Social Sciences are concerned with the
laws that govern society and the social
department of man.” So, we can say that
social sciences embrace all those subjects
which deal with the human affairs.

ORIGIN OF THE TERM “SOCIAL
SCIENCE”
 AUSTIN HARRINGTON traces the roots of the words
“social” and “society.”
socius- a member of a trading partnership.
societas- a partnership or association between
merchants.

RELEVANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY, POLITICAL
SCIENCE, AND SOCIOLOGY IN UCSP:
Anthropology:
CULTURE
Political Science:
POLITICS
Sociology:
SOCIETY

ANTHROPOLOGY
– branch of knowledge which deals with
the scientific study of man, his works, his
body, his behavior and values in time and
space (Palispis, 2007)
– includes man’s physical, social, and
cultural development that describes and
explains the phenomenon of human life.

IMPORTANCE OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
– Helps by providing insights into “strange
aspects” of past or even present societies.
– strange aspects: conflict and violence,
superstition and witchcraft, fashion,
courtship and marriage, etc.

POLITICAL SCIENCE
– a systematic study of a state and its government,
with the relationships of men in the community,
with relation of men and groups to the state
itself, and with the relations of a state with other
sovereign states abroad (Palispis).
– deals with the study of politics, power, and
government.
– Emphasizes the use of power, interest, influence,
and diplomacy which is important in creating a
well-ordered society.

IMPORTANCE OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Knowledge Based
Competence
Based
Skills Based
It provides the students the knowledge and understanding
of a government, with all its component curricula like public law,
political theory, public administration, political philosophy, and
political dynamics.
Inculcates the objectives and underlying principles of the
state that should be abided by the officials and its citizens.
Prepares the students for future career path, be it in
legal profession, government service, politics, teaching, and
many more.

SOCIOLOGY
– JOSEPH FICHTER pointed out that
sociology is the scientific study of
patterned, shared, human behavior.
– analyze human interaction which is
essential in understanding man’s cultural
make-up.

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 The complex whole which encompasses beliefs,
practices values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols,
knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares
as a member of society. –Tylor 1920
 John Honigman has pointed (1959) three
components go together which made up culture:
1. Ideas
2. Activities
3. Artifacts
CULTURE

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 Generally defined as an organized groups of
interdependent people who share a common
territory, language, and culture, and who act
together for collective survival and well being.
SOCIETY

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 Refers to the thoery, art, and practice of government.
POLITICS

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“Culture, society, and politics, are essentials in
understanding human behavior and social groups.
They are interrelated and to some extent reflective of
each other. Though similarities and areas of
convergence existed among them, they are not
identical.

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SOCIETY POLITICS CULTURE
Generally defined as an
organized groups of
interdependent people
who share a common
territory, language, and
culture, and who act
together for collective
survival and well
being.
Refers to the thoery,
art, and practice of
government.
The complex whole
which encompasses
beliefs, practices
values, attitudes, laws,
norms, artifacts,
symbols, knowledge,
and everything that a
person learns and
shares as a member of
society.

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 Gender is the socially-constructed characteristics of
being male or female (Eccles: 43).
GENDER

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 It refers to the category of persons who have more or
less socioeconomic privileges in a society.
 These privileges are due to inherited wealth or
occupational status of the breadwinner in the
household (Panopio, etc.).
 The types of social class/status operate in varying
forces and combinations at different times within a
society or in diverse societies.
 In the case of the Philippines, 3 types are identified:
upper, middle, and lower classes.
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

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 The upper class consists of the elite families who are
the most productive in resource generation and
oftentimes very successful in their respective fields
of interests and endeavors, be it in agriculture,
industry, business or government.
 The elite consists of two general types:
1. The new rich (nouveau riche)
2. The traditional upper class
UPPER CLASS
SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINES

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 The new rich are those who have humble
beginnings and most often experienced rags-to-
riches turn of fortunes.
 Hardwork and industry ultimately pushed them to
the upper strata after amassing wealth, which
affords them to enjoy the lifestyle of the traditional
upper class.
NEW RICH
SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINES (UPPER CLASS)

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 Traditional upper class is made up of descendants of
powerful elite families who acquired their wealth
through inheritance or brightright.
TRADITIONAL UPPER CLASS
SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINES (UPPER CLASS)

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 The middle class is composed of small business
and industry operators mostly owners and
managers, professionals, office workers,
and farm owners with income that is
average enough to provide comfortable
and decent living.
MIDDLE CLASS

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 Farm employees, skilled and unskilled artisans,
service workers, and others who maybe unemployed
or underemployed or those who belonged to
indigent families or informal sectors falls on the
lower class.
LOWER CLASS

UPPER CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS
LOWER CLASS

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 Ethnicity is the expression of the set of cultural
ideas held by a distinct ethnic or indigenous group.
 An ethnic group refers to people who collectively and
publicly identified themselves as a distinct and unique
based on distinguishable cultural features that set
them apart from the others such as shared ancestry
and common origin, language, and customs and
traditions (Haviland, et. al.).
ETHNICITY

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 Religion is an organized system of ideas about the
spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with
associated ceremonial or ritualistic practices by
which people tried to interpret and/or influence
aspects of the universe otherwise beyond human
control (Haviland, et. al.)
RELIGION

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 Exceptionality refers to the state of being
intellectually gifted and/or being physically or
mentally challenged conditions such as:
personality/behavior, communication (learning
disability, speech impairment, hearing problems),
intellectual (mild intellectual, and mental development
disabilities), physical (blind-low vision), and
combination of more than one specific
exceptionality or disability (MinEd).
EXCEPTIONALITY

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 Nationality is the legal relationship that binds
between a person and a country. -Wels
NATIONALITY

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