INTERPRET THE FF.

PICTURES
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1. Why do men earn more than women?

2. Are we free or do we always follow the
crowd?
• What are the disciplines under Social Science?
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDYING
CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
 STUDYING CULTURE

1. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own

and others’ cultures,
2. Give us a background on how diverse and complex
others’ customs, traditions and cultural practices are
3. Teaches us the value of religious tolerance, respect for
people with different race, religion, gender and political
background
 STUDYING CULTURE

4. Promotes the importance of the arts, local and

national heritage, oral history,cuisine and the myriad
yet unique life ways of people across cultures.
5. Situates our understanding and appreciation of
local realities like our penchant for showbiz
gossips,boxing and eating fish balls to name a few
 STUDYING SOCIETY

1. Give meaning to importance of the self relation to others

2. Gives us a full understanding of how social groups affect our
thinking and behavior
3. Acknowledges that social institution(fx, educ, business,govt
etc) shape and affect how we live our life and what would
become as a citizen and member of society
 STUDYING SOCIETY

4. Describes why and how we belong to a bigger global

society that is comprised of nation-states, international
institution and transnational companies working together
and sharing resources to solve common problems like
climate change, poverty, inequality, human right violations,
racial discrimination
 STUDYING POLITICS

1. Educates us on the importance of exercising our

rights and maximizing our political participation
to sustain,maintain or change society
2. Examines power-relations in society and how
these affect the recognition and affirmation of
our identity,rights and duties as citizen
 STUDYING POLITICS

3. Provides bigger context on how govt works and how rules,

regulations and law maintain social order, cohesion and unity.
4. Give us an overview of political leadership, duties and
responsibilities of public servants & the checks-and-balances in
govt to guarantee that elected &appointed officials will not
abuse their power and authority at the expense of the ppl esp
the poor and marginalized
WHY STUDY
ANTHROPOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
• The “study of humans, past and present”
• To understand the full sweep and complexity of
cultures across all of human history, it draws and
builds upon knowledge from the social and biological
sciences as well as the humanities and physical
sciences
SOCIOLOGY

• “systematic study of social behavior and human

groups. It focuses on social relationships, how
these relationships influence people’s behavior
and how societies, the sum total of these
relationships, develop and change
POLITICAL SCIENCE

• The study of politics and power from domestic,

international, and comparative perspectives.It entails
understanding political ideas, ideologies, institutions,
policies, processes and behavior as well as groups,
classes, govt, diplomacy, law, strategy and war
ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGY POLITICAL
SCIENCE
GENETICS & EVOLUTION CULTURE, SOCIETY IDEOLOGIES
CULTURAL VARIATIONS SOCIALIZATION STATES AND
CONCEPT OF CULTURE GROUPS AND CONSTITUTIONS
COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONS REGIMES & POLITICAL
LANGUAGE SOCIAL INEQUALITY CULTURE
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GENDER STRATIFICATION POLITICAL
SEX, GENDER AND RACE & ETHNICITY COMMUNICATION
CULTURE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS( INTEREST GROUPS
ASSOCIATION AND FAMILIES, RELIGION, ELECTIONS
INTEREST EDUC.GOVT) LEGISLATIVES, EXECUTIVES,
GROUPS SOCIAL CHANGE JUDICIARIES
RELIGION POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE ARTS INTERNATIONAL
CULTURAL CHANGE RELATION
SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1. Make an observation
2. Propose a hypothesis
3. Design an experiment to test the hypothesis
4. Take and analyze data
5. Test the hypothesis
6. Accept or reject the hypothesis
MOST SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
SHARE SIMILAR RESEARCH METHODS
1. Survey Method- used in testing hypothesis and
answering research problems that need
statistical analysis
- Sample population is determined and the
administration of survey questionnaires proceeds
to get responses and answers from respondents
MOST SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
SHARE SIMILAR RESEARCH METHODS
2. Interview – a qualitative research method that
asks questions to key informants and
participants in research
3. Focus Group Discussion (FGD)- a group
interview of respondents on a specific topic
for discussions
MOST SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
SHARE SIMILAR RESEARCH METHODS
4. Field work- literally it means going out to the
field to do research.
- This method may employ a combination of
observation, data collection through interviews or
surveys
MOST SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
SHARE SIMILAR RESEARCH METHODS
5. Ethnography – oftentimes referred to as a
qualitative approach in doing cultural research
- The researcher must immerse himself within the
culture of the people he is studying.
- Pakikipagkuwentuhan,patanong-tanong and pakapa-
kapa are examples of Filipino research methods
• Be human and humane
• “madaling maging tao ngunit mahirap
magpakatao”
• Interview your parents, grandparents and
relatives who belong to 70s,80s,90s
generation. Ask them about what makes
their generation unique?