Chapter 1: UCSP

It is the distinctive characteristic that defines an individual and is shaped by one’s membership in a particular group.

• It is comprised of a wide array of academic disciplines that study the overall functions of society as well as the interactions among its individual members and institutions.

• The discipline under which identity, culture, society, and politics are studied is collectively called social sciences.

• A systematic study of the biological, cultural, and social aspects of man.

• Loosely defined as society’s way of life that provides the basis for forging identities.

• Refers to a group of people living in a community 

Derived from the Greek word, Anthropos, which means “___” and Logos, which means “___”

• Studies how social patterns, practices, and cultural variations develop across different societies.

Studies cultural variation across different societies and examines the need to understand each culture in its own context.

• Studies language and discourse and how they reflect and shape different aspects of human society and culture.