UCSP Quiz #1

What discipline focuses on the relation between people and their environment?

• Geology

• Geography

• Political Science

• Anthropology

What differentiates the study of Anthropology from Sociology?

• Anthropology studies culture and sociology does not

• Sociology studies human interactions and social behaviors, while anthropology does not

• Anthropology focuses on the socio-cultural and biological dimensions of human groups and cultures, while sociology focuses on society in the context of social institutions, social change, and social behavior.

• Sociology focuses on the study of culture on the micro-scale and how it influences social interactions, while anthropology focuses on macro-scale of culture with the use of ethnography.

Sociological imagination was written by C. Wright Mills as a critique of social scientists failure to assert their ______________.

Mills was influenced by ________ sociology, especially in his work on class, status, and power in stratifications and politics.

Ethnography is the flagship method of research in what discipline?

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Anthropology

• Geography

In his field journal, Bourdain (as an ethnographer), notes that many Filipino's eats with their hands. In Bourdain's own country, even the homeless use utensils - as such, he writes about the barbaric lifestyle most Filipino's live.

• This is an example of the Etic perspective on doing ethnography

• This is an example of the Emic perspective on doing ethnography

• This is an example of the colonial perspective on doing ethnography

• This is a display of the observational nature of doing ethnography

In formulating a presentation method, it is best to use the ______ method in studying the hospitability of Filipinos in response to visiting tourists.

Why do we need to study society? (Choose one or more choices that best applies)

• To develop critical thinking

• To make better sense of the world around us

• For research in policymaking

• For improved social awareness