Lesson 4: Becoming a Member of Society PDF

Let me be the change I want to see To do with strength and wisdom All that needs to be done… And become the hope that I can be. Set me free from my fears and hesitations Grant me courage and humility Fill me with spirit to face the challenge And start the change I long to see. Today I start the ch...

Let me be the change I want to see To do with strength and wisdom All that needs to be done… And become the hope that I can be. Set me free from my fears and hesitations Grant me courage and humility Fill me with spirit to face the challenge And start the change I long to see. Today I start the change I want to see. Even if I’m not the light I can be the spark In faith, service, and communion. Let us start the change we want to see. The change that begins in me. Live Jesus in our hearts forever! SUBJECT: UCSP LESSON 4: BECOMING A MEMBER OF SOCIETY JANICE V. CORTEZANO UCSP TEACHER LEARNING OUTCOMES I can define the different concepts regarding enculturation and socialization; I can explain the development of oneself and others as a product of socialization and enculturation; and I can promote protection of human dignity, rights, and the common good. ᜊᜊᜊ ᜊᜊ ᜊᜊᜊᜊ  Ask two persons about their personal identity development ᜊᜊᜊ ᜊᜊ ᜊᜊᜊᜊ and aspirations. Compare them with yours.  ENCULTURATION & SOCIALIZATION Society is different from culture. There are many cultures within a society. While members of society share many of the same expectations and experiences, the cultural groups create ones that differentiate them from others in society. SOCIALIZATION ENCULTURATION It is the process through which the process by which an people learn to understand the individual adopts the behavior societal norms, expectations and patterns of the culture in values as members of society. which a person is immersed.  THE ENCULTURATION Enculturation is the process by which a human being, beginning at infancy, acquires personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, habits, beliefs, social skills, and accumulated knowledge of society through education and training for adult status appropriate to his or her social position. ENCULTURATION & SOCIALIZATION Through enculturation/socialization, a helpless infant is transformed into a more knowledgeable and cooperative member of the society. It is a lifelong process that starts at birth and ends at death. ENCULTURATION & SOCIALIZATION Through enculturation/socialization, individuals not only learn the values, norms, and skills of their culture, but also acquire a sense of who they are and where they belong. WHO AM I? THE LOOKING GLASS-SELF THEORY Charles Horton Cooley proposed the Looking Glass Self Theory. It describes the process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them. Using social interaction as a type of “mirror,” people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behavior  EXAMPLE OF LOOKING GLASS-SELF THEORY Someone meets a group of new work colleagues for the first time. This individual believes she can easily demonstrate professionalism and competence to others. During this interaction with her new co-workers, the individual pays attention to her colleagues’ body language, word choices, and reactions to the conversation. If these coworkers provide positive feedback, such as maintaining eye contact or offering a firm handshake, the individual’s belief in her own professionalism will be upheld. However, if the colleagues provide negative feedback, such as looking away or leaving the conversation quickly, the individual might question how professional they truly are.  EXAMPLE OF LOOKING GLASS-SELF THEORY Classroom Scenario: A student answers a question in class and imagines that their classmates see them as knowledgeable. If they receive positive feedback, such as smiles or nods, this reinforces their self-image as intelligent. Conversely, if they perceive negative reactions, they may feel embarrassed or inadequate. Social Media Influence: In today’s digital age, social media amplifies the Looking Glass Self. For instance, a teenager posts a photo online and eagerly awaits likes and comments. Positive feedback boosts their self- esteem, while a lack of engagement might lead them to feel unattractive or unworthy.  ROLE-TAKING THEORY While George Herbert Mead proposed the Role-taking Theory wherein the development of social awareness is traced to our early social interaction. For example, when we were infants, we learned that when we cry, our parents carry us and feed us milk. Overtime, we learn more ways drawing out desired behavior from others. Another example: Think of two kids playing together. Role taking: One of the children will take the role of mother or teacher while the other child will take the role of father or student. These roles are already made: the "mother" will cook/clean/whatever the child was taught about motherhood and the "father" will act their role as the way their family environment has taught them. ROLE-TAKING THEORY This perception of Mead led him into the idea that out of social interaction, sense of self emerges, which is composed of two (2) parts: i.e. the “Me” and the “I.” The "Me" represents the social self, shaped by how we believe others perceive us. It is constructed from societal expectations and feedback from our social interactions. "If you were a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother and you noticed that your clingy behavior was making others uncomfortable, would you choose to change how you act to fit in better, or would you stay true to yourself and embrace your natural tendencies? What factors would influence your decision?"  AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Family School Peer Mass Media Workplace  FAMILY Family has a major impact on us. Each one lays down our basic sense of self, forming our initial motivations, values, and beliefs.  SCHOOL The School is a primary agent of socialization. Schools were able to contribute to self development by exposing us to people who are not our relatives, thus exposing us to new attitudes, values, and ways of looking at the world PEERS The Peers (peer group) can ease the transition from adolescence to adult responsibilities for it offers young people an identity that supports some independence from their families. MASS MEDIA Mass Media, especially in the form of television, has become the primary source of information about the world, thus enabling us to view a wide range of role models and occupations. WORKPLACE It allows us to learn to behave properly within an occupation, at the same time, indicates that one has passed out adolescence stage.  CONFORMITY DEVIANCE Deviance refers to the recognized violation Conformity is the act of exhibiting the same of cultural norms (ex: crime - violation of a as the behavior of most other people in a society’s formally enacted criminal law) society, group, etc. Example: Example: Substance Abuse: Using illegal drugs can be Traffic Laws: An individual stops at a red considered negative deviance as it violates traffic light because it is a widely accepted legal and social norms, potentially causing norm that promotes safety and order on the harm to individuals and society roads. This behavior exemplifies positive conformity as it contributes to societal well- Civil Rights Protests: Engaging in protests being against racial segregation during the Civil Rights Movement is an example of positive deviance. These actions challenged unjust social norms and contributed to significant social change.  STRAIN THEORY Strain theory is a sociological theory developed by American sociologist, Robert K. Merton. It suggest that an individual’s inability to achieve culturally values goals causes frustration, which can lead to deviant and often illegal behavior. RETREATISM REBELLION RITUALISM INNOVATION  FORMS OF DEVIANCE INNOVATION RITUALISM rejecting the importance of success goals but rejecting the use of socially accepted means continue to toil as conscientious and diligent to achieve success workers. Goals: Accept Goals: Reject Means: Reject Means: Accept Ex: A person who resorts to criminal Ex: An employee who diligently follows all activities, such as theft or drug dealing, to company protocols and works hard but has no achieve financial success. Instead of ambition for promotions or recognition. They following traditional pathways like education may show up on time every day and complete or employment, they innovate by breaking their tasks meticulously but are indifferent about achieving success within their career. the law to reach their goals. Another example of this is students who graduate from high school without career plans but attend a college or university anyways, because that is what is expected.  FORMS OF DEVIANCE RETREATISM REBELLION Attempts to change the goals and means Withdrawal from the society and does not of society. care about success. Goals: Replace Goals: Reject Means: Reject Means: Replace Ex: A clear example of rebellion can be Ex: An example of retreatism is someone seen in social movements, such as those who becomes a recluse, opting out of advocating for civil rights or society entirely. This could be a person environmental justice. Activists who living in isolation, perhaps due to addiction protest against government policies or or mental health issues, who no longer societal norms. seeks conventional success or social interaction.  FORMS OF DEVIANCE Adaptations Goals Means Innovation Accept Reject Ritualism Reject Accept Retreatism Reject Reject Rebellion Replace Replace  HUMAN DIGNITY Human Dignity is something that can’t be taken away. Catholic Social Teaching states that each and every person has value, are worthy of great respect, and must be free from slavery, manipulation, and exploitation. Also, it is at the heart of human identity. Human dignity goes to the heart of human identity, including a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex identity, hence the name of the trust. Without dignity none of the protections of the various legal human rights mechanisms can have real meaning.  HUMAN DIGNITY It is the basis of fundamental human rights. It is inviolable and must be respected and protected. The dignity of the human person is not only a fundamental right in itself, but constitutes the basis of fundamental rights in international law. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrined this principle in its preamble: ‘recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world’. For this reason the dignity of the human person is part of the substance of any right protected by international human rights law. It must, therefore, be respected, even where a right is restricted.  HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights are inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent, and indivisible. It is not a privilege. It is something that can be taken away at someone’s whim. They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be, do, or have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace. Many people know something about their rights. Generally, they know they are the right to eat nutritious food and a safe place to stay. They know they have the right to be paid for the work they do. But there are many other rights. Youtube: Human Rights in Two Minutes (Filipino) UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS  HUMAN RIGHTS All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. TATSULOK BY BAMBOO:  THE COMMON GOOD The Common Good, in tribal notion, has served as the moral justification of most social systems— and of all tyrannies—in history. The degree of a society’s enslavement or freedom corresponded to the degree to which that tribal slogan was invoked or ignored. It is also referred to the public interest. Actually, it is an undefined and undefinable concept. It is a meaningless concept, unless taken literally, in which case, its only possible meaning is – the sum of the good of all the individual men involved. But in that case, the concept is meaningless as a moral criterion which leaves an open question of what is the good of individual men and how does one determine it?  THE COMMON GOOD When “the common good” of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals. It is tacitly assumed, in such cases, that “the common good” means “the good of the majority” as against the minority or the individual. THANK YOU!