Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics PDF

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS  LESSON : DEFINING CULTURE AND SOCIETY  CULTURE is a way of life of a group of people that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. ELEMENTS OF CULTURE  1. BELIEFS are the conviction...

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS  LESSON : DEFINING CULTURE AND SOCIETY  CULTURE is a way of life of a group of people that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. ELEMENTS OF CULTURE  1. BELIEFS are the conviction that people hold to be true.  2. VALUES are culture ‘s standard for discerning what is good and just in society.  3. NORMS are rules that govern our lives and values. It is the expectations, or rules of behavior that develop out of values.. TYPES OF NORMS  1. FOLKWAYS are norms that ordinary people follows in everyday life.  EXAMPLES 1. Correct Manners 2. Appropriate Dress 3. Proper Eating Behavior  2. MORES are norms taken more seriously and are strictly enforced.  3. TABOOS is the prohibition of an action based on the belief. Negative norms  Food Taboo is a prohibition against consuming certain foods. Dog or cat meat (Rep. Act 8485) Botcha Pagpag Pork  4. LAWS a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a society behaves. Legally enacted or  4. LANGUAGE is as the storehouse of culture. (Arcinas, 2016)  5. TECHNOLOGY refers to the application of knowledge and equipment to ease the task of living and maintaining the environment. ASPECTS OF CULTURE  Culture constantly changes and adapts to the current state of society.  It continuously restores itself whenever customs do not fit in the current  Culture is a shared learning experience  Because culture is constantly changes, we get to share the learning process with other people. SOCIALIZATION A lifelong process in which people learn appropriate attitudes, values, and behaviors ENCULTURATION The process by which a person  Results of Socialization/Enculturation 1.IDENTITY FORMATION The development of an individual’s distinct personality by which he or she is recognized or known. 2. NORMS AND VALUES Criteria on which people base  Results of Socialization/Enculturation 3. ROLES AND STATUSES Roles are behaviors of an individual exhibits within a given status. How we act and play Status is any position that an individual can occupy in a society. Rank in society or your occupation  TYPES OF STATUSES 1.ASCRIBED STATUS Given at birth or assigned later in life. Involuntary, something that we cannot. Gender, Boy or girl, Religion Nationality, race birth, order  TYPES OF  STATUSES 2. ACHIEVED STATUS Acquired wilfully and consciously through effort, talent, decisions and accomplishments. Being top on class Profession Parent, spouse Criminal, thief  TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION 1.PRIMARY SOCIALIZATION  Individuals and groups that have the most direct and sustained contact with an individual during their formative years.  TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION 2. SECONDARY SOCIALIZATION The individuals, groups, or institutions that are individuals encounter later in life, after their primary socialization has occurred. Peers Education/school  TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION 3. ANTICIPATORY SOCIALIZATION  Person rehearses future occupations and social relationships  Practice teacher  Sacristan  TYPES OF SOCIALIZATION 4. RESOCIALIZATION  Discarding former behaviour patterns and accepting new ones during transitions in one’s life  Joining military  prisoner  Social interaction is the mutual influence of two or more people on each other’s behaviour.  It is not a matter of race, it is learned, not carried in