UCSP- Module 2
requires language and other forms of communication
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Society
A social organism possessing a harmony of structure and function.
Lynn K. White
According to him, "The whole idea of culture is that it provides a blue-print for living, a pattern to follow".
Palispis, 2007
According to him, society is organized in a way that there are rules of conduct customs, traditions, folk ways and mores, and expectations that ensure appropriate behavior among members.
Culture is Adaptive
Adapts itself to and around its geographical setting. How culture is formed and assimilated by the people largely depends on the environment where it is situated.
Symbols
Anything that represents more than itself.
Mores
Are seen as extremely important for the group's welfare and survival. Define what is morally right and morally wrong.
CULTURED AS PATTERNED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Culture as normative system has the capacity to define and control human behaviors
Culture is Normative
Culture guides people to do things in conformity with the peoples accepted norms which they used to regulate their ways.
CULTURE AS INTEGRATED
Culture is holistic in nature
CULTURE AS DYNAMIC, FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE
Cultures interact and change. It changes based on the current situation of our society. Culture continuously resolves itself.
Society
Derived from Latin word "socius", which means companionship or friendship.
CULTURE AS SHARE, CONTESTED AND CHALLENGED
Despite the shared culture, we aren't homogenous. If culture is learned and shared, it is also contested in different ways and situation.
Culture is Cumulative
Exist along in time and place, is passed from one generation to next through the medium of language and behavior which make the continuity of culture possible.
Culture is learned
Is not ascribed or naturally embedded in the person's being. It is not inherent or inborn, it is instead acquired.
institutions
It is a purposive part of culture, a patterned segment of the way of life of a people.
True
True or False: Societies enable individuals to acquire necessary survival skills, maximize their potential, and share resources.
Material and Non-material
Types of culture
CULTURE AS LEARNED AND TRANSMITTED THROUGH SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION
We learn, acquire and absorb culture from families, peers, institutions, and media through lifelong social interaction.
Culture is learned, diverse, cumulative, adaptive , and normative
What are the 5 characteristics of culture
Social norms, institutions, Language, Fashion, fads, and crazes, ideas, and symbols
What are the 6 components of culture
Social solidarity, shared identity and culture, common language, definite geographic area, population, and institutions
What are the 6 elements of society
Society
a group of individuals sharing a common culture, geographical location, and government.
Institutions
a purposive part of culture, a patterned segment of the way of life of a people.
social norms
a standard of behavior. It specify what people ought to or not ought to do.
Folkways
customary pattern of everyday life that specify what is socially correct and proper.
Socialization
is an ongoing processes of learning language, behaviors, customs, values and others that acquire identity.
Enculturation
is the process by which an individual adopts the behavioral patterns of culture in which the person is immersed.
Culture is Diverse
it is different since there are various social structures, beliefs, values and other practices that people use in adapting different situations.
ideas
non- material aspects of culture and embody man's conception of his physical, social, and cultural world.
fashion, fads, and crazes
short - lived social norms with which people are expected to comply with.
Culture
social heredity, which is transmitted from one generation to another with the accumulation of individual experiences
Language
something being used to communicate.
Culture
the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and habits and any capabilities acquired by man as a member of society
HOLISM
the various parts of a culture being interconnected and interlinked.
