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• Culture - behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept. It is passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.
• Religion - the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
• Education - the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
• Values - a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgement of what is important in life.
• Beliefs - an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists
• Material culture - refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture.
• Attitude - a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior.
• Aesthetic - giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty; of pleasing appearance.
• Language - the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
• Society - A group of people living in the same place and sharing a common culture.
• Cultural bond - the shared cultural values and traditions that unite people from different cultures. It may be ethnic or racial base on gender.
• Politics - science of government; part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state; preservation of it's own safety, peace, prosperity, the defense of it's existence and rights against foreign control or conquest.
• Executive - having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
• Legislative - The power of the government to make laws and regulations.
• Judicial - of, by, or appropriate to a court of judge.
• Cultural background - is defined as the ethnic, religious, racial, gender, and socioeconomic factors(educational attainment, occupation) and values that shape an individual's upbringing.
• Human Cultural Variation - refers to the differences of social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world.
• Ethnicity - simply means a shared cultural heritage.
• Nationality - the state or fact of being a citizen of a particular nation.
• Race - is usually associated with biology and linked with physical characteristics such as skin color or hair texture.
• Social phenomena - any external influences on people.
• Cultural phenomenon - known as the bandwagon effect(popular effect), occurs when certain individuals behave a certain way merely because other individuals do as well.
• Political Phenomena - behavioral/social influences in politics on governing a particular country.
• Social change - transformation of culture and social institutions over time.
• Political change - normal function of internal and external politics. Rulers will be voted out, retire or die while in power, and the new leader will make changes.
• Internal political change - initiated by the citizen of the country it can be done by regular events.
• External political change - It is initiated by other countries.
• Cultural change - modification of a society through innovation, invention, discovery, or contact with other cultures.
• Anthropology - the study of human societies and cultures and their development.
• Political Science - the study of the processes, principles, and structure of government and of political instiutions and their functions.
• Sociology - the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
• Political situation - relating to government policy-making as distinguished from administration or law.
• Hunting and gathering societies - The primary institution of society which is the family is given importance.
• Horticultural societies - People learned to make use of hand tools to gather food for themselves.
• Agricultural societies - People developed a system which made planting crops easier and efficient.
• Industrial societies - The use of heavy machineries to lessen human and animal power became evident.
• Material culture - concrete and tangible things that man creates and uses.
• Non material Culture - nonphysical ideas that people have their culture, including beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language, organizations, and institutions.
• Dynamic - constantly changing; it goes thru revision with each generation. It changes to adapt to the needs of the society.
• Flexible - to adapt to different circumstances. It changes depending on the need of a particular period.