UCSP Lesson 1 Concept of Culture

• he refered to culture as ways in which humans overcome barbarism and become fully human


  german philosopher, Samuel Von Puferdorf
• mannerless


  Barbarism
• John Locke believed that people begin life as a "blank slate". Something new, frsh, or unmarked.


  Tabula Rasa
• What are the Characteristics of Culture

  • learned and acquire through socialization and enculturation
  • dynamic, adaptive, and flexible
  • shared and transmitted
  • integrated and patterned social interactions
  • social
  • cumulative
  • requires language and communication
• Modes of Acquiring Culture

  • through example of becoming role model or what we called Imitation
  • Indoctrination or Formal teaching. Institutions like government, school, and the church were in charge of instilling our minds.
  • and by means of rewards and punishments or Conditioning