UCSP

• Culture, Society, and Politics are concepts that exist in the realm of ideas and thoughts, influencing the way we see and experience our individual and collective lives as social beings
• Concepts are created to have a firm grip on phenomena, with Pierce describing a concept as "the rational purport of a word conception," turning a phenomenon into a concept to make it more rational
• Culture is a concept that Anthropologists use to explore and make sense of the complex processes and dynamics characterizing the great variety of "Ways of living" practiced and observed around the world
• Our "Sociality" is defined by the categories assigned to us by society, functioning as tags with which our society reads our worth and value, even though these categories are socially constructed and not natural
• Values are principles or standards of behavior considered important in life, while beliefs are firmly held opinions or convictions accepted as true or real, often based on tradition, faith, experience, scientific research, or a combination of these
• Values and beliefs are shared by members of a culture, influencing human behavior as motivators
• Culture allows people to understand themselves and others, providing a lens through which they base what is considered the "right way of doing things" (Beliefs and Values)