Community social structure - refers to the rules and expectations that people develop in the community over time to help regulate and manage their interaction with one another.
What are the four community social structure?
Social groups
Status
Social institution
Role
Social institutions - established patterns of belief and behavior that are centered on addressing basic social needs of people in the community
Social groups - consist of two or more people in the community who regularly interact with one another and consider themselves a distinct social unit
Status - the position or rank a person holds, in relation to other members of the community. A status can be ascribed or achieved.
What are the 2 type of status?
Ascribedstatus
Achievedstatus
What are the 6 different social group?
Primary Group
Secondary group
Formal group
Informal group
In group
Out group
Role - the obligations or behaviors expected from an individual based on his or her status in life
Community cultural structure - refers to the institutionalized patterns of ways of life that are shared, learned, developed, and accepted by people in the community
Symbols and languages - symbols are the shared words, gestures, objects, or signals that people in a community use to convey and develop recognizable meanings
Norms - refer to specific cultural expectations on how to behave in a given situation
Folkways - are general standards of behavior that people in the community adhere to.
mores - are the strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior
Iaws - are the proscriptive and prescriptive norms written in a legal code such as paying of taxes, following traffic rules, and avoiding violence against women and children
What are the four subdivided in norms?
Folkways
Mores
Laws
Values and beliefs - values are the abstract standards in a community that define the ideal principles of what is good, just, and desirable
beliefs - which refer to the shared ideas of what people in a community hold collectively as true
pakikisama - is rooted in the Filipino belief that people should be regarded with respect and empathy
Rituals - established sacred or secular procedures and ceremonies that people in the community regularly perform
Artifacts - any objects or things that have special meaning for people in the community