UCSP 2

• Unilineal Evolutionism


  New cultural forms emerge from the past that pass through similar stages of development
• Unilineal Evolutionism


  • From Animism to Monotheism i.e. Roman Catholic or Islam
• Cultural Diffusionism


  Culture originates from one or more culture centers, which are results of borrowed elements of the new culture
• Cultural Diffusionism


  • Filipino culture is influenced by Western civilization brought by the colonization of Western countries i.e. Spain
• Historical Particularism


  Each group of people has its own unique culture influenced by its history, geography, and environment
• Historical Particularism


  • Filipino people are influenced by superstitious beliefs, which originate from their ancestors
• Anthropological Functionalism


  Cultural elements and practices are interrelated and interdependent and persist because they have a purpose
• Unilineal Evolutionism


  New cultural forms emerge from the past that pass through similar stages of development
• Unilineal Evolutionism


  • From Animism to Monotheism i.e. Roman Catholic or Islam
• Anthropological Functionalism


  • Filipinos' actions are influenced strongly by their religion
• Cultural Diffusionism


  Culture originates from one or more culture centers, which are results of borrowed elements of the new culture
• Anthropological Structuralism


  Cultural phenomena and practices have a relationship to one another by which human organize and structure their experiences
• Cultural Diffusionism


  • Filipino culture is influenced by Western civilization brought by the colonization of Western countries i.e. Spain
• Anthropological Structuralism


  • Father and Son; Husband and Wife
• Historical Particularism


  Each group of people has its own unique culture influenced by its history, geography, and environment
• Historical Particularism


  • Filipino people are influenced by superstitious beliefs, which originate from their ancestors
• Anthropological Functionalism


  Cultural elements and practices are interrelated and interdependent and persist because they have a purpose
• Anthropological Functionalism


  • Filipinos' actions are influenced strongly by their religion
• Cultural Materialism


  Culture is influenced by technology, resources, economic values, and the utilization of things
• Anthropological Structuralism


  Cultural phenomena and practices have a relationship to one another by which human organize and structure their experiences
• Anthropological Structuralism


  • Father and Son; Husband and Wife
• Functionalism


  Society as an organized network cooperating groups operating orderly to generally accepted norms
• Cultural Materialism


  Culture is influenced by technology, resources, economic values, and the utilization of things
• Cultural Materialism


  • Pork is prohibited in the Muslim diet
• Functionalism


  Society as an organized network cooperating groups operating orderly to generally accepted norms
• Functionalism


  • To be able to produce more productive graduates in the community, the government must pour money into education
• Functionalism


  • To be able to produce more productive graduates in the community, the government must pour money into education
• Conflict Perspective


  Social environment in a continuous struggle which is in contrast with Functionalism
• Conflict Perspective


  • Rich versus poor
• Conflict Perspective


  Social environment in a continuous struggle which is in contrast with Functionalism
• Culture


  A people's way of life, encompassing beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society
• Symbolic Interactionism


  Deals with patterns of behavior in large units of society such as organization, communities, etc.
• The What, How, and Why of Culture

  • The What - Refers to the contents of culture
  • The How - Refers to the processes that guarantee the transmission of the contents
  • The Why - Refers to the reasons for compliance and the mechanism that facilitate performance
• The Anatomy of Culture and Society

  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
• Conflict Perspective


  • Rich versus poor
• Symbolic Interactionism


  Deals with patterns of behavior in large units of society such as organization, communities, etc.
• Symbolic Interactionism


  • Why does an individual in the community avoid eye contact when talking to a stranger?
• Evolutionism


  Explains how human groups came to exist, grow, and develop
• The What of Culture

  • Actions
  • Language
  • Attitude
• Symbolic Interactionism


  • Why does an individual in the community avoid eye contact when talking to a stranger?