Q2 L2: Culture

• this is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society

  culture
• this is the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs of a particular group of people at a particular time

  culture
• refers to all that man has made has made for himself through time, material or non material, useful or not, all to provide benefits for his society

  culture
• this is about man but hast NOTHING to do with his biological characteristics or natural instincts. it does have not anything to do with nature. however, when man does things to it, create or alter it, or even think about it, it becomes...

  culture
• enumerate the 5 characteristics of culture

  learned, transmitted, adaptive, gratifying, symbolic
• this refers to the different habits, skills, values, and knowledge that are acquired or learned in the course of a person's life; acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values, beliefs, and behavioral scripts, are passed onto and taught to individuals and groups

  enculturation
• this is the process through which cultural elements, in the form of attitudes, values, beliefs, and behavioral scripts, are passed onto and taught to individuals and groups

  cultural transmission
• this is the process of change in response to a new environment; a component of acculturation

  adaptation
• this term relates to the change in a group's culture or the change in an individual's psychology in response to a new environment or other factors

  acculturation
• this is one of the characteristics of culture wherein culture provides satisfaction for a man's biological and sociocultural needs and for various relationships with other individuals

  gratifying
• what 2 things does man use to communicate?

  language, symbols
• enumerate the 2 main types of culture

  material culture, nonmaterial culture
• this is one of the main types of culture; this is the tangible and concrete objects produced by man in the process of social development

  material culture
• this is one of the main types of culture, this includes artifacts, fossils, technology, and other tangible remains of cultural development, past and present

  material culture
• this is one of the main types of culture, deals with the intangibles such as values, norms, beliefs, traditions, customs, that collectively hold a society and shape individuals as they interact with society

  non material culture
• enumerate the 6 non material elements of culture

  beliefs, values, norms, folkways, ideas, knowledge,
• one of the elements of non material culture, this is the man's perception about the reality of things and are shared ideas about how the world and his environment operate

  beliefs\
• one of the elements of non material culture, is influenced by emotions, values, ideology, religion

  beliefs
• one of the elements of non material culture, the broad preference of a person on the appropriate courses of action or decisions he has to take; the sense of right or wrong

  values
• one of the elements of non material culture, the standard of morality, conduct, propriety, ethics, and legality; varies on gender, religion, or race

  norms
• one of the elements of non material culture, this is a fairly weak form of norms, and its violation is generally not considered serious within a particular culture

  folkways
• one of the elements of non material culture, man's concepts of his physical, social, and cultural world as manifested from his beliefs and values

  ideas
• one of the elements of non material culture, body of facts and beliefs people accumulate; can either be natural, supernatural, magical, or technical

  knowledge
• enumerate the 5 approaches or perspectives in study of culture and society

  symbolic interactionism, functionalism, conflict, dramaturgical perspective, ethnomethodology
• this is a theoretical perspective that examines the way participants in the socialization choose and agree on the meaning of symbols

  symbolic interactionism
• theoretical perspective that presupposes that every aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to the total functioning of society; government, school, families

  functionalism
• theoretical perspective wherein theorists noted that unequal groups usually have conflicting values and agendas, causing them to compete against one another; proposed by karl marx

  conflict
• theoretical perspective that analyzes human behavior in the same way that a person would analyze the presentation of a play to the audience

  dramaturgical perspective
• sociocultural perspective which emphasizes the process of interaction that uses interpersonal techniques to create situational impressions

  ethnomethodology