Aspects of Culture

Question 1

It is defined as the norm and social behavior
found and practiced in human societies

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Culture

Question 2

It is the complex whole which encompasses beliefs,
practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts,
symbols, knowledge and roles that a person learns
and shares as a member of the society

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Culture

Question 3

It refers to an organization of phenomena that is
dependent upon symbols and includes acts
(patterns of behavior), objects (material things),
ideas (belief and knowledge), and sentiments
(attitudes and values)

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Culture

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Characteristics of Culture

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Dynamic, Flexible, and Adaptive

Shared and contested

Learned

Composed of patterned social interactions

Integrated and at time unstable

Transmitted

Requires language and other forms of communication

Question 5

A complex set of
patterned social interactions is
learned and transmitted through
socialization or enculturation.

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Culture

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It is the process a person adopts the cultural
patterns he or she lives in

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Enculturation

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It also teaches the person what is accepted
within that society and lifestyle

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Enculturation

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is the process whereby the cultural heritage is socially transmitted from one generation to another

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Socialization

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refers to that lifelong process of learning and relearning as people move from different stages of growth and development, or from one social group to another (Panopio 1996)

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Socialization

Question 10

Are learned rather than
acquired through inheritance or through any
biological processes

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Cultural Elements

Question 11

Stated that human behavior (culture) is a
product of two different and interacting
evolutionary processes: Genetic and Cultural
Evolution

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Dual Inheritance Theory

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human behavior (culture is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary process

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Genetic Evolution
Cultural Evolution

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Culture = “dynamic property of individuals”

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Dual Inheritance Theory

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requires language and other
forms of communications

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Culture

Question 15

is a key factor in the success of the
human race in creating and preserving culture.

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Language

Question 16

It is a study that focuses on communication
across different cultures and social groups, or
how culture affects communication

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Intercultural Communication

Question 17

is also dynamic, flexible and
adaptive. It is constantly changing
through time.

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Culture

Question 18

It is a culture being practiced within a broader
variety of a culture, but practicing its own
separate values, practices, traditions and
beliefs

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Subculture

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Actual behavior patterns
exhibited by members of the society

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Real Culture

Question 20

These are cultural guidelines
publicly embraced by members of the society.

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Ideal Culture

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Also defined as the social patterns mandated by
norms and values

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Ideal Culture

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Elements of Culture

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Norms
Folkways
Mores
Laws
Beliefs
Symbols
Language
Social Institutions

Question 23

it is a society’s standards of acceptable
behavior. It is essential in a society because majority of
the people pattern their way of living after them

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Norms

Question 24

norms that are known to be the proper way
of dealing with their everyday living and social
interaction

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Folkways

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these are customs or folkways that needs to be followed by the society strictly

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Mores

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formalized mores that are legislated, approved and implemented in a society

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Laws

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This are the means of the people on explaining the sense of their experiences or ideas that they hold to be true, factual and real.

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Beliefs

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these are representations or illustrations to represent a particular belief or meaning of something.

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Symbols

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People who share or practice the same belief or culture attach a specific meaning to an object, gesture and image.

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Symbols

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it is the system of symbols that individuals utilize to communicate, interact, and share their views or beliefs, thus making an understanding amongst individuals.

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Language

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this consists of a group of people who have come together for a common goal or a purpose

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Social Institutions

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Major Social Institutions

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The Family Education Religion Economic Institutions Government as a Social Institution

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Cultural Orientation

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Ethnocentrism Xenocentrism Cultural Relativism

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the belief of a certain society that their culture is much more superior than the other ones. The term was coined by Ludwig Gumplowicz.

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Ethnocentrism

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Two most popular type of ethnocentrism:

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Sinocentrism Eurocentrism

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Belief that the Chinese culture is much more superior than others

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Sinocentrism

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lands outside the influence of China

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Huawizhidi

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“Middle Kingdom”

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Zhonggou

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it is the belief that the products or the culture of one is inferior to the other one

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Xenocentrism

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Colloquially known as “colonial mentality”

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Xenocentrism

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it is the idea that a person’s beliefs, values and practices should be understood based on that person’s own cultures, rather than be based against the criteria of another.

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Cultural Relativism

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Attempting to understand one’s culture

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Cultural Relativism

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First Afro-American Rhodes scholar in 1897

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Alain Locke

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Coined the term "Cultural Relativism"

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Alain Locke

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Also called as “human universal”

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Cultural Universals

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It is an element, pattern, or trait that is common to all cultures worldwide

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Cultural Universals

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Examples of Cultural Universals

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Shelter, Art, Proverbs/Sayings and Personal names

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It is an experience a person which may have one moves to a cultural environment which he or she is not familiar with

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Culture Shock

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Example of Culture Shock

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Immigrating or Migrating in other places

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It is the process by which different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication

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Cultural Leveling

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It eliminates the cultural differences that makes a or a group of person unique.

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Cultural Leveling