CHAP 4 CULTURE AND RATIONALITIES

Question 1

What makes humans distinct from other beings

Answer 1

their ability to use systems of meaning that tell people what is right or wrong, and good or evil

Question 2

Clifford Geertz calls this frame of understanding

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

s a set of symbols that enables people to give meaning to their experience, and bears the gained knowledge of people coded into symbols. This system of meaning helps people interpret the happenings around them, and how they can respond appropriately to the experience.

Answer 3

Culture

Question 4

This is what culture does

Answer 4

*it takes the place of instinct to give people a quick representation and response based on collective experience to the things that confront them.

Question 5

Culture can Change

Answer 5

when its framing of reality is no longer useful in the present time

Ex.
*Publicizing oneself in social media like facebook, Instagram, and twitter

*Becoming a vegetarian

Question 6

Cons of culture

Answer 6

culture orients people to act in a certain harmful way and individuals act destructively toward others without conscious awareness.

Question 7

refers to “hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults that can cause potentially harmful or unpleasant psychological impacts on the target person or groups”

Answer 7

Microaggression

Question 8

Examples of Microaggression

Answer 8

1. Boys being teased for playing with dolls
2. Girls teased for engaging in sports
   3.Men are told to “man up”
   4.Women are not allowed to be ambitious
   5.Bakla is used to control men’s behavior
   6.Use of “Para kang babae” to challenge masculinity and show that being woman-like is bad

Question 9

Everyone has to take a closer look at the culture and systems that define social structures in order to bring about genuine development to all the people of the world.

Answer 9

Critical Reflection