Chapter 1

Question 1

is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society.”

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Culture

Question 2

Who define culture as is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society.”

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Edward B. Taylor – English Anthropologist

Question 3

Culture defined as the ______________shared by a relatively large group of people.

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systems of knowledge

Question 4

refers to the way we understand ourselves both as individuals and as members of society

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Culture

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necessarily changes, and is changed by, a variety of interactions, with individuals, media, and technology

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Culture

Question 6

Culture necessarily changes, and is changed by, a variety of _____ ,_______, __________. ________

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interactions, with individuals, media, and technology

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Different societies have different

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cultures

Question 8

Culture is the _______ or _______ of human life.

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non-biological or social aspects

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Characteristics of Culture

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1. Culture is Learned
2. Culture is Shared
3. Culture is integrated
4. Culture is cumulative
5. Culture is an adaptive mechanism
6. Cultures change

Question 10

Determine what characteristics

Man is not born with culture

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Culture is Learned

Question 11

Determine what characteristics

Culture is Learned through socialization

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Culture is Learned

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Determine what characteristics

Habits, values, knowledge, and skills are acquired.

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Culture is Learned

Question 13

enable individuals internalize the rules an standards or behavior exhibited by the group, conscious nor unconscious.

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 Socialization and enculturation

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Determine what characteristics

Members of a culture share set of ideals, values, and standards of behavior.

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2. Culture is Shared

Question 15

Determine what characteristics

 This shared ideals bonds them as a group

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2. Culture is Shared

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Determine what characteristics

 Culture is made up of elements of which are interrelated into a unified whole.

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Culture is integrated

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 Determine what characteristics

Familial, economic, political, and religious in order to function effectively

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Culture is integrated

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 Determine what characteristics

To survive, cultures will have to learn how to adapt to changes (i.e. changes in the environment

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Culture is cumulative

Question 19

Determine what characteristics

 In the process of adaptation, the new patterns learned are added to the existing culture, thus, will accumulate in the long run.

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Culture is cumulative

Question 20

Determine what characteristics

 No culture will remain the same for a long time

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Culture is an adaptive mechanism

Question 21

Determine what characteristics

Changes brought by development will force culture to develop in order for the culture to strive

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Culture is an adaptive mechanism

Question 22

Determine what characteristics

 Sometimes, culture borrow or modify cultural patterns of other culture

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Culture is an adaptive mechanism

Question 23

Determine what characteristics

 No culture is fixed or permanent

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Cultures change

Question 24

Determine what characteristics

 “the only permanent thing in this world is change”

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Cultures change

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Functions of Culture

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1. Provides knowledge and patterns of behavior necessary for survival. 2. Provides measures to ensure peace and order. Standards of behavior to follow 3. As an adaptive strategy related to environment 4. Important factor in the development of personality.

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Elements of Culture

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Norms, Beliefs, Values,

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Components of Culture

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Folkways, Mores, Sanctions

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 Expected, standardized, recognizable, patterns of behavior that the majority of the group exhibit as a result of membership.

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Norms

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 Rules or expectations by which society guides the behavior of its members.

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Norms

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 Standards that define the obligatory and expected behaviors of people in various situations

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Norms

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Differs from culture to culture i.e. what is legal elsewhere may not be somewhere

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Norms

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 Man’s perception about reality of things and are shaped about the world and his environment

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Beliefs

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 Emotions, attitudes, values, ideology, and religion may influence the choice of one’s beliefs.

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Beliefs

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 Culturally defined standards of desirability, goodness, and beauty which serve as a broad guidelines for social living

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Values

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people hold vary to some degree by age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion, and social class.

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Values

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 These are habits, customs and repetitive patterns of behavior

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Folkways

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 Folkways are commonly known as

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Customs

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 Contain moral and ethical values that are strictly observed by the majority in a given society.

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Mores

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 Derived from the practices of the society rather than written laws

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mores

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 Used to ensure that individuals follow or conform to the norms or behave in ways prescribed within a society.

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Sanctions