chapter 2 lesson 1 lesson 2 Flashcards
The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
Society
A highly structured system of human organization for large-scale community
living that normally furnishes protection, continuity, security, and a national
identity for its members
Society
represent an
ideal type, which more or less
depicts the form, process, and
dynamics of the social reality it
embodies.
Society as a
Concept
Society is seen as an outcome of
multiple interactions of people
Society as a
Facticity
Society can be liken to a deity
since Society holds immense
power to make or unmake lives of
people
Society as a
Facticity
Three Theoretical Perspectives
- Structural Functionalism
- Conflict Theory
- Symbolism Interactionism
Three Theoretical Perspectives
- Structural Functionalism
- Conflict Theory
- Symbolism Interactionism
It gives importance to social
“order”
Structural
Functionalism
It argues that society is made
possible by cooperation and
interdependence.
Structural
Functionalism
This view sees society as a system
with parts, and this parts have their
respective functions to perform.
Structural
Functionalism
sees society
as an arena.
Conflict
Theory
exist because the
powerful or the dominant oppress
the less powerful or subordinate.
Conflict
Theory
ignores
Unity and invokes the Social
Processes rather than the functions
and interdependence.
Conflict
Theory
It explores the issues of
meaning-making.
Symbolic
Interactionism
This argues that society is
continuously re-created when
humans interact.
Symbolic
Interactionism
This is founded on the premise
that we respond based on the
meanings that we attach to the
surroundings.
Symbolic
Interactionism
Rules: Invisible hand of Society
Rules are guides in the performance of roles in everyday actions and
interactions. With this thought, rules are essential in the everyday
conduct of the members of the society.
However not all rules are visible or not written. Our mundane and daily
actions are guided by these unseen rules.
According to ____“is
that complex whole which
includes knowledge, beliefs,
art, morals, law, custom,
and any other capabilities
and habits acquired by a man
as a member of society”
E.B Taylor
According to Cambridge
English Dictionary “ Culture
is a way of life, especially
the general customs and
beliefs of a particular
group of people at a
particular time.
Culture as a
Concept
Refers to the gradual
acquisition of the
characteristics and norms
of a culture or group by a
person or another culture,
etc.
Enculturation
It starts with actual
exposure to another culture
and the duration and extent
of exposure account the
quality of the resulting____
Enculturation
This is a good example of
enculturation.
Culture Shock
Individuals who have
stayed for quite a good
portion of their lives in
a foreign culture may be
shocked by their birth
culture once exposed to
it again.
Culture Shock
According to _____ an english anthropologist. He was the first to coin the term culture in the
18th century.
E.B taylor