Lesson 2: The Concept of Society and Culture Flashcards
group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture.
society
a group of people who share a common territory snd culture.
society
It is a group of people living together in a definite territory, having a sense of belongingness, mutually interdependent of each other, and follow a certain way of life.
society
Society is deerived from the Latin term
societas from socius, meaning companion or associate
it refers to all people, collectively regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals living in a definite place, following a certain mode of life
society
types of societies
functional and structural
society is defined as a complex of groups in reciprocal relationships, interacting upon one another, enabling human organisms to carry on their life-activities and helping each person to fulfill his wishes and accomplish his interests in association with his fellows.
functional definition
society is the total social heritage of folkways, mores and institutions; of habits, sentiments and ideals.
structural definition
The important aspect of
society is the
system of relationships
the pattern of the norms of interaction by which the members of the society maintain themselves.
system of relationships
reasons why people live together as a society
for survival, feeling of gregariousness, specialization
No man is an island. No man can live alone. From birth to death, man always depends upon his parents and mothers. The care, support, and protection given by them are important factors for survival.
for survival
This is the desire of people to be with other people, especially of their own culture.
feeling of gregariousness
People flock together for emotional warmth and belongingness. the need for approval, sympathy and understanding to which the individual belongs is a psychosocial need.
feeling of gregarousness
Teachers, businessmen, students, physicians, nurses, lawyers, pharmacists, and other professionals organize themselves into societies or associations to promote and protect their own professions.
specialization
comprises of a group of people who share a common culture, live in a particular area and feel themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity.
society
s a group of people related to each other throughpersistent relations such as kinship, marriage, social status, roles andsocial
networks.
society
characteristics of a society
IT IS a social system; relatively large; socializes its members and from those without; endures, produces, and sustains its members for generations; holds its members through a common culture; has clearly defined geographical territory
consists of individuals interactingwith rach other. A system consists of sub-parts whereby a changeinonepart affects the other parts. Thus, a change in one group of individualswill affect the stability of the other parts of the system.
it is a social system
The people must be socialy integratedtobeconsidered relatively large than if the people are individually scattered. Thus, the people in a family, clan, tribe, neighborhood, communityaresocially integrated to be relatively large in scope.
it is relatively large
Since most of
society’s members are born to it, they are taught the basic normsandexpectations. Those who come from other societies, before being acceptedas functioning members, are socialized and taught the basic normsandexpectations of the society
it socializes its members and from those from without
Forsociety to survive, it must have the ability to produce, endureand sustain its new members for at least several generations. For instance, if
a society cannot assist its members during their extreme conditionsof
hunger and poverty, that society will not survive long.
it endures, produces, and sustains its members for generations
The individualsinasociety are held together because that society has symbols, norms, values,patterns of interaction, vision and mission that are commonly sharedbythe members of such society.
it holds its members through common culture
The members inasocietymust live in a certain specific habitat or place and have a commonbelongingness and sense of purpose.
it has a clearly defined geographical territory
