LESSON 3 Flashcards
Collection of interacting individuals sharing the same life and living in the same territory.
SOCIETY
Often means ‘prestige’ but to sociologists it is a ‘position’ in the society.
STATUS
It pertains to age, gender and race
ASCRIBE STATUS
These are statuses resulted from what we do or attained through our own actions
ACHIEVED STATUS
Something dynamic that is shaped by specific situation and persons.
ROLES
Consist of all shared products of human groups which maybe tangible or intangible in nature.
CULTURE
The methods by which people deal with their environment whether small or big, provides explanation to the foundation of their culture.
FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY
A group of mutually interdependent people who are organized to share common culture and feeling of unity.
SOCIETY
Physical objects made by man or Tangible and are identified as artifacts
MATERIAL CULTURE
These are abstract human creations or intangible and are identified as symbolic
NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
The very basis of human culture and it has a shared meaning attached to it.
SYMBOLS
Words, when organized can be used to express or share any common idea.
LANGUAGE
It help us determine the character of its people and kinds of material and non-material they create.
VALUES
Standard attitude that are widely acceptable by the people
NORMS
Informal rules that are not offensive to violate but are expected to follow.
FOLKS