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
Latin word for ‘moral’ and the violation of this endangers the well-being and stability of society.
MORES
The adaptation of a non-Foreigner to a foreign culture through gradual acquisition of its characteristics.
ENCULTURATION
It is an individual tool, act or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.
CULTURAL TRAIT
A cluster of interrelated traits or a number of cultural complexes into an interrelated whole.
CULTURAL COMPLEXES
Are combined to form large units, these are used to help us determine the identity
CULTURAL PATTERNS
An element, pattern, institution, or trait that is common to all human being or products of the same evolutionary process
CULTURAL UNIVERSAL
A conflict that arise due to different beliefs on cultural values
CULTURAL CLASH
An attitude or a belief that one’s own culture is superior to those other people
ETHNOCENTRICISM
The preference to other culture. The basis of this concept is the belief that foreign products are better than local.
XENOCENTRISM
