LG 2 Flashcards
A group of individuals sharing the same way of life and living in the same state or territory
Society
Collection of shared products of human beings
Culture
Types of shared products
Material
Non-Material
She said that culture “encompasses religion, food, what we wear…” She defined culture
Cristina De Rossi
Aspects of culture
Symbols
Language
Values
Norms
Things that stand for something else, invoke emotions
Symbol
written or spoken symbols
Language
Shared belief about what is good or bad
Values
How to act
Norms
4 types of norms
Folkway
More
Taboo
Law
Right and wrong
More
Strong negative norm, results to disgust
Taboo
Casual interactions
Folkway
Formally inscribed
Law
The relative social, professional or other standing.
Status
Types of status
Achieved
Ascribed
Sariling effort na status
Achieved
Given by birth na status
Ascribed
Ethnocentrism
Superior
Own culture is the correct way of living
Xenocentrism
Inferior
Another’s culture
Solution of ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
5 characteristics of culture
- Dynamic, flexible, and adaptive
- Shared and contested
3 Learned through socialization or enculturation
4 Integrated and sometimes unstable
5 Requires language and other forms of communication
6 concepts of culture
Culture traits
Culture complex
Culture region
Culture Pattern
Cultural universal
Culture crash
CULTURE TRAITS
- The smallest unit of culture
- An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need