THE HUMAN SOCIETY Flashcards
these are the collective actions and collection of interacting indivduals sharing the same way of living in the same terrirtory
society
__________ is a product of agreement
government
2 foundations of society
status and roles
position in society (example is respones to friend compared to teacher)
status
rights and obligations of the status
roles
types of status
ascribed and achieved status
this status pertains to gender as well as age since we are born with it
ascribed status
these are attained through our own actions
achieved status
2 kinds of culture
material and non-material culture
physical objects that people create ex. clothed, building, food, things we use everyday
material culture
abstarct human creation; sinusunod ng tao. ex: work practices, government, religion, perspective
non-material culture
6 aspects of culture
- symbols
- language
- values
- norms
- folkways
- mores
basis of culture, meaning stands for something else. Commonly symbolism
symbols
each context has different ________
symbol
most obvious aspect of culture. This is the organization of written or spoken symbols into a STANDARDIZED system.
language