The Self, Society, and Culture Flashcards
Group of people sharing the same culture and interacting within a definite territory.
Society
The way of life of a certain society.
Culture
There is 2 types of culture. What are these?
- Material culture: Tangible objects such as clothes and tools.
- Nonmaterial culture: Intangible part of culture such as beliefs, languages, and norms.
This are the deeply held beliefs that guide individuals’ understanding of what is right, wrong, important, or desirable.
This shape people’s attitudes, influence behavior, and form the basis for judgments about what is good or bad.
Examples: Honesty, compassion, respect, equality, freedom.
Values
This are the specific rules or expectations of behavior that society or a group imposes on its members, based on shared values.
It guide behavior in everyday situations and help maintain social order by setting standards for how people should act.
Examples: Shaking hands when greeting someone, dressing appropriately in certain settings, standing in line, not interrupting others while speaking.
Norms
Sets of ideas, norms, practices, or mechanisms organized and focused on addressing the needs of the community (McIntyre 2002).
Social Institutions
He is considered one of the founders of Symbolic Interactionism.
He believes that the self is created, developed, and changed through human interaction (Hogg and Vaughan 2010).
George Herbert Mead
Imagine a handshake. The handshake is a symbol that can convey different meanings depending on the context, such as a greeting, a sign of agreement, or a farewell. The meaning of the handshake is not inherent but is socially constructed and understood by the participants in the interaction.
What sociological perspective is this?
Symbolic Interactionism
What Sociological perspective is this?
a. Our sociocultural context affects who we are, even our choices.
b. We need others to affirm/reinforce who we are, whether we admit it or not.
c. What we deem as personally important is affected by what is important in our culture.
Symbolic Interactionism
Philosophers who believes that the self is dependent on the cultural practices and socialization process of a certain group.
Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead
What sociological perspective does Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead believe in?
Studying a person’s background can already provide us an idea of his or her cultural background and social upbringing and vice versa (Dia et al. 2014)
Culture and Personality
Philosopher who believes that symbols and meanings are made, communicated, and negotiated by people to make sense of their lives and interactions (Geertz n.d.).
Clifford James Geertz
Clifford James Geertz believes in what sociological perspective?
Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology
