UCSP 3rd QUARTER LESSON 2 Flashcards
defined as a society’s way of life
Culture
defined as an organized group of interdependent people who share a common territory,
language and culture
Society
characterized by constant change, activity or progress
Dynamic
ready and able to change to adapt to different circumstances
Flexible
make suitable
Adaptive
learning through constant exposure and
experience to culture
Socialization
takes place when one culture is spread to the other through
learning
Enculturation
All the shared products of human groups
Culture
Culture
Material culture
Non material culture
Physical objects that people creat and use
Material Culture
(Ex. Automobiles, books, clothing, computer, building, and cooking)
Abstract human creations
Non material culture
(Ex. Beliefs, family patterns, ideas, language, political and economical systems, and rules)
ASPECTS OF CULTURE:
- Dynamic, Flexible and Adaptive
- Shared and Contested
- Learning through Socialization or enculturation
- Patterned Social Interactions
- Integrated and at times Unstable
- Transmitted through Socialization or enculturation
- Requires Language and other forms of communication
This basically means that cultures interact and change. All cultures change, or else they would
have problems adjusting and adapting environments. Culture is adoptive and dynamic, once we recognize problems, culture can adopt again, in a more positive way, to find solutions.
- Dynamic, Flexible and Adaptive
As we share culture with others, we are able to act in appropriate ways as well as predict how
others will act. Despite the shared nature of culture, that does not mean that culture is homogenous.
It may be challenged by the presence of other cultures and other social forces in society like
modernization, industrialization and globalization.
- Shared and Contested
It is not biological; we do not inherit it but learned as we interact in society. We learn, absorb and acquire culture from families, peers, institutions and the media.
- Learning through Socialization or enculturation
It sets the pattern in terms of what is appropriate or inappropriate in a given setting. Human
interactions are guided by some forms of standard and expectation which in the end regularize it.
- Patterned Social Interactions
All aspects of a culture are related to one another and to truly understand a culture, one must
learn about all of its parts not only a few.
Integrated and at times Unstable
As we share our culture with others, we were able to pass it on to the new members of society or the younger generation in different ways.
Transmitted through Socialization or enculturation
In the process of learning and transmitting culture, we need symbols and language to
communicate with others in society. Language is a shared set of spoken (often written) symbols and rules for combining those symbols in meaningful ways. Language has been called “the storehouse ofculture”
- Requires Language and other forms of communication
“the storehouse of culture”
Language
