UCSP Quiz 2 Module 4-9 Flashcards
What are the 7 Characteristics of Culture?
Dynamic, Flexible, and Adaptive
Shared and Contested
Socialization/Enculturation
Patterned
Integrated and At Times Unstable
Transmitted Through Socialization/Enculturation
Requires a Language and Other Forms of Communication
Characteristics of Culture. Means, Cultures Interact and Change.
Dynamic, Flexible and Adaptive
Characteristics of Culture. Interactions in one society to another and exchange of materials e.g. tools and furniture, and non-materials e.g. ideas and symbols.
Dynamic, Flexible, and Adaptive
Characteristics of Culture. All culture change, if not they would have problems adjusting and adopting to changing environment.
Dynamic, Flexible, and Adaptive
Characteristics of Culture. We shared cultures with others, but that doesn’t mean that culture is homogenous.
Shared and Contested
Characteristics of Culture. It maybe challenge by the presence of other cultures (modernization, industrialization, and globalization)
Shared and Contested
Characteristics of Culture. Learning the norms of a culture. NOT biological, NOT inherited but learn as we interact in society.
Socialization/Enculturation
Socialization/Enculturation. Learning a culture is _____.
Unconscious
Socialization/Enculturation. The process of learning culture is known as __________.
Enculturation
Characteristics of Culture. Culture as a normative system has the capacity to define and control human behaviors.
Patterned
Characteristics of Culture. Sets a _____ in terms of what is appropriate or inappropriate. There are expectations on how one will think, feel, or behave.
Patterned
Characteristics of Culture. One must learn all of its part, not only a few. Various parts of a culture being interconnected or interlinked.
Integrated and At Times Unstable
Characteristics of Culture. Nagbabago (______) at nawawala (______) ang kultura.
Integrated (Because of Socialization) and At Times Unstable (Because it is Contested)
Characteristics of Culture. _____ through stories, language, rituals, and material symbols.
Transmitted Through Socialization/Enculturation
Characteristics of Culture. Need symbols and language to communicate with others in the society.
Requires a Language and Other Forms of Communication
Something that stands for something else. They ONLY have meaning when people in a culture agree on their usage.
Symbols
Symbols include:
Language, money, and art
What are the 6 Elements of Culture?
Beliefs, Values, Symbols, Language, Technology, Norms
Elements of Culture. Concepts or ideas that people believe is true in the environment.
Beliefs
Elements of Culture. Describe what is appropriate or inappropriate, good or bad.
Values
Elements of Culture. Use to understand each other verbal & non-verbal.
Symbols
Elements of Culture. Shared set of spoken & written symbols.
Language
Elements of Culture. Application of knowledge & equipment to ease the task of living and maintaining the environment.
Technology
_____ today will be ______ in the future.
Technology, Artifacts
______ to those who don’t understand it. _____ to those who do.
Symbols, Language
Elements of Culture. Specific rules or standards to guide appropriate behavior.
Norms
What are the 2 or 3 Classification of Culture?
Visible Culture, Invisible Culture, and Invisible Culture (cannot be completely described)
Classification of Culture. Visible Culture:
Language, Arts, Rituals, Customs, Traditions, Religions, Food, Dress, Institutions, Manners.
Classification of Culture. Invisible Culture:
Beliefs, Ideals, Norms, Roles, Concepts.
Classification of Culture. Invisible Culture (cannot be completely described):
Values, Desires, Assumptions, Attitudes, Tastes.
The ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgments using the standards of one’s own culture.
Cultural Relativism
The goal is to promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture.
Cultural Relativism
Thinking of your own culture is better than another culture.
Ethnocentrism
Some would simply call ethnocentrism as _______.
Cultural Ignorance