UCSP Quiz 2 Reviewer Flashcards
THE TERM SOCIETY WAS COINED BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS TO FACILITATE THEIR
EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA.
IT SERVES TO GRASP THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PHENOMENON IT REPRESENTS
AND A MEANS TO EXPLORE ITS MANY OTHER DIMENSIONS HIDDEN BY ITS
NORMATIVE USE..
MAY CHAGE THROUGH THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS ANG
INTERPRETATIONS OR DISAPPEAR FROM NONUSE ALTOGETHER.
USE IN SOCIOLOGY, OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL SCIENCES
SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, BIOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE, AND ETC.
Society as Concept
IT IS FORMALLY DEFINED AS CONSTITUTING A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SAME TERRITORY, ARE RELATIVELY
INDEPENDENT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR AREA AND PARTICIPATE IN A
COMMON CULTURE.
SOCIETY ONLY EXISTS IF THERE ARE PEOPLE INTERACTING AND THEIR
INTERACTIONS CONSTITUTE THE PROCESS THAT DEFINES SOCIETY.
INFORMAL WAY TO CONCRETIZE THE DEFINITION- IS TO ASSESS ITS
POWER IN SHAPING THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT.
Society as Facticity
The twin Concepts
SOCIAL FORCES AND SOCIAL FACTS
-Sees society as a complex
system whose parts work
together to promote solidarity
and stability.
-It asserts that our lives are
guided by social structures
which relatively stable
pattern of social behavior.
(government, law,
education, religion)
Structural Functionalism:
Emile Durkheim
-Society is all about competition
-sees society as an arena, social
actors are the gladiators fighting
for their very lives.
-resources and their scarcity make
up the bone of contention in
every conflict situation.
Conflict Theory by: Karl Marx
-people attach meanings to
symbols, and the they act
according to their subjective
interpretation of these symbols.
Example: marriage=wedding
bands, vows of life-long
commitment, a white bridal dress, a
wedding cake, a church ceremony,
flowers and music. (society
attached general meaning to these
symbols but individuals maintain
their own perception)
Symbolic Interactionism by: Herbert Blumer
are guides in the performance of roles and in
everyday actions and interactions
-they provide order in a system characterized by the
presence of many actors with different businesses and
agenda to pursue.
-it orchestrate the simultaneous yet orderly transactions
and interactions.
-not all ____ are visible or written
-there are invisible rules or unwritten
-our daily actions are guided by these unseen _____
(riding public transpo, queuing at Jollibee counter,
reciting in class, using a private or public toilet, crossing
the street)
Rules
is the central concept in Anthropology
Culture
is an organized group of individuals.
Society
is an organized group of learned responses.
Culture
Culture is that ”complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society”
EDWARD B. TYLOR
”the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a
particular group of people at particular time”
The Cambridge English Dictionary
”culture is an organized body of conventional understanding manifested in art and artifacts, which persisting through tradition”
ROBERT REDFIELD
a term used to
describe the general conduct exhibited by individuals within a society
Social behaviour
are the individual,
external, and social constructions that influence a person’s life and
development.
Social phenomena
influenced by their
political views, ideologies, and levels of political participation. An example of an act of political behaviour is the act of voting.
Political behavior
are not only limited to
public offices as these also include how
institutions like schools, churches, or
companies are ran and governed.
Political phenomena
associated with a group
affiliation and describes the ways in which being a member of a particular group might express specific political opinions and attitudes
Political Identity
the value system where one gains favor, promotion, or political
appointment through family affiliation (nepotism) or friendship (cronyism), as opposed to one’s merit.
Padrino System or Patronage Politics
family in which several
members are involved in politics; particularly electoral politics
- Political dynasty
is the simultaneous
monopoly of seat
Fat dynasty
is the intergenerational
succession of seat
Thin dynasty
happens when something or someone gains widespread popularity. However, it is noteworthy that it is not the subject that is the cultural
phenomenon but rather the
process of becoming famous.
cultural phenomenon
also known as
the bandwagon effect.
-is an event where certain
individuals behave a certain way
merely because other persons
do as well.
cultural behavior
