UCSP Quiz 3 Reviewer Flashcards
is an experience a person may
have when one moves to a cultural
environment which is different from one’s own;
it is also the personal disorientation a person
may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way
of life due to immigration or a visit to a new
country, a move between social environments,
or simply transition to another type of life.
Culture shock
is a counterpart concept of
socialization
It refers to the gradual acquisition of the
characteristics and norms of a culture or group
by a person, another culture.
Enculturation
Individuals who have stayed for quite a good portion of their lives(formative years) in foreign culture may be
shocked by their birth culture once exposed to it
again.
THIRD CULTURE SHOCK/RE ENTRY
SHOCK
refers to similarities in words and
actions which can directly observed. Ex: the
way teens dress, mannerisms, and
conversations.
Explicit
on the other hand, exist in abstract
form which are not quite obvious.
Implicit
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE
- Culture is social because it is the product of
behavior. - Culture varies from society to society
- Culture is shared
- Culture is learned
- Culture is transmitted among members of
society. - Culture is continuous and cumulative
- Culture is gratifying and idealistic
FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
- Culture defines situations
- Culture defines attitudes, values
and goals - Culture defines myths, legends,
and supernatural - Culture provides behavior patterns
IT CAN EITHER BE A RESEARCH
DESIGN OR A SPECIFIC
RESEARCH METHOD WHERE
PEOPLE ARE OBSERVED IN
THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
RATHER THAN IN A FORMAL
RESEARCH SETTING.
ETHNOGRAPHY
NATIONAL FLAGS,
HISTORICAL SITES SUCH AS
ABODE OF HEROES/SIGNIFICANT
AND OBJECTS)
TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-
(VISIBLE)
NATONAL ANTHEM,
LITERARY CREATIONS, MUSIC,
DANCES, ETC.
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-
(NONMATERIAL)
Culture constantly changes and
adapts to the current state of
society. It continuously restores
itself whenever customs do not fit
in the current situation anymore. It
does not remain stagnant.
DYNAMIC, FLEXIBLE AND
ADAPTIVE
If culture is learned
and shared, it is also
contested in different
ways and situations.
Because of diversity,
culture is always
subjected to debate
and analysis.
SHARED AND CONTESTED
is the “mutual influence of two or more
people on each other’s behavior and is the foundation of the whole social order “
SOCIAL INTERACTION
ØREFERS TO NORMS FOR ROUTINE AND CASUAL
INTERACTIONS.
FOLKWAYS
Ø”MUST FOLKWAYS”/ necessary and essential
to the welfare of the group.
MORES
ØFormally enacted by the proper
authorities so people would act
accordingly.
LAWS
are the most stable,
uniform, formal and highly
structured.
They have well established
social patterns, roles and
relations that people are
expected to carry out for the
purpose of maintaining the
stability of these of these
relatively permanent structures
like the family, government,
church and business.
Instituitions
ØShort-lived and not practiced by the
whole.
ØCollective behavior that develops within
a culture, a generation, or a social group
FASHIONS, FADS, AND CRAZES
It is the belief that your native culture is
the most natural or superior way of
understanding the world
ETHNOCENTRISM
The idea that all norms, beliefs, and
values are dependent on their
cultural context and should be
treated as such.
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
REFERS TO A PREFERENCE FOR
THE FOREIGN .
XENOCENTRISM
THE FEAR OF WHAT IS PERCEIVED AS
FOREGN OR STRANGE.
* CAN BE SEEN IN THE RELATIONS AND
PERCEPTION OF AN IN-GROUP
TOWARD AN OUT-GROUP.
XENOPHOBIA
