Aspects Of Culture

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Culture

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- an organized group of learned responses

- patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such significance

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Culture According to E.B. Taylor

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the complex whole includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man in the society

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Society

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- an organized group of individuals

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Anatomy of Culture and Sociecty

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- Anthropology

- Sociology

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Anthropology

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- what and how (learned)

- actions, language, attitude

- learned, shared, communicated

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Sociology

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- why

- Conformity - routinized (nakasanayan), institutionalized- Social Control - rewards, punishment, or judgment

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Enculturation

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gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a certain culture or group by another person, another culture, etc.

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Culture Shock

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a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country

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Motivators of Culture

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- Guilt and Innocence

- Shame and Honor

- Fear and Power

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Guilt and Innocence

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- individualistic cultures view wrongdoing as a transgression of the law

- people are guilty and require forgiveness

- question behavior

- common among western culture

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Shame and Honor

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- value collectivistic societies- shame on people who fail to meet community expectations- person’s honor must be restored to avoid exclusion- questions how will other people react- common among Filipinos

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Fear and Power

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- animistic contexts

- fear the unseen world of spirits, curses, and ancestors- people employ magical rituals to gain power- physical dominance

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Characteristics of Culture

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- culture is social

- culture varies from society to society

- culture is shared

- culture is learned

- culture is transmitted among the members of the society

- culture is continuous and cumulative

- culture is gratifying and idealistic

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Culture is Social

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- a product of society and behavior- social interaction

- does not exist in isolation

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Culture varies from society to society

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- every society is unique

- customs, traditions, and beliefs are not uniform

- varies from time to time

- human product

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Culture is shared

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shared by people or a group society

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Culture is learned

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- not an inborn and learned way of behavior

- conscious learning vs unconscious learning

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Culture is transmitted among the members of the society

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- handed down (nakatatanda tinuturo sa nakababata)

- handed up (nakababata ang nagtuturo sa nakakatanda)

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Culture is continuous and cumulative

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- historical process

- we keep adding and deleting to our culture

- ever-changing

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Culture is gratifying and idealistic

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- satisfies needs and desires

- social engagement, meaning, and acceptance are achieved

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Functions of culture

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- Culture defines situation

- Culture defines attitudes, values, and goals

- Culture defines myths, legends, and the supernatural

- Culture defines behavior patterns