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Edward B. Taylor

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Culture is that complex whole which includes knowldege, beliefs, art, law, morals, custom and other capabilitiesacquired by man as a member of a society

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Persell

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Culture is all the socially learned behaviours, beliefs, feelings, and values that members of a group or society experiences.

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Horton and Hunt

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Culture is an elaborate system if standardized expected ways of feeling and acting which the members of society generallt acknowledge and generally follow.

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Brinkershoff

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Culture is the total way of life shared by members of a society. It includes material products as well as patterned repetitive ways of thinking, feeling and acting

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Norms

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Refer to shared rules about acceptable and unacceptable social behavior.

These occur in things that people ought to do and not to do

Rules that society approves

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Values

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Absolute standards of what society considers as proper and good

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Folkways

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Customary ways of thinking, feeling and acting which usually have no particular moral significance

Types of behavior which have become habitual and repetitive to a number of individuals or a group

Fighting:

Americans- use their fists

Latin Americans- resort to use knives

Filipinos- call each other names

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Mores

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Customary ways which take on added importance and become compulsive and essential to the well-being of a group

*Any individual who does not conform usually suffers

Respect for authority, sex and marriage behavior, private ownership of property, division of labor, anti-slavery

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Ancient Egypts

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Mores:

Allowed marriage between brothers and sisters among families of royal blood; in modern time its abominable and immoral through the influence of Christianity

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Pre colonial Filipinos

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Mores:

Women do not cover the body from waist upwards

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Old China

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Mores:

The practice of foot binding

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Laws

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Is a group expectation which has the formal sanction of the state.

The degree of formality implicit in the law is greater than that of folkways or mores

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Culture change

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Culture is always changing as man adds new techniques to the old, constantly modifying and improving them, discarding what no longer seems useful and acceptable

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Discovery and Invention

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The changes that occur within the society are brought about:

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Culture Borrowing

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"Culture change"

The changes originating from outside as a result of:

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Culture diffusion

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The principal source of culture change

Is the spread of a culture pattern from one group of people to another people and from one culture area to another.

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Accident

Direction

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Culture diffusion

Results takes place either by:

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Accident- as when a person migrates

Direction- during conquest or assimilation

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Accident

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Results takes place either by:

as when a person migrates

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Direction

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Results takes place either by:

During conquest or assimilation

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Culture Shock

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When people encounter a new culture and they can sense and feel the existence of a culture that is different from their own, they feel lost and confused

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Cultural Relativism

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Understanding the meaning of the actions of the members of other groups in terms of their motives, values and habits

Behavior patterns of other people should not be judged in terms of our values and norms, but rather in terms of their particular culture.

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that ones culture is superior to other cultures. It is the belief that one's own culture represents the only true and good way and therefore, his own culture is the best

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Subcultures

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Smaller cultures within a larger one

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Society

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May be defined as a group of people living in a more or less stable union, pooling their efforts to obtain a common objectivr by collective action and feeling that they belong together

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1.Culture is Learned

2.Culture is Varied

3.Culture is a Group Product

4.Culture is Transmitted from Generation

5.Culture is Adaptive

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Characteristics of Culture

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Culture is learned

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A characteristic of culture:

It is not instinctive or innate; it is acquired by the individual through experience

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Culture is Varied

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A characteristic of culture:

-All people have varied cultures

-Human groups of different societies have different cultures; all people have their own cultures which vary in numerous ways

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Culture is a Group Product

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A characteristic of culture:

It results from the spontaneous accumulation of man's experience in living with other humans.

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Culture is Transmitted from Generation

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A characteristic of culture:

This is effected consciously or unconciously, orally or in writing, may be transmitted by suggestion, formal communication, reward or punishment

*Medium: Language & Writing

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Culture is Adaptive

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A characteristic of culture:

-Culture is continually changing

-When man needs anything, he invents ways of getting what he wants or adapts what other men have discovered to meet his needs.

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Society

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Group of individuals sharing a common culture

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-Social Solidarity

-Shared Identity and Culture

-Common Language

-Large Population

-Define Geographical Area

-Political, Economic and Social Organization

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Elements of Society

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-Hunting and Gathering

-Horticultural and Pastoral

-Agricultural

-Industrial

-Post-Industrial

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5 Major Types of Societies