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Team 1
Team 1
Terminologies
1. Cultured man-a person of refinement who has knowledge of great
books, art, drama, or music
2. Behavior- manner of acting or conducting self, action or reaction of
something
3. Instinct- inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific
stimuli
4. Harness- exploiting brought under control and put into use
5. Cultural relativism- views culture as the result of people's attempt to
do what is good for them-each group's solutions to the task of survival
are as valid as those of others
6. Monogamy- having only one spouse at a time
7. Social growth- development and gradual change occuring in society
8. Implicit- not directly expressed or elaborated
9. Conviction- unshakable belief in something without need for proof or
evidence
10. Kin- group of people related by blood or marriage
11. Culture lag - term used to describe what happens in the social
system when the cultural ideas used to regulate social life do not keep
pace with other social changes
12. Retaliate- take revenge for a perceived wrong
13. Kith- friends, acquaintances
14. Physiological- organism's normal functioning
15. Anatomical- relating structure of the body
16. Explicit- peecisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
17. Euphemism- mild words replacing offensive ones
18. Polygamy- having more than one spouse at a time
B. Personages
1. Brinkershoff- included material products in his definition of culture,
to him, culture is the total way of life shared by members of a society
2. Persell- described culture as "all the socially learned behaviors,
beliefs, feelings and values the members of a group or society
experience
3. Horton and Hunt- stated that culture "is an elaborate system of
standardized expected ways of feeling and acting which the members
of society generally acknowledge and generally follow"
4. Edward Taylor- defined culture as that complex whole which
includes knowledge, beliefs, art, law, morals, customs, and other
capabilities acquired by man as a member of society
C. Enumeration
A.) 7 Practices shared by People in Society without Significance
(1) Rural Filipinos use the hands for eating
(2) Chinese wear white for mourning
(3) a bond of ring signifies marriage
(4) a red rose means love
(5) clapping of hands signifies approval
(6) dollar or stock of pesos may mean wealth, happiness, success,
greed or materialism
(7) long hair which used to identify a female person now is unisex so
are pants and jeans
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
think
feel
shapes our habits, behavior, language and impersonal style
affects how we talk, make love, build homes and die
Culture is Learned
All People Have Varied Cultures
Culture is a Group Product
Culture is Transmitted from Generation to Generation
Culture is Adaptive