THE HUMAN PERSON IN SOCIETY

1. What is society?
 organized group of people whose members interact frequently and have a
common territory and culture.
 companionship or friendly association with others, an alliance, a community,
or a union.

2. Sociocultural Evolution
 It is the process by which a society’s social structure changes as its culture
and technology become more sophisticated.

3. How individuals form societies?

-The person is by nature a social being because he or she has the tendency to
go out of himself or herself to form bonds and relationships with others.
 The fact that we do not need to do our activities alone.
 The experiences of an individual as he/she grows through interactions with
other people in different settings.
 The natural desire for goodness.
 Pursuit of a common goal.
 The human desire to achieve the goal of survival.
 The concept of common good.

The Different Forms of Societies

Hunting and Gathering Society

 earliest and simplest form of society.
 small size.
 composed mainly of families.
 Nomadic

Pastoral Society
 domestication of animals for food.
 have larger populations than hunting and gathering societies.
 remain longer in one place.
 produce surplus food and resources.

Horticultural Society
 small-scale cultivation of plants, fruits, and vegetables and the domestication
of animals.
 semi-nomadic.
 similar to the pastoral society, there is also a surplus of goods assignment of
tasks and occupations were often based on gender

Agrarian or Agricultural Society

 a further evolution of the pastoral and horticultural societies.
 large-scale and long-term cultivation of crops and domestication of animals.
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 have improve technology and the use of tools to aid in farming.
 have increased production, giving rise to a growing population.

Feudal Society 
 based on the ownership of land.
 Organized based on status.
 Social relations: dependence
 - Lord depends vassals’ resources. Vassals depend peasants’ service.
Peasants depend vassals’ protection.

Industrial Society
 use of specialized machinery in the production of goods and services.
 technological advances brought about by industrial revolution resulted in
improved trade and commerce.
 greater inequalities in wealth, power, and influence.
 people interact with individuals from different social settings.

Post-Industrial Society
 based on knowledge, information, and the sale of services.
 led by human mind, aided by highly advance technology.
 generation, storage, manipulation, and sale of information.
 members of society: have higher educational attainment, better training and
specialized roles

Virtual Society
 organized people through communication technology and internet a product
of a post-industrial society.
 engage in a complex relationship
 do not necessarily subscribe to certain norms or established standards of
behavior.

4. How individuals are transformed by societies?

-It is through our interactions with other individuals and institutions that we begin
to adopt the traits, traditions,and characteristics. 
 Experiencing a variety of relationships. 
 Interactions within society. 
 Society and its various aspects provide support that ensures the
development of the human person education, opportunities, unique traits and
characteristics. 
 You adopt the prevailing culture, identity, values, ideas, and knowledge of the
persons, groups, and communities that surround us. 
 The various groups and institutions in society that have contributed to our
identity as a person. 
 The interactions with your family, friends, schoolmates, teachers, and other
people in your community have all left inedible marks on your identity.
 Its ability to define the relationships and interactions among its members.
 Society influences the interactions of its members through the establishments
of norms. 
 Our continuous interactions and relations with different social classes,
groups, and social institutions contribute to shaping our view of the world and
defining our identity. 
 The historical development of society has brought about significant changes
in the way human beings relate to each other. 
 Society shapes us is through social values, which are actions or ideals that
are considered important and vital to maintaining an orderly society.
 Other aspects of society that contribute to the formation of the individual
include language, religion, and historical events.