Understanding

Society, Culture
and Politics
Warm up
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and
write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and

not to make judgements using the standards of one’s own
culture.
A. Sociological view C. Cultural relativism
B. Culture D. Society
2. It refers to a group or community which shares common
experiences that shapes the way its members understand the
world.
A. Politics C. Political Science
B. Society D. Culture
 Warm up
3. It is a anything that is used to stand for
something else.
A. Symbols C. Artifacts
B. Norms D. Language

4. Refers to a system of words and symbols used to communicate

with other people.
A. Symbols C. Artifacts
B. Norms D. Language
5. It refers to valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to
understand the past.

A. Values C. Artifacts
B. Norms D. Language
CHARACTERISTICS
AND ASPECTS OF
SOCIETY
 Characteristics of Society
Society is a complex
Society socializes its
whole- it is a social
members and those
system consisting of
individuals socially from without- since

interacting with each most of society

other. A change in members are born to
one group of it, they are taught
individual will affect the basic norms and
the stability of the expectations.
other parts of the
whole system.
Characteristics of Society
Society hold its members
through a common culture-
The individuals in a society
are held together because
that society has symbols,
norms, values, and patterns of integrated to be
interaction, vision and
missions that are commonly
shared by the members of
such society.
Society is
relatively large-
being a complex
whole, the people
must be socially
considered
relatively large
that if the people
are individually
scattered.
Characteristics of
Culture
Characteristics
of Culture
Culture is shared and
transmited- to continuously
preserve culture, it is best to
shared to other people to
transmit it to the next
generation or else it will die
a natural death.
Characteristics
of Culture
Culture gratifies human
needs- culture continues to
exist if it satisfies human
needs biologically and
psychologically.
Characteristics
of Culture
Culture is not usually known
by people- the way people
interact and do things in
their everyday lives seems
natural to people. People are
unaware of their culture
because they are so close to it
to know it well.
Characteristics
of Culture
Culture is learned through
enculuration- Enculturation
is the process through which
we learn about the culture
we live in. Through
enculuration we learn wha
behavior, values, language
and morals are acceptable in
our society.
 CULTURAL
RELATIVISM VS.
ETHNOCENTRISM
 Culture
Relativism
no universal moral standards of right or
wrong, good and bad for evaluating
cultural phenomena.
 Ethnocentrism
judging another culture solely by the
values and standards of one’s own culture.
Ethnocentric individuals judge other
groups relative to their own ethnic group
especially with concern for language,
behavior customs and these ethnic
distinction and subdivision serve to define
each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity.
Activity
Time
Activity: Essay

Why do people consider

their culture superior to
others or the best of all? Give
your reason.