CHAPTER 1 LESSON 1

Understanding Culture,
Society, and Politics
DEFINING CULTURE,SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS

LESSON 1

CULTURE-IS GENERALLY
DEFINED AS THE SUM OF AN
INDIVIDUAL'S WAY OF LIFE.
SOCIETY-IS GENERALLY
DEFINED AS AN ORGANIZED
GROUP OR GROUPS OF
INTERDEPENDENT PEOPLE
WHO SHARED A COMMON
TERRITORY,LANGUAGE, AND
CULTURE.
POLITICS-REFERS TO
THE "THEORY,ART,
AND PRACTICE OF
GOVERNMENT.
GENDER-IS THE
SOCIALLY-
CONSTRUCTED
CHARACTERISTICS
OF BEING MALE
AND FEMALE.
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS-
REFERS TO THE CATEGORY
OF PERSONS WHO HAVE
MORE OR LESS THE SAME
SOCIOECONOMICS
PRIVILEGES IN A SOCIETY.
ETHNICITY-IS THE
EXPRESSION OF THE
SET OF CULTURAL
IDEAS HELD BY A
DISTINCT ETHNIC OR
INDEGENOUS GROUP .
RELIGION-IS AN
ORGANIZED SYSTEM
OF IDEAS ABOUT THE
SPIRITUAL SPHERE OR
THE SUPERNATURAL.
EXCEPTIONALITY-REFERS
TO THE STATE OF BEING
INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED
AND/OR HAVING
PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY
CHALLENGED CONDITIONS.
NATIONALITY-IS THE
LEGAL
RELATIONSHIP THAT
BINDS A PERSON AND
A COUNTRY.
LESSON 4
THE ESSENCE OF
ANTHROPOLOGY,POLITICA
L SCIENCE, AND
SOCIOLOGY

•ANTHROPOLOGY

•POLITICAL SCIENCE