11. Aspects of culture
Dynamic, Flexible, &
Adaptive
Shared &
Contested
Learned through
socialization or
enculturation
Patterned social
interactions
Integrated and at times
unstable
Transmitted through
socialization/
enculturation
Requires language and
other forms of
communication
12. Culture is changing, shared, learned,
transmitted (using forms of communication)
through enculturation and socialization.
A custom is defined as a cultural idea that describes a regular, patterned behavior that is considered characteristic of life in a social system. Shaking hands, bowing, and kissing—all customs—are methods of greeting people.
These are anything that carry a meaning recognized by people who share a culture.
These are culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living; Filipino hospitality, resiliency, close-family ties, positive outlook in life and optimism
Superstitious beliefs – pagwawalis, kapag may burol
It refers to a form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.
These are norms that are crucial to a society’s moral center, involving behaviors that are always negatively sanctioned – cannibalism, incest
He postulated that societies develop through class conflicts
The only way to end this conflict is through social revolution.
