This document discusses key concepts related to human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities. It defines cultural variation as differences in social behavior between cultures around the world. Social differences are described as the complex variations between individuals based on social characteristics like class, role, culture, age, ability, and sex. Social change refers to significant alterations over time in cultural values and norms that result in profound social consequences. Finally, the document explains that identity politics focuses on the interests and perspectives of groups with which people identify, such as those organized around race, class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ideology, sexual orientation, culture, and language.

1. HUMAN CULTURAL VARIATION,
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES, SOCIAL
CHANGE AND POLITICAL
IDENTITIES

2. Learning Target:
1. Articulate Observations on human
cultural variation, social differences,
social change and Political Identities.

3. •CULTURAL VARIATION
•SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
•SOCIAL CHANGE
•POLITICAL IDENTITIES

4. CULTURAL VARIATION
Refers to the differences in social
behaviour that different culture exhibit
around the world. What we considered
good etiquette in one culture maybe
considered bad etiquette in another.

5. UNIVERSALITIES
GENERALITIES
PARTICULARITIES

6. •Universal- are cultural traits that span
across all cultures.
•Generalities- are cultural traits that occur in
many societies but not all of them.
•Particularities- are cultural traits that are
not prevalent but are instead confined with
single place or culture.

7. SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
• the differences among individuals on the basis
of social characteristics and qualities.
•Social differences are the complex differences
that includes: Class, role, culture, age, ability, sex
etc... Social differences can create discrimination
among individuals on the basis of their social
characteristic.

8. SOCIAL CHANGE
refers to any significant alteration overtime
in behaviour patterns and cultural values and
norms by significant alteration, sociologist
means changes yielding profound social
consequences.

9. Identity Politics
are political arguments that focus upon the interest and
perspectives of groups with which people identify.
Identity Politics includes the way in which people may be
shaped by aspects of their identity through loosely
correlated social organization. Examples include social
organization based on race, class, religion, gender,
identity, ethnicity, ideology, rationality, sexual
orientation, culture and language.

10. Role Playing