This is a presentation that discusses the qualifications, roles, and responsibilities of individuals who belong to a specific society. A specific concept under UCSP of Senior High School for Grades 11 and 12

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Becoming a Member
of Society
Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

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What is a Society?
 It refers to people who live in a defined territory and share a way of life or culture.
 It is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.
 Society is derived from the Latin term “societas”, from socius, which means companion
or associate. Thus, it refers to all people, collectively regarded as constituting a
community of related, interdependent individuals living in a definite place, following a
certain mode of life.
 From the functional point of view, society is defined as a complex of groups in
reciprocal relationships, interacting upon one another, enabling human organisms to
carry on their life-activities and helping each person to fulfill his wishes and accomplish
his interests in association with his fellows
 From the structural point of view, society is the total social heritage of folkways,
mores and institutions; of habits, sentiments and ideals

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Why do people live together as a society?
 For survival – No man is an island. No man can
live alone. From birth to death, man always depend
upon his parents and from others. The care,
support, and protection given by them are important
factors for survival.

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 Feeling of gregariousness – This is the desire of people to be with other people,
especially of their own culture. People flock together for emotional warmth and
belongingness. the need for approval, sympathy and understanding to which the
individual belongs is a psychosocial need. Among Filipinos, the feeling of
gregariousness is found in all levels of society, especially among the lower socio-
economic classes. The more the person is needy, the more he craves sympathy
and understanding from someone else.
Why do people live together as a society?

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 Specialization – Teachers, businessmen, students, physicians,
nurses, lawyers, pharmacists, and other professionals organize
themselves into societies or associations to promote and protect their
own professions.
Why do people live together as a society?

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Characteristics of Society
Society comprises of a group of people who share a common culture, live in a
particular area and feel themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity. Society
or human society is a group of people related to each other through persistent
relations such as kinship, marriage, social status, roles and social networks. By
extension, society denotes the people of a region or country, sometimes even the
world, taken as a whole.
Society has the following characteristics:
1. It is a social system 5. Holds members through a common culture
2. It is relatively large 6. Has clearly-defined geographical territory
3. It socializes its members
4. It endures, produces, and sustain its members for generations.

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IT IS A SOCIAL SYSTEM. A social system consists of
individuals interacting with each other. A system consists of
sub-parts whereby a change in one part affects the other
parts. Thus, a change in one group of individuals will affect
the stability of the other parts of the system.
IT IS RELATIVELY LARGE. The people must be socialy
integrated to be considered relatively large than if the
people are individually scattered. Thus, the people in a
family, clan, tribe, neighborhood, community are socially
integrated to be relatively large in scope.
Characteristics of Society

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Characteristics of Society
IT SOCIALIZES ITS MEMBERS. Since most of society’s
members are born to it, they are taught the basic norms and
expectations. Those who come from other societies, before being
accepted as functioning members, are socialized and taught the
basic norms and expectations of the society
IT ENDURES, PRODUCES AND SUSTAINS ITS MEMBERS
FOR GENERATIONS. For society to survive, it must have the
ability to produce, endure and sustain its new members for at
least several generations. For instance, if a society cannot assist
its members during their extreme conditions of hunger and
poverty, that society will not survive long.

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Characteristics of Society
IT HOLDS ITS MEMBERS THROUGH A COMMON
CULTURE. The individuals in a society are held together
because that society has symbols, norms, values, patterns of
interaction, vision and mission that are commonly shared by
the members of such society.
IT HAS CLEARLY-DEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL
TERRITORY. The members in a society must live in a certain
specific habitat or place and have a common belongingness
and sense of purpose.