Society influences human development in several ways: 1) It establishes norms, laws, and traditions that regulate human interactions and give rise to social systems and structures like social roles, groups, and institutions. 2) These socializing influences shape values and expected behaviors which transforms individuals and their relationships. 3) Society also provides opportunities for people to better themselves and contribute to social change through decisions, actions, and participation in social movements working towards common goals.

1. Lesson 7:
The Human Person in Society

2. Society
✢ anorganizedgroupofpeople whose
membersinteractfrequentlyand have a
commonterritoryandculture
✢ acompanionship orfriendly association
withothers, analliance, acommunity, or
aunion
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3. SocialContract
Theory

4. Thomas Hobbes
✢ Social contract- an
agreement whereindividuals
sacrificeanamount oftheir
freedom and submittoa
higher authority
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5. John Locke
✢ Lockeconsideredpersons in
theirnatural stateas more
cooperative andreasonable,
andthat society is formed
through the consent
individuals thatorganized
it,consent of the governed
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6. Jean Jacques Rousseau
✢ General will –evenifthe
people arethe oneswho
organized the society,in
extremecases,the
governmentisable to
impose itswill onthe
people
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7. JohnRawls
✢ Originalposition
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8. David Gauthier
✢ Describedpeople’sself-
interestasanimportant
factorinbuildingand
maintainingsocieties
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9. Whenmore thanonepersondesiresand works
to achieve the samegood thenit canbe said that
the common good existsamongthem
Refersto social conditions whichenable
personsand groupsto fulfilltheir goals and
achievewell-being.
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10. DifferentFormsof
Societies

11. Hunting and Gathering Society
✢ Earliest& simplestformof society
✢ Small sized and composed mainly offamilies
✢ Arenomadic
✢ Membersare treated equallyand decisions are
usuallyarrived througha consensus,becauseof
this, roles ofits members and division of labor
isnot veryclearlydefined
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13. Pastoral Society
✢ Domestication ofanimalsfora more stable
food supply
✢ Have largerpopulations thanhuntingand
gatheringsocieties andremainlongerin one
place
✢ Oftenproduce surplus food andresources,
whichthey trade with other societies
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15. Horticultural Society
✢ Primarilyengagesinthe small-scalecultivation
of plants,fruits,andvegetables andthe
domestication of animals
✢ Semi-nomadic
✢ Roles and responsibilities aremore clearly
defined withmanytasks assignedaccording to
gender
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17. Agrarian / Agricultural Society
✢ Afurtherevolution of the pastoral and
horticultural societies
✢ Involveslarge-scaleandlong-termcultivation
of cropsanddomestication ofanimals
✢ Improved technologyand theuseof tools to aid
infarming
✢ Giving riseto a growingpopulation in
agricultural societies
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19. Feudal Society
✢ Based ontheownership of land
✢ Rulers granttheir followers or vassalsthe right
to manageparcelsof land
✢ Membersof society are organized based on
status
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21. Industrial Society
✢ Useof specialized machineryin theproduction
of goods and services
✢ Resulted in theIndustrialRevolution, whichin
turngavein riseto newproduction and
industrial methods, aswellas innovations in
transportation and communication
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23. Post-Industrial Society
✢ Markedbythe establishment ofsocieties based
onknowledge, information , andthe saleof
services
✢ Membershave highereducation, better training
andspecialized roles
✢ Virtual Society,where peopleorganized
themselves through communication technology
andthe Internet,is a productof a post-industrial
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26. Howdoessocietyinfluence
ourdevelopmentaspersons?

27. Thepersonandthesocietyhave
averydynamicrelationshipin
whichonecannotexistwithout
theother.
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28. How does society influence our
development as persons?
✢ Society influencesour development aspersons
invarious ways:
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• Norms– setof traits that society considers
acceptable
• Laws– more formal normsthat establish and
defineacceptable behavior of citizens
• Folkways– lessformal normsthatarise form
tradition and do notresultin punishment
whenviolated

29. How does society influence our
development as persons?
✢ Norms, laws,and other rulesthat regulate
human interactions give riseto a social system,
whichis anorganized or patternedsetof
relationshipsamongindividuals and groups
that compose asociety
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30. Social System
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• Social role – actionsand behaviors expected ofa
certain individual
• Social groups/social classes – individuals who
performsimilar roles aregroupedtogether
• Social institutions – certain groupsthatperform
vital functionsinsociety

31. Societyalsotransformshuman
relations, which leads tothe
transformationofitsmembers.
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32. How does society influence our
development as persons?
✢ Society influencesour development aspersons
invarious ways:
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• Social values –actions orideals that are
considered important by society
-cooperation, obedience to the
aa law, concernand respectfor others are aa
aa considered vital to maintaininganorderly
aa society

33. How doessocietyenable meto
becomea betterperson?

34. How does society enable me to become
a better person?
✢ Societyrecognizesthecapabilityof
thepersontodevelop,andprovide
itsmemberswithopportunitiesto
betterthemselves
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35. How does society enable me to become
a better person?
✢ Personscanalsoundertaketo
contributetosocietythroughtheir
decisionsandactions
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36. How does society enable me to become
a better person?
✢ Social movement–a large-scale action
done byvarious groupsand
organizations inpursuit ofacommon
goal tobringaboutchange
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