Culture refers to the complex whole that includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs and morals shared by a society. It facilitates meaning, production and human satisfaction through the transmission of patterns of acceptable social behavior and adaptation. Society is the product of human social processes aimed at meeting basic survival needs. Politics involves collective decision making by individuals based on defined societal rules. Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, their behaviors, values and relationships over time and space. Political science systematically studies states, governments and their relationships with citizens and other states. Sociology scientifically examines patterned shared human behavior.

1. UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE,
SOCIETY, AND
POLITICS

2. CULTURE
O Refers to that complex whole which includes
OKNOWLEDGE
OBELIEFS
OARTS
OLAWS
OCUSTOMS
OMORALS

3. SIGNIFICANCE OF
CULTURE
OADAPTATION and INTEGRATION
OPATTERNS OF ACCEPTABLE
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
OCONVEYS & FACILITATES
MEANING
OPRODUCTION OF MAN-MADE
THINGS
OHUMAN SATISFACTION

4. SOCIETY
OProduct of human
social processes
intended to meet basic
needs for survival

5. POLITICS
OCollective
decision of
individuals based
on defined rules of
society

6. ANTHROPOLOGY
OBranch of knowledge w/c
deals with the scientific
study of man, his works,
his body, his behavior and
values, in time and space

7. POLITICAL SCIENCE
OSystematic study of a state and
its government, with the
relationships of men in the
community, with relations of men
and groups to the state itself, and
with the relations of a state with
other sovereign states abroad

8. SOCIOLOGY
OScientific study
of patterned,
shared human
behavior

9. What is CULTURE?
OLANGUAGE
OMEDICAL
CURE
ORELIGION
OFOOD
OFOLK ART
OCELEBRATION
S
OJOKES
OMANNERS
OCLOTHES AND
DRESSING
OWORKING
SCHEDULES

10. TYPES OF CULTURE
ONON-MATERIAL
CULTURE
OIdeas
OLanguages and
symbols
OReligion
OBehavior, gesture &
habits
OMATERIAL
CULTURE
OTechnological tools
OArchitectural
structures
OFashion and
accessories
Ofood

11. ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
OKNOWLEDG
E
OBELIEFS
OSOCIAL

12. KNOWLEDGE
OAny
information
received and
perceived to be

13. BELIEFS
OThe perception of
accepted reality
OReality refers to the
existence of thongs
whether material or non
material

14. SOCIAL NORMS
OEstablished expectations
of society as to how a
person is supposed to
act depending on the
requirements of the time,
place, or situation

15. DIFFERENT FORMS OF
SOCIAL NORMS
OFOLKWAYS
OMORES
OVALUES
OTECHNOLOGY

16. FOLKWAYS
OThe patterns of
repetitive behavior
w/c becomes
habitual and
conventional part of
living

17. MORES
OSet of ethical standards
and moral obligations as
dictates of reason that
distinguishes human acts
as right or wrong or good
from bad

18. VALUES
OAnything held to be
relatively worthy,
important, desirable,
or valuable

19. TECHNOLOGY
OThe practical
application of
knowledge in
converting raw
materials into finished
products

20. ETHNOCENTRISM
own culture-superior
XENOCENTRISM
other culture-superior
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
attempt to judge behavior
according to its cultural context