This document provides an introduction to concepts of culture, society, and politics for a high school course. It outlines the objectives of studying these topics, which include understanding cultural variation, social differences, and political identities. Several key concepts are then defined, such as cultural variation, social differences based on class, ethnicity, religion, and nationality. Issues related to discrimination and conflicts between social groups are also discussed.
Chapter 1: STARTING POINT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICA...Angelita Montilla
This document provides an overview of culture, society, and political identities. It discusses cultural diversity and the different types of social stratification like caste, class, estate, and slavery. Regarding political identities, it outlines various forms of government around the world such as parliamentary republics, presidential republics, and constitutional monarchies. The significance of studying these topics through social sciences like anthropology, sociology, and political science is also highlighted. Anthropology examines culture and human evolution and development. Sociology studies relationships within society. Political science analyzes political systems and behavior.
The document discusses concepts related to culture and society, including major elements of culture such as symbols, language, norms, values, and artifacts. It also discusses cultural groups like communities, ethnic groups, and societies. Key social processes that can drive change are identified as discovery, invention, and diffusion. Finally, the document outlines different types of societies including hunting, horticultural, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial.
The document provides an overview of UCSP Week 7 content including reminders for class participation, goals of understanding social stratification through essay writing and identifying social conditions in the Philippines through a written article. It discusses concepts, characteristics and forms of stratification using sociological perspectives. Key points include understanding social stratification, identifying the social condition in the Philippines, and distinguishing factors that cause gaps among people in society. Activities include a pre-test, writing an essay on the effects of rich and poor social status in the Philippines, and creating a poster or collage showing various factors of social stratification.
This document discusses cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. It aims to describe one's own culture and compare it to others, explain the differences between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, demonstrate the harmful effects of ethnocentrism, and how cultural relativism mitigates ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is superior, while cultural relativism is the belief that all cultures are equally complex and there is no superior culture. Cultural relativism promotes greater appreciation of other cultures and mitigates the negative effects of ethnocentrism like discrimination.
Ucsp ppt-1-human cultural variation & social differencesjoan_elizabeth_ramos
This document discusses key concepts related to human cultural variation and social differences. It defines ethnicity as the expression of cultural ideas held by a distinct group, and religion as an organized system of spiritual beliefs. Nationality refers to the legal relationship between a person and their country, allowing the state jurisdiction over that person. The document provides definitions for social differences, human cultural variation, religare, religion, ethnicity, and nationality.
Socialization is defined as the lifelong process through which people learn the values and norms of society. It typically occurs in two main stages - primary socialization from birth to adolescence, and secondary socialization throughout adulthood. The socialization process involves contextual factors, learning social norms and behaviors, and results in internalizing society's values and exhibiting appropriate conduct.
The document discusses the intersections between anthropology, sociology, and political science. Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity through examining biological and cultural aspects of human groups. Sociology seeks to understand human behavior in social contexts and groups. Political science analyzes governance and power structures through empirical methods. The disciplines can be used together to better understand humanity, societies, cultures, and their relationships to politics. Examining them intersectionally provides insights into human behavior, social issues, and how power shapes human lives.
Humans are social beings who have organized into groups and societies throughout history in order to bond, survive, and fulfill various needs. Groups provide a sense of belonging, socialization, and transmission of culture. While not all collections of individuals form true social groups, authentic groups are characterized by regular interaction and communication among members who share common experiences, identities, and interests. Societies contain various types of groups that serve different purposes, from intimate primary groups to large, impersonal organizations. Group membership and reference groups help shape individuals' identities and behaviors.
Chapter 1: STARTING POINT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICA...Angelita Montilla
This document provides an overview of culture, society, and political identities. It discusses cultural diversity and the different types of social stratification like caste, class, estate, and slavery. Regarding political identities, it outlines various forms of government around the world such as parliamentary republics, presidential republics, and constitutional monarchies. The significance of studying these topics through social sciences like anthropology, sociology, and political science is also highlighted. Anthropology examines culture and human evolution and development. Sociology studies relationships within society. Political science analyzes political systems and behavior.
The document discusses concepts related to culture and society, including major elements of culture such as symbols, language, norms, values, and artifacts. It also discusses cultural groups like communities, ethnic groups, and societies. Key social processes that can drive change are identified as discovery, invention, and diffusion. Finally, the document outlines different types of societies including hunting, horticultural, agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial.
The document provides an overview of UCSP Week 7 content including reminders for class participation, goals of understanding social stratification through essay writing and identifying social conditions in the Philippines through a written article. It discusses concepts, characteristics and forms of stratification using sociological perspectives. Key points include understanding social stratification, identifying the social condition in the Philippines, and distinguishing factors that cause gaps among people in society. Activities include a pre-test, writing an essay on the effects of rich and poor social status in the Philippines, and creating a poster or collage showing various factors of social stratification.
This document discusses cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. It aims to describe one's own culture and compare it to others, explain the differences between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, demonstrate the harmful effects of ethnocentrism, and how cultural relativism mitigates ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is superior, while cultural relativism is the belief that all cultures are equally complex and there is no superior culture. Cultural relativism promotes greater appreciation of other cultures and mitigates the negative effects of ethnocentrism like discrimination.
Ucsp ppt-1-human cultural variation & social differencesjoan_elizabeth_ramos
This document discusses key concepts related to human cultural variation and social differences. It defines ethnicity as the expression of cultural ideas held by a distinct group, and religion as an organized system of spiritual beliefs. Nationality refers to the legal relationship between a person and their country, allowing the state jurisdiction over that person. The document provides definitions for social differences, human cultural variation, religare, religion, ethnicity, and nationality.
Socialization is defined as the lifelong process through which people learn the values and norms of society. It typically occurs in two main stages - primary socialization from birth to adolescence, and secondary socialization throughout adulthood. The socialization process involves contextual factors, learning social norms and behaviors, and results in internalizing society's values and exhibiting appropriate conduct.
The document discusses the intersections between anthropology, sociology, and political science. Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity through examining biological and cultural aspects of human groups. Sociology seeks to understand human behavior in social contexts and groups. Political science analyzes governance and power structures through empirical methods. The disciplines can be used together to better understand humanity, societies, cultures, and their relationships to politics. Examining them intersectionally provides insights into human behavior, social issues, and how power shapes human lives.
Humans are social beings who have organized into groups and societies throughout history in order to bond, survive, and fulfill various needs. Groups provide a sense of belonging, socialization, and transmission of culture. While not all collections of individuals form true social groups, authentic groups are characterized by regular interaction and communication among members who share common experiences, identities, and interests. Societies contain various types of groups that serve different purposes, from intimate primary groups to large, impersonal organizations. Group membership and reference groups help shape individuals' identities and behaviors.
This document discusses several key concepts relating to understanding human culture, society, and politics. It addresses objectives around observing cultural variation and differences in human behavior. Some of the main topics covered include defining nationality versus ethnicity, types of gender and socioeconomic class, how political and religious identities can form, and perspectives on cultural relativism. Students are prompted to discuss their own backgrounds and similarities/differences in small groups.
Social organization refers to how individuals associate and depend on one another to form formal social groups. Family is the most basic social organization, with members extending to clans, communities, tribes and nations. There are two types of social organizations - kinship which includes family, clan and tribe, and voluntary which includes community and association. Social structure refers to the network of roles and hierarchy of statuses that define expectations within a social unit. Social status can be achieved, through one's own accomplishments, or ascribed, inherited at birth. Roles are norms that function as plans for expected behavior.
The document is a 4-page daily lesson log for an 11th grade Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics class. It outlines the objectives, content, learning resources, procedures, and reflection for the week's lessons. The objectives are for students to articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities and demonstrate curiosity and openness to exploring culture and society. The content covers human culture, society, politics, and their dynamics. The procedures include group activities, discussions, presentations, and assessments to help students understand these concepts. The reflection section allows the teacher to evaluate what worked well and opportunities for improvement.
Community Engagement, Solidairity and CitizenshipWattpad
The document lists the top 10 richest cities in the world by GDP in 2017. Tokyo, Japan ranks as the richest city, followed by New York City, US and Los Angeles, US. It also defines four types of community structures: integrated, segmented, factionalized, and amorphous. Finally, it presents five true/false statements about social change, power, community leaders, citizens, and connection in communities.
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS.pptxAljonMendoza3
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.
Social, Political, and Cultural behavior and PhenomenaMiss Chey
Every society has norms that guide appropriate behavior. Culture includes shared beliefs, values, and symbols learned from one generation to the next. It is integrated over time as societies adapt. Culture exists through both material items and abstract concepts like language, values, and beliefs. There are various types of social norms including folkways, mores, taboos, and laws, which differ in how strictly they are enforced. Understanding culture requires recognizing that values differ in each society and should be considered within their own context rather than being judged according to one's own culture.
This document discusses culture and its key aspects. It defines culture as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, and customs acquired by people as members of society. Society is defined as people interacting and sharing a common culture. The key aspects of culture discussed are that it is dynamic, flexible, adaptive, shared, and contested. It provides examples of each, such as how music and language have changed over time to adapt to new technologies and trends. Finally, it notes that because of diversity, culture is subjected to debate and analysis.
1. The document discusses key concepts in sociology including enculturation, socialization, status, roles, conformity, deviance, and human rights.
2. It explains enculturation as the lifelong process of learning the values and norms of a society starting from birth. Status can be achieved through accomplishments or ascribed by birth, and roles are expectations based on one's status.
3. Conformity involves changing one's behavior to fit social norms, while deviance violates norms. Robert Merton's strain theory classified types of deviants based on their acceptance of social goals and means.
4. The document lists the 30 basic human rights from the UN Declaration, including rights to life,
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics - Definition of Anthropology, Pol...Juan Miguel Palero
This is a powerpoint presentation of one of the Senior High School Core Subject: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics. For this powerpoint, this serves as a presentation about the topic of the definition of anthropology, political science and sociology.
This document discusses the evolution of human societies from hunting and gathering to modern post-industrial societies. It outlines that as technology advanced, societies changed as well. Early societies like hunting and gathering groups relied on simple tools and family networks, while agricultural societies developed inequality, religion-backed elites, and money-based exchange. Industrialization led to rapid change through machinery, weakened community ties, and factories. Now, post-industrial societies are information-based, require less labor and more education, and focus on communication infrastructure, innovation, and solving global problems with technology. It also examines the evolution of early civilizations like Sumerian, Indus Valley, Shang, and Egyptian, which developed complex institutions, social classes
This document discusses culture, society, politics, anthropology, political science, and sociology. It defines key terms like nation-state, culture, society, and politics. Culture refers to the knowledge, beliefs, arts, and customs acquired by a society. A nation-state's citizens share a common culture, language and history. Society forms as individuals interact and organize to meet basic needs. Politics involves collective decision making based on social rules. The document outlines the significance and rationale for studying these topics, such as understanding human behavior and relationships in different contexts.
Society as a group of people sharing common cultureConan Rogador
This document defines society and outlines the key elements and characteristics of different types of societies. It begins by defining society as a group of people sharing a common culture within territorial boundaries. It then lists the significance of studying society, including how it represents identity, characterizes territory, and enables economic interdependence. The document proceeds to identify nine elements that comprise societies, such as mutual interaction and interdependence among individuals. It concludes by describing three major types of societies - tribal, agrarian, and industrial - and highlighting their distinguishing features.
Lesson 1 human cultural variation, social differences, socialDarwin Cama
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.
This document contains a diagnostic test with multiple choice questions about understanding culture, society, and politics. It covers topics like cultural change factors, types of political change, definitions of key concepts in anthropology and sociology like cultural diffusion and society. It also addresses goals and perspectives within disciplines like political science, sociology and anthropology. Questions test understanding of concepts like culture, norms, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, human rights and legitimacy.
This document discusses the context, processes, and consequences of socialization. It defines socialization as the process by which new members of a society learn the norms, values, and behaviors expected of them. The context of socialization includes the biological, psychological, and social factors. The processes include explicit instruction, conditioning, modeling, and internalization. The consequences can include learning behaviors, attitudes, values, language, and cultural rules. Socialization occurs through various agents like family, schools, peers and media.
This document contains a daily lesson plan for a Grade 12 Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics class taught by Ms. Emerlyn M. Lincallo. Over three days, the lesson will cover social organizations by discussing their forms on the first day, functions on the second day, and both forms and functions on the third day. Learning activities include defining terms, identifying examples, analyzing differences between social organization types, and assessing students' understanding through short answer questions. The lesson aims to help students understand how social organizations shape individuals and society.
This document outlines the curriculum for an 11th or 12th grade course on Understanding Culture, Society and Politics. The course uses insights from anthropology, political science, and sociology to help students develop cultural awareness and sensitivity, understand how culture and society work, and examine human development goals. The curriculum covers topics such as defining culture and society, human evolution, social institutions, stratification, and processes of social, cultural and political change. It includes over 30 learning competencies addressing concepts like cultural relativism, socialization, conformity, and responding to challenges like climate change and migration.
Anthropology, sociology, and political scienceIVAN MON PANES
1. Anthropology, sociology, and political science are academic disciplines that study human social patterns and institutions.
2. Anthropology examines human origins, cultures, and diversity across time and place. Sociology analyzes social groups, institutions, and how they influence behavior. Political science deals with government, politics, and the distribution of power.
3. Each field has sub-disciplines and seeks to understand humanity and social life in order to address challenges and drive progress. They take objective, evidence-based approaches to reveal social dynamics and mechanisms of change over history.
This document contains a lesson on understanding culture, society, and politics with the following key points:
1. It discusses concepts like culture, society, and politics as conceptual tools to analyze social behavior and interactions. Students are seen as social actors.
2. Factors that account for social differences, cultural variations, and political identities are examined. Examples of phenomena in the Philippines are provided like "istambay" and political dynasties.
3. The role of values and beliefs in motivating behavior is explored. Concepts allow the discovery of new aspects of phenomena to better understand complex social realities.
This document discusses various ways that humans vary, including:
- Cultural variations that arise from differing environmental and historical experiences.
- Social differences in nationality, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, political identity, and religion.
- The concepts of ethnocentrism and xenocentrism, and how cultural relativism can promote tolerance of differences.
- How the concept of race has been used to classify humans but is problematic due to blurred categories and associations with discrimination.
- Humans exhibit biological and cultural differences as products of their knowledge systems and environments, so a cultural relativist approach is important.
This document discusses several key concepts relating to understanding human culture, society, and politics. It addresses objectives around observing cultural variation and differences in human behavior. Some of the main topics covered include defining nationality versus ethnicity, types of gender and socioeconomic class, how political and religious identities can form, and perspectives on cultural relativism. Students are prompted to discuss their own backgrounds and similarities/differences in small groups.
Social organization refers to how individuals associate and depend on one another to form formal social groups. Family is the most basic social organization, with members extending to clans, communities, tribes and nations. There are two types of social organizations - kinship which includes family, clan and tribe, and voluntary which includes community and association. Social structure refers to the network of roles and hierarchy of statuses that define expectations within a social unit. Social status can be achieved, through one's own accomplishments, or ascribed, inherited at birth. Roles are norms that function as plans for expected behavior.
The document is a 4-page daily lesson log for an 11th grade Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics class. It outlines the objectives, content, learning resources, procedures, and reflection for the week's lessons. The objectives are for students to articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities and demonstrate curiosity and openness to exploring culture and society. The content covers human culture, society, politics, and their dynamics. The procedures include group activities, discussions, presentations, and assessments to help students understand these concepts. The reflection section allows the teacher to evaluate what worked well and opportunities for improvement.
Community Engagement, Solidairity and CitizenshipWattpad
The document lists the top 10 richest cities in the world by GDP in 2017. Tokyo, Japan ranks as the richest city, followed by New York City, US and Los Angeles, US. It also defines four types of community structures: integrated, segmented, factionalized, and amorphous. Finally, it presents five true/false statements about social change, power, community leaders, citizens, and connection in communities.
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS.pptxAljonMendoza3
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.
Social, Political, and Cultural behavior and PhenomenaMiss Chey
Every society has norms that guide appropriate behavior. Culture includes shared beliefs, values, and symbols learned from one generation to the next. It is integrated over time as societies adapt. Culture exists through both material items and abstract concepts like language, values, and beliefs. There are various types of social norms including folkways, mores, taboos, and laws, which differ in how strictly they are enforced. Understanding culture requires recognizing that values differ in each society and should be considered within their own context rather than being judged according to one's own culture.
This document discusses culture and its key aspects. It defines culture as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, and customs acquired by people as members of society. Society is defined as people interacting and sharing a common culture. The key aspects of culture discussed are that it is dynamic, flexible, adaptive, shared, and contested. It provides examples of each, such as how music and language have changed over time to adapt to new technologies and trends. Finally, it notes that because of diversity, culture is subjected to debate and analysis.
1. The document discusses key concepts in sociology including enculturation, socialization, status, roles, conformity, deviance, and human rights.
2. It explains enculturation as the lifelong process of learning the values and norms of a society starting from birth. Status can be achieved through accomplishments or ascribed by birth, and roles are expectations based on one's status.
3. Conformity involves changing one's behavior to fit social norms, while deviance violates norms. Robert Merton's strain theory classified types of deviants based on their acceptance of social goals and means.
4. The document lists the 30 basic human rights from the UN Declaration, including rights to life,
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics - Definition of Anthropology, Pol...Juan Miguel Palero
This is a powerpoint presentation of one of the Senior High School Core Subject: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics. For this powerpoint, this serves as a presentation about the topic of the definition of anthropology, political science and sociology.
This document discusses the evolution of human societies from hunting and gathering to modern post-industrial societies. It outlines that as technology advanced, societies changed as well. Early societies like hunting and gathering groups relied on simple tools and family networks, while agricultural societies developed inequality, religion-backed elites, and money-based exchange. Industrialization led to rapid change through machinery, weakened community ties, and factories. Now, post-industrial societies are information-based, require less labor and more education, and focus on communication infrastructure, innovation, and solving global problems with technology. It also examines the evolution of early civilizations like Sumerian, Indus Valley, Shang, and Egyptian, which developed complex institutions, social classes
This document discusses culture, society, politics, anthropology, political science, and sociology. It defines key terms like nation-state, culture, society, and politics. Culture refers to the knowledge, beliefs, arts, and customs acquired by a society. A nation-state's citizens share a common culture, language and history. Society forms as individuals interact and organize to meet basic needs. Politics involves collective decision making based on social rules. The document outlines the significance and rationale for studying these topics, such as understanding human behavior and relationships in different contexts.
Society as a group of people sharing common cultureConan Rogador
This document defines society and outlines the key elements and characteristics of different types of societies. It begins by defining society as a group of people sharing a common culture within territorial boundaries. It then lists the significance of studying society, including how it represents identity, characterizes territory, and enables economic interdependence. The document proceeds to identify nine elements that comprise societies, such as mutual interaction and interdependence among individuals. It concludes by describing three major types of societies - tribal, agrarian, and industrial - and highlighting their distinguishing features.
Lesson 1 human cultural variation, social differences, socialDarwin Cama
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.
This document contains a diagnostic test with multiple choice questions about understanding culture, society, and politics. It covers topics like cultural change factors, types of political change, definitions of key concepts in anthropology and sociology like cultural diffusion and society. It also addresses goals and perspectives within disciplines like political science, sociology and anthropology. Questions test understanding of concepts like culture, norms, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, human rights and legitimacy.
This document discusses the context, processes, and consequences of socialization. It defines socialization as the process by which new members of a society learn the norms, values, and behaviors expected of them. The context of socialization includes the biological, psychological, and social factors. The processes include explicit instruction, conditioning, modeling, and internalization. The consequences can include learning behaviors, attitudes, values, language, and cultural rules. Socialization occurs through various agents like family, schools, peers and media.
This document contains a daily lesson plan for a Grade 12 Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics class taught by Ms. Emerlyn M. Lincallo. Over three days, the lesson will cover social organizations by discussing their forms on the first day, functions on the second day, and both forms and functions on the third day. Learning activities include defining terms, identifying examples, analyzing differences between social organization types, and assessing students' understanding through short answer questions. The lesson aims to help students understand how social organizations shape individuals and society.
This document outlines the curriculum for an 11th or 12th grade course on Understanding Culture, Society and Politics. The course uses insights from anthropology, political science, and sociology to help students develop cultural awareness and sensitivity, understand how culture and society work, and examine human development goals. The curriculum covers topics such as defining culture and society, human evolution, social institutions, stratification, and processes of social, cultural and political change. It includes over 30 learning competencies addressing concepts like cultural relativism, socialization, conformity, and responding to challenges like climate change and migration.
Anthropology, sociology, and political scienceIVAN MON PANES
1. Anthropology, sociology, and political science are academic disciplines that study human social patterns and institutions.
2. Anthropology examines human origins, cultures, and diversity across time and place. Sociology analyzes social groups, institutions, and how they influence behavior. Political science deals with government, politics, and the distribution of power.
3. Each field has sub-disciplines and seeks to understand humanity and social life in order to address challenges and drive progress. They take objective, evidence-based approaches to reveal social dynamics and mechanisms of change over history.
This document contains a lesson on understanding culture, society, and politics with the following key points:
1. It discusses concepts like culture, society, and politics as conceptual tools to analyze social behavior and interactions. Students are seen as social actors.
2. Factors that account for social differences, cultural variations, and political identities are examined. Examples of phenomena in the Philippines are provided like "istambay" and political dynasties.
3. The role of values and beliefs in motivating behavior is explored. Concepts allow the discovery of new aspects of phenomena to better understand complex social realities.
This document discusses various ways that humans vary, including:
- Cultural variations that arise from differing environmental and historical experiences.
- Social differences in nationality, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, political identity, and religion.
- The concepts of ethnocentrism and xenocentrism, and how cultural relativism can promote tolerance of differences.
- How the concept of race has been used to classify humans but is problematic due to blurred categories and associations with discrimination.
- Humans exhibit biological and cultural differences as products of their knowledge systems and environments, so a cultural relativist approach is important.
This document provides an overview of key concepts related to social and cultural backgrounds. It defines terms like gender, gender roles, and stereotypes. It also discusses socioeconomic classes in the Philippines and cultural variations like ethnicity, race, religion, and exceptionality. Examples of social behaviors and phenomena involving food, partnerships, and selfies are given. Political behaviors and phenomena are also briefly outlined. The overall purpose is to articulate observations on human cultural diversity and differences.
Ideas that Divide the Nation
Address to the 2018 Graduates on Recognition Day
National College of Public Administration & Governance
University of the Philippines, 22 June 2018
Our nation today is facing radical proposals to change its historic identity, its grant of regional autonomy, and its foreign policy. Because these proposals are radical and divisive, they require the deepest examination from all sectors of our society - from lawyers, public administrators, historians, political experts, businessmen, scientists, farmers, NGOs, and all other sectors in our society. I call these proposals Ideas that Divide the Nation.
We should be wary of new concepts imported from foreign shores and alien to our history as a people, which could Divide the Nation and even lead to the dismemberment of the Philippine state. Let me point out a few examples of these divisive ideas that have been introduced into our national discourse.
Christianity dominates Filipino culture according to the document. 80% of Filipinos are Catholic and Christianity influences many aspects of life. It is prominent in media, education through values education and religious groups in schools, and laws often reflect Christian values like prohibitions against killing and adultery. As part of a counterculture, the document argues for de-establishing close-mindedness rather than Christianity itself in order to better understand and respect minority religions like Islam to avoid conflicts over feeling heard and create a more positive relationship between religious groups.
This document discusses how culture and subculture influence consumer behavior. It defines culture as the beliefs, values and customs of a society, while subculture refers to identifiable segments within a larger culture. The document outlines different subcultures like age, ethnicity, region, and examines how they impact consumption patterns. It also looks at how culture is learned, shared and dynamic. Various methods for measuring culture like content analysis, fieldwork and surveys are also summarized.
This document discusses culture, cultural variation, and social differences. It defines culture as the shared behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that provide patterns of living for members of a society. Cultural variation arises from geographical separation of human groups, resulting in different traditions. Key elements of culture discussed are symbols, language, religion, values, beliefs, customs, laws, and politics. Social differences are explained as differences based on social characteristics like class, age, race, ability, education, and gender. Specific examples are provided to illustrate concepts discussed.
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Multiculturalism has become an integral part of Canadian society over the past few decades. It encourages Canadians to maintain their cultural identities while also promoting racial and ethnic harmony. Canada's experience shows that a multicultural approach stimulates understanding between diverse cultures. More than four decades of rapid demographic changes have transformed Canada, especially its largest cities, but these changes have generally occurred peacefully due to multicultural policies.
This document discusses cultural diversity in schools and classrooms. It begins by providing historical context about how schools have addressed cultural diversity from colonial times to the present. It notes that in the past, the dominant American culture was the norm in most schools and appreciation of minority cultures was rare. In more recent decades, educators have recognized the importance of cultural diversity and teaching students about different cultures. The document advocates teaching students to develop cross-cultural acceptance and understanding in order to sustain democratic values and promote inclusion of all cultures. It emphasizes the teacher's role in creating a welcoming environment for all students and incorporating their cultural backgrounds into the curriculum.
The document discusses several topics related to religion including:
1. It discusses the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2001 and their denial of selling religious artifacts.
2. It presents arguments for why world history students should study world religions, including that global integration has challenged traditions and accelerated changes with consequences for people worldwide.
3. It provides an outline for a class mission statement about the importance of studying world religions.
The relationship between christianity, education, culture and religion in ken...Alexander Decker
This document analyzes the role of Christianity, education, culture, and religion in shaping Kenya since its independence in 1963. It evaluates how formal education contributed to both political liberation and cultural disadvantages. The author examines: 1) the place of African culture and religion in Kenya; 2) Christianity's influence on Kenyans; 3) the role of education in national integration; and 4) how independent Kenyans have progressed. The document traces the impact of missionary and colonial education on assimilated classes and analyzes African cultures in light of religion and development. It provides insight into Kenya's educational development, challenges, and the interplay between Christianity, education, culture, and religion in molding Kenya.
Civilizations are the broadest level of cultural identity that distinguishes groups of people. A civilization may include many nation states that share characteristics like religion, history, and language, or consist of a single nation. Civilizations are dynamic - they rise and fall, divide, and merge over time. Samuel Huntington argued that global interactions will increasingly occur between major civilizations like Western, Islamic, and Confucian rather than between individual nations, increasing tensions along civilizational lines. He identified seven or eight major civilizations that could clash due to religious and cultural differences intensified by growing global interactions and connectivity.
EWOCS-I: The catalog of X-ray sources in Westerlund 1 from the Extended Weste...Sérgio Sacani
Context. With a mass exceeding several 104 M⊙ and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters
represent the most massive star-forming environment that is dominated by the feedback from massive stars and gravitational interactions
among stars.
Aims. In this paper we present the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey (EWOCS) project, which aims to investigate
the influence of the starburst environment on the formation of stars and planets, and on the evolution of both low and high mass stars.
The primary targets of this project are Westerlund 1 and 2, the closest supermassive star clusters to the Sun.
Methods. The project is based primarily on recent observations conducted with the Chandra and JWST observatories. Specifically,
the Chandra survey of Westerlund 1 consists of 36 new ACIS-I observations, nearly co-pointed, for a total exposure time of 1 Msec.
Additionally, we included 8 archival Chandra/ACIS-S observations. This paper presents the resulting catalog of X-ray sources within
and around Westerlund 1. Sources were detected by combining various existing methods, and photon extraction and source validation
were carried out using the ACIS-Extract software.
Results. The EWOCS X-ray catalog comprises 5963 validated sources out of the 9420 initially provided to ACIS-Extract, reaching a
photon flux threshold of approximately 2 × 10−8 photons cm−2
s
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. The X-ray sources exhibit a highly concentrated spatial distribution,
with 1075 sources located within the central 1 arcmin. We have successfully detected X-ray emissions from 126 out of the 166 known
massive stars of the cluster, and we have collected over 71 000 photons from the magnetar CXO J164710.20-455217.
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Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
The debris of the ‘last major merger’ is dynamically youngSérgio Sacani
The Milky Way’s (MW) inner stellar halo contains an [Fe/H]-rich component with highly eccentric orbits, often referred to as the
‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
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Candidate young stellar objects in the S-cluster: Kinematic analysis of a sub...Sérgio Sacani
Context. The observation of several L-band emission sources in the S cluster has led to a rich discussion of their nature. However, a definitive answer to the classification of the dusty objects requires an explanation for the detection of compact Doppler-shifted Brγ emission. The ionized hydrogen in combination with the observation of mid-infrared L-band continuum emission suggests that most of these sources are embedded in a dusty envelope. These embedded sources are part of the S-cluster, and their relationship to the S-stars is still under debate. To date, the question of the origin of these two populations has been vague, although all explanations favor migration processes for the individual cluster members. Aims. This work revisits the S-cluster and its dusty members orbiting the supermassive black hole SgrA* on bound Keplerian orbits from a kinematic perspective. The aim is to explore the Keplerian parameters for patterns that might imply a nonrandom distribution of the sample. Additionally, various analytical aspects are considered to address the nature of the dusty sources. Methods. Based on the photometric analysis, we estimated the individual H−K and K−L colors for the source sample and compared the results to known cluster members. The classification revealed a noticeable contrast between the S-stars and the dusty sources. To fit the flux-density distribution, we utilized the radiative transfer code HYPERION and implemented a young stellar object Class I model. We obtained the position angle from the Keplerian fit results; additionally, we analyzed the distribution of the inclinations and the longitudes of the ascending node. Results. The colors of the dusty sources suggest a stellar nature consistent with the spectral energy distribution in the near and midinfrared domains. Furthermore, the evaporation timescales of dusty and gaseous clumps in the vicinity of SgrA* are much shorter ( 2yr) than the epochs covered by the observations (≈15yr). In addition to the strong evidence for the stellar classification of the D-sources, we also find a clear disk-like pattern following the arrangements of S-stars proposed in the literature. Furthermore, we find a global intrinsic inclination for all dusty sources of 60 ± 20◦, implying a common formation process. Conclusions. The pattern of the dusty sources manifested in the distribution of the position angles, inclinations, and longitudes of the ascending node strongly suggests two different scenarios: the main-sequence stars and the dusty stellar S-cluster sources share a common formation history or migrated with a similar formation channel in the vicinity of SgrA*. Alternatively, the gravitational influence of SgrA* in combination with a massive perturber, such as a putative intermediate mass black hole in the IRS 13 cluster, forces the dusty objects and S-stars to follow a particular orbital arrangement. Key words. stars: black holes– stars: formation– Galaxy: center– galaxies: star formation
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Microbial interaction
Microorganisms interacts with each other and can be physically associated with another organisms in a variety of ways.
One organism can be located on the surface of another organism as an ectobiont or located within another organism as endobiont.
Microbial interaction may be positive such as mutualism, proto-cooperation, commensalism or may be negative such as parasitism, predation or competition
Types of microbial interaction
Positive interaction: mutualism, proto-cooperation, commensalism
Negative interaction: Ammensalism (antagonism), parasitism, predation, competition
I. Mutualism:
It is defined as the relationship in which each organism in interaction gets benefits from association. It is an obligatory relationship in which mutualist and host are metabolically dependent on each other.
Mutualistic relationship is very specific where one member of association cannot be replaced by another species.
Mutualism require close physical contact between interacting organisms.
Relationship of mutualism allows organisms to exist in habitat that could not occupied by either species alone.
Mutualistic relationship between organisms allows them to act as a single organism.
Examples of mutualism:
i. Lichens:
Lichens are excellent example of mutualism.
They are the association of specific fungi and certain genus of algae. In lichen, fungal partner is called mycobiont and algal partner is called
II. Syntrophism:
It is an association in which the growth of one organism either depends on or improved by the substrate provided by another organism.
In syntrophism both organism in association gets benefits.
Compound A
Utilized by population 1
Compound B
Utilized by population 2
Compound C
utilized by both Population 1+2
Products
In this theoretical example of syntrophism, population 1 is able to utilize and metabolize compound A, forming compound B but cannot metabolize beyond compound B without co-operation of population 2. Population 2is unable to utilize compound A but it can metabolize compound B forming compound C. Then both population 1 and 2 are able to carry out metabolic reaction which leads to formation of end product that neither population could produce alone.
Examples of syntrophism:
i. Methanogenic ecosystem in sludge digester
Methane produced by methanogenic bacteria depends upon interspecies hydrogen transfer by other fermentative bacteria.
Anaerobic fermentative bacteria generate CO2 and H2 utilizing carbohydrates which is then utilized by methanogenic bacteria (Methanobacter) to produce methane.
ii. Lactobacillus arobinosus and Enterococcus faecalis:
In the minimal media, Lactobacillus arobinosus and Enterococcus faecalis are able to grow together but not alone.
The synergistic relationship between E. faecalis and L. arobinosus occurs in which E. faecalis require folic acid
Evidence of Jet Activity from the Secondary Black Hole in the OJ 287 Binary S...Sérgio Sacani
Wereport the study of a huge optical intraday flare on 2021 November 12 at 2 a.m. UT in the blazar OJ287. In the binary black hole model, it is associated with an impact of the secondary black hole on the accretion disk of the primary. Our multifrequency observing campaign was set up to search for such a signature of the impact based on a prediction made 8 yr earlier. The first I-band results of the flare have already been reported by Kishore et al. (2024). Here we combine these data with our monitoring in the R-band. There is a big change in the R–I spectral index by 1.0 ±0.1 between the normal background and the flare, suggesting a new component of radiation. The polarization variation during the rise of the flare suggests the same. The limits on the source size place it most reasonably in the jet of the secondary BH. We then ask why we have not seen this phenomenon before. We show that OJ287 was never before observed with sufficient sensitivity on the night when the flare should have happened according to the binary model. We also study the probability that this flare is just an oversized example of intraday variability using the Krakow data set of intense monitoring between 2015 and 2023. We find that the occurrence of a flare of this size and rapidity is unlikely. In machine-readable Tables 1 and 2, we give the full orbit-linked historical light curve of OJ287 as well as the dense monitoring sample of Krakow.
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
1st
Sem. Prelim: Module 1`
Starting Points for the Understanding of Culture, Society, and Politics
Prepared by: Mark Stephen Pere-ira, MBA
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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
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I will be able to:
articulate observationson human cultural variation, socialdifferences, social change, and
political identities;
demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins and dynamics of culture
and society, and political identities;
analyze social, political, and cultural change;
recognize the common concerns or intersections of anthropology, sociology,and political
science with respect to the phenomenon of change;
identify the subjects of inquiry and goals of Anthropology, Political Science, and
Sociology.
Your Topics to Learn!
Introduction
The Philippine society can be categorized into various socioeconomic classes. During the
prehistoric times, our ancestors have developed a society where people were assigned with different
social functions. However, as the society changes, differences in one’s function in the society became
wider and more diverse.
Cultural Variation. Refers to the differences in
social behavior that different culture exhibit
around the world. What we considered good
etiquette in one culture maybe considered bad
etiquette in another.
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Universalities Generalities Particularities
Universal- are cultural traits that span across all cultures.
Generalities- are cultural traits that occur in many societies but not all of them.
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Particularities- are cultural traits that are not prevalent but are instead confined with single
place or culture.
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.
A. Class. Socioeconomic classes changed when the Philippines gained independence from Spain. The
Americans introduced democracy and did not impose any form of socioeconomic classes. Today,
a person’s position in the society is based mainly on his or her family’s economic status. Social
stratification, or the division of society based on occupation and income, wealth or power; is
simpler at present than in the past.
1. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) divided the population into high-income,
middle-income, and low-income classes.
A. High-income Class
people earning an average of P200,000 a month, or approximately P2.4 million a year
the “rich” class and accounts for merely one percent of the country’s total
population
B. Middle-income Class
people earning an average of P36,000 per month
consists of professionals and small-scale entrepreneurs
C. Low-income Class
people earning less than P10,000 a month
consists of laborers and minimum wage earners
D. Social Mobility
Unlike in other societies where one who is born into a specific class has no choice but to
die as part of the same class, people in the Philippines usually have the opportunity to
transfer from a lower socioeconomic class to a higher one. This is called social mobility,
the movement of people or families within or between different levels in the society
the opportunity to transfer from a lower socioeconomic class to a higher one
possible through education, or in some cases, through marriage.
B. Ethnicity and Race. Ethnicity refers to a group of people, also called ethnic group, who have a
common or shared culture, language, history, religion, and tradition.
Here, the people are divided into groups based on different social factors.
Examples: Filipinos, Malays, Anglo-Saxons, and Muslims.
Race on the other hand refers to a group of people who share the same physical attributes, such as
skin color, height, and facial features. People are grouped into different races based on their physical
appearance. Human beings are classified into three major races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.
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These classifications are based on the color of the skin, the shape of the face, texture of the hair, shape
of the eyes, and other prominent physical features.
Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Philippines
There are more than 180 ethnic or ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines, which are based on the
language each group use.
There are eight major ethnolinguistic groups in the country:
1. Ilokano,
2. Kapampangan,
3. Pangasinense,
4. Tagalog,
5. Bikolano,
6. Ilonggo,
7. Cebuano, and
8. Waray-waray.
Other smaller ethnolinguistic groups are the Ibanag, Ivatan, Sambal, Subanon,
Maguindanaoan, and Zambuangueño.
There are also indigenous groups in the country that may belong to the same ethnolingguistic
groups, but have a different culture, tradition, or culture. Some of them are the Mangyans of
Mindoro, the Igorots of the Mountain Province, and the Moros of Mindanao.
Issues About Race and Ethnicity
Ethnicity and race are categories that divide people based on their social affinity or physical
similarity. However, differences in ethnicity and race made some people believe that one ethnic
group is better or superior than others. Thus, this belief creates discrimination and prejudice against
people from minor or perceived to be “inferior” ethnicity or race.
There are different types of discrimination against one’s ethnicity or race:
Racism
Racism is discrimination or prejudice based on one’s race.
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In the 1970s, white Americans (Caucasians) discriminated black Americans (Negroids), who
were descendants of immigrants from African countries.
Ethnocentricism
Ethnocentrism is discrimination or prejudice based on one’s culture.
Recently, Muslim extremists discriminate Christians and non-Muslims in Muslim countries
because of their religion.
In the Philippines, Muslims experience prejudice and discrimination in Christian-dominated
regions like in Metro Manila. Because of the ongoing conflict in Mindanao between the
government and Islamic militants, Christians tend to think that all Muslims are terrorists.
On the other hand, some Christians and ethnic groups are discriminated and prejudiced in
Muslim-dominated areas.
C. Religion
We live in a world with varying and diverse cultures. Cultural variation or differences take
many forms within and among societies. One of which is religion. Religion can be defined as a set of
practices and behaviors that relate to a group of people's belief in a God or a group of gods.
Sociologists studying religion consider it a part of society's culture. In most cases, religion not only
affects a person's belief, but one's way of life.
There are many religions around the world. Among the major religions in the world are;
1. Christianity - is an Abrahamic
monotheistic religion based on the life and
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Its adherents,
known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the
Christ, whose coming as the messiah was
prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, called the Old
Testament in Christianity, and chronicled in the
New Testament.
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2. Islam - The word “Islam” means “submission
to the will of God.” Followers of Islam are called
Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship
one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as
Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of
complete submission to Allah.
3. Hinduism –is an Indian religion and
dharma, or way of life. It is the world's
third-largest religion with over 1.25 billion
followers, or 15–16% of the global
population, known as Hindus.
4. Taoism (also known as Daoism) is a
Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu (c.
500 BCE) which contributed to the folk religion
of the people primarily in the rural areas of
China and became the official religion of the
country under the Tang Dynasty. Taoism is
therefore both a philosophy and a religion
5. Buddhism. Buddhism is a faith that was
founded by Siddhartha Gautama (“the
Buddha”) more than 2,500 years ago in
India. With about 470 million followers,
scholars consider Buddhism one of the
major world religions. Its practice has
historically been most prominent in East
and Southeast Asia, but its influence is
growing in the West. Many Buddhist ideas
and philosophies overlap with those of
other faiths.
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Each of these religions has its own set of beliefs and practices that must be followed by
its believers. In a society, several religions may exist and since religion affects an individual’s way of
life, we can observe the cultural variation in the form of different religions.
Philippines and its Religion
The Philippines is a secular country, which means that the government does not prescribe a
specific set of activities or laws based on religion. A citizen's right to choose his or her own religion is
protected by the Philippine Constitution. In the Philippines, the majority of the population are
Christians, with a certain portion of the population practicing Islam, particularly in the southern part
of the country. Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism are also practiced by a small number of inhabitants
in the archipelago. Different religions are being practiced in the Philippine society today. This
variation in religion is a product of the evolution of Philippine society across time.
Understanding Cultural Variation in the Form of Religion
Cultural variations do exist as exemplified through different religions in the world, more so in
our Philippine society. For example, Christians and Muslims believe in one God, yet Hindus believe
in many gods, while Buddhists do not. The sets of practices and beliefs of a particular religion
influence the behavior of its followers and their interaction with other members of the society.
Issues Surrounding Differences in Religion
Because the people have different religions, issues and conflicts between religious groups or
denominations cannot be prevented.
Problems/Conflicts
1. Since a difference in religion does not only mean worshipping a different god, conflicts
sometimes arise between their believers.
2. Some believers of a particular religion feel like they are being marginalized, while some feel
like those following other religions are taking advantage of their number.
3. It may come easy to be swayed by religious differences and start a conflict. A believer or
follower of a particular religion may offend a follower of another religion if he or she imposes
his or her beliefs or practices of his or her religion.
4. In history, bloody wars happened because of religious differences, and unfortunately, conflicts
continue until now due to varying religions.
Solutions/Actions
1. To prevent conflicts, the Philippine government, for example, has started recognizing some of
the special days in different religions.
2. Employees are not required to work during Holy Week; wherein Catholics commemorate the
suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
3. The start and the end of the Ramadan are also considered holidays, just like when the Chinese
celebrate the start of their new year.
4. This way, the government allows followers of different religions to attend to their religious
obligations without their work getting in the way.
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5. To those conflicts brought about by differences in religion, the key word here is respect. And
respect entails a conscious effort of acquiring cultural knowledge and understanding which
this course is mainly about.
Cultural Variations and Social Differences (Exceptionality/Non-Exceptionality)
Exceptionality and the Exceptional People
People has different characteristics, needs, desires, lifestyles, and challenges. However, there
are people who, from one reason or another, are described or categorized by the society as
exceptional.
What do the words "gifted," "disabled," "challenged," or "different" mean to you? How does
society influence your knowledge and attitudes toward people with labels and differences?
Exceptionality
a quality or a characteristic of a person that makes him or her different from an established
norm in a society
various physical and mental interference or problems that affect a person and which makes
it difficult for him/her to function properly in society
Exceptional people
who differ from societal and community standard of normalcy
with learning or behavioral problems and with physical and sensory disabilities
who are intellectually gifted
The characteristics which make a person exceptional may have been acquired from birth, through a
medical condition, or through an accident.
Exceptional People: Challenges and Problems
Exceptional people, disabled or intellectually gifted, encounter challenges and issues in
dealing with other members of the society.
Here are some of the common problems and challenges that exceptional people experience.
Overcoming Challenges and Problems
In the Philippines, despite the passage of Republic Act 7277 or the Magna Carta for People
with Disabilities (PWDs) in 1991, there are still significant barriers that keep them from fully
participating in the society---including the stigma surrounding disability and the society’s poor
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understanding of the abilities and aspirations of exceptional people. However, the government,
private sectors, media, and some concerned groups have been working together to solve these
existing problems.
Here are some ways on how both private and public sectors have been helping them.
This symbol is the International Symbol of Access (ISA). It can be found at places that are designated
for all persons with disabilities. The location or spot is intended for them.
Cultural Variations and Social Differences (Nationality)
Nation, Nationality, and Citizenship
The line of distinction between the terms "nation" and "nationality" is quite thin. Most of the
time, "nationality" and "citizenship" are used interchangeably. However, it is important to note that
these words do not mean the same and pertain to different concepts. They differ in many aspects.
Nation
It is a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, language, and
economic life inhabiting a particular country or territory
Example:
The United Kingdom is a country inhabited mainly by people of four nations: English, Irish, Scott,
and Welsh.
Whereas the term nation emphasizes a particular group of people, country emphasizes the physical
dimensions and boundaries of a geographical area, while state is a self-governing legal and political
entity.
Nationality
It is a person’s instinctive membership to a specific nation or country that can be acquired by
an individual from the country where he/she was born (jus soli). It can also be acquired by an
individual through his/her parents (jus sanguinis). An individual is national of a particular country
by birth. Nationality is acquired through inheritance from his or her parents. People with the same
nationality often share the same language, culture, territory, and in some cases, ancestry. They share
the same rights and are protected by the same laws.
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Citizenship
On the other hand, citizenship is a person’s legal and political status in a city or state, which means
that an individual has been registered with the government in some country. An individual becomes
a citizen of a country only when he is accepted into that country’s political framework through legal
terms.
Examples:
An individual born in the Philippines has a Filipino nationality. Chances are, he may have a
Brazilian or Colombian citizenship once he has registered with that country.
People of the European Union (maybe French, Germans, English, and others) may have
European Union citizenship, but that person’s nationality does not change.
No one will be able to change his nationality, but one can have different citizenships.
Filipino Nationality
The Philippine nationality law is based on the principles of jus sanguinis or "right of blood."
Therefore, anyone with a parent who is a citizen or national of the Republic of the Philippines can
acquire Philippine citizenship. This is the primary method of acquiring citizenship. For those born in
the Philippines to non-Filipino parents, the Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000 (R.A. 9139)
provides a trail for administrative naturalization for those who qualify.
Issues Regarding Nationality and Statelessness
What are some issues concerning nationality and statelessness?
Right to a Nationality
Every person has a right to a nationality.
The right to a nationality is a fundamental human right. It is an individual’s right to acquire,
change, or retain his or her nationality. Thus, a country’s law cannot deprive a person the right
to gain a nationality, in case he or she loses it.
Statelessness
People who does not have a nationality of any country are considered as stateless people.
According to Article 1 of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), "a stateless person is
someone who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law."
Most stateless people are considered "refugees" while others lose their nationality due to war,
conflict, or if their country is annexed by another country and loses its sovereignty.
Case Study: Statelessness in Sabah
Most Filipinos living in Sabah, Malaysia are considered "stateless." Thus, they are not
recognized as people with a nationality; they don't belong to any country or nation.
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Since Sabah is a contested territory between Malaysia and the Philippines, the people in Sabah
experience problems in securing their nationality. Filipinos from nearby Sulu and Tawi-tawi, even
those who were born in Sabah, were not recognized by the Malaysian government as Malaysians.
Worse, they are also denied of their Filipino nationality since they are not properly registered
in the Philippines. As a result, they do not enjoy the rights and privileges that citizens of both
countries enjoy.
This concern is also true in areas and territories under war and conflict.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) handles all issues regarding
refugees and stateless people. The role of UNHCR is to identify stateless people and protect their
rights, as well as to prevent statelessness from happening all over the world. They also aid stateless
people in acquiring new citizenship in other countries
Social, Political, and CulturalBehaviorand Phenomena
Social behavior and phenomena are broad and complicated sociological concepts. These
involve every event between at least two individuals and include all knowledge and experiences a
person acquires in the entirety of his lifetime.
Social phenomena are the individual, external, and social constructions that influence a
person’s life and development.
Political Behavior and Phenomena
In sociology, political behavior and phenomena include events through which authority,
governance, and public opinion are put into practice.
A political behavior of a person or a group may be influenced by their political views,
ideology, and levels of political participation. An obvious example of an act of political behavior is
the act of voting.
Political phenomena are not only limited to public office as this also include how institutions
like school, a church, or companies are running and governed.
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Cultural Behavior and Phenomena
Also known as bandwagon effect, a cultural behavior is that event when certain individuals
behave a certain way merely because other persons do as well.
Cultural phenomena happen when something or someone gains widespread popularity.
However, it is noteworthy that it is not the subject that is the cultural phenomena but rather a process
of becoming famous.
Interactions within Society
The social, political, and cultural behavior and phenomena in the society are results of the
interaction within society. People talk and share stories. People share ways of living among other
things. People do things together and work for the attainment of the common good and social order.
These behaviors, be they usual or not, are but a natural response to changes, and ideologies
developing within society as a result of constant interactions between members of society.
Social, Political, and CulturalChange
Social and Cultural Changes
Social change is the transformation of social institutions over time. Cultural change, on the
other hand, is the transformation of culture or the way people live.
Communication
Communication is a vital human process. Through communication, people exchange
information and thoughts.
Unlike in the older times, communication is made easier.
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Nowadays, people can share information in just a click. New media – social networking,
texting (text messaging), through e-mail, and the likes – have defied time and distance.
While it makes the world as if borderless, this form of communication may produce
individuals who lack the basic understanding of direct and personal connection.
Transnational Families
A transnational family is where one parent, or in some cases both parents, lives and works in
another country while the children remain in their country of origin.
While these families remain secured financially, its members are also exposed to its setbacks.
Children who become overly unsupervised find themselves meeting up with peer pressure,
over independence, and lack of family orientation. These may result in alcohol or drug abuse,
unwanted pregnancy, mood swings, or early marriage.
Political Changes
Political change happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of
governance in the country changes. Governance is the kind of system or ideology used to express
authority in a country. It may be a democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, and others.
Local Public Services
Local public services are provided by the government to people living within its jurisdiction,
either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services.
Youth Volunteerism
Volunteerism is the use or involvement of a volunteer or free labor in community services.
Mechanisms of Changes
There are different mechanisms or tools of social and cultural changes.
Diffusion
Diffusion is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are borrowed,
transmitted, and adopted by another one and considered as its own.
Examples:
Migration
Globalization
Invention
Invention is the process whereby new cultural elements are created to solve social and
cultural problems.
Example: Internet
Discovery
Discovery is the process whereby we recognize or gain a better understanding of already
existing elements present in the environment.
Example: Scientific Research
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Changes within Society
Change is said to be constant. It is inevitable. It is expected to happen. No one can stop it. But
the big question is what makes it happen. Of course, there are many factors—social, political, or
cultural.
Along with time, people, environment, and ideologies change. People move in and move out.
People live and die. People's stories and experiences change. People make discoveries and
innovations.
Environment change as well—nature, water, earth, minerals, climate, seasons, sources of raw
materials, and energy.
New knowledge replaces the old ones. Slavery has been banned. Civil rights are granted to
those who were once deprived of it. Same-sex marriage is in its worldwide recognition. Everything
changes. Nothing is permanent but change, so they say.
And all these contribute significantly to changes people experience socially, politically, and
culturally.
The Study of Culture, Society, and Politics
Culture is the subject of Anthropology, society is for sociology, while politics is for political
science. These are disciplines of the social sciences.
The very goal of these disciplines is to prepare people for active and responsible civic engagement
through the development of critical thought. Exposure to these areas of discipline necessarily expose
its learners to the following:
social diversity and inequality,
self-reflective knowledge and practice,
appreciation of complexity, and
advocacy for social change and order.
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humans and their society in the past and present. Dealing with
what makes us human, anthropology delves in objects and materials we have created, our
interconnectedness and adaptability with environment, our lifestyle, our modes of communication,
and our understanding of the world around us.
Goals of Anthropology
describe and analyze the biological evolution of mankind
describe and assess the cultural development of our species
describe, explain, and analyze the present-day human cultural similarities and differences
describe and explain human biological diversity today
Political Science
Political science is a social science discipline that deals with systems of government, and the
analysis of political activities and political behavior. Primarily, it helps people gain an understanding
on “who gets what, when they get it, and how they get it.”
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Political science helps us understand politics, political institutions and behavior, public policy, and
philosophical concepts, such as justice, equality, fairness, and liberty; and on how the said subject
matters affect economy, public and private life, law, and public services.
Goals of Political Science
be immersed in current affairs
build an understanding on the local, national, and international politics
learn how political activities are organized in and out of our country
provide substantially critical and scientific contribution to government and society
Sociology
Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. This social sciences
discipline mainly focuses on society—its functions, its members, and its diversity.
Specifically, sociology tackles the basic unit of the society—the family; the functionality and relevance
of state as an important human institution; social issues on religion, crime, race, social class; and the
stability and instability of societies.
Goals of Sociology
understand ourselves better
build a better understanding of mankind
help with decision-making, both our own and that of larger organizations
gather systematic information from which to make a decision, provide insights into what is
going on in a situation, and present alternatives
Key Points
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Cultural Variation. Refers to the differences in social behavior that different culture exhibit
around the world. What we considered good etiquette in one culture maybe considered bad
etiquette in another
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.
Class
Ethnicity and Race
Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Philippines
Religion
Philippines and its Religion
Understanding Cultural Variation in the Form of Religion
Issues Surrounding Differences in Religion
Cultural Variations and Social Differences (Exceptionality/Non-Exceptionality)
Exceptionality and the Exceptional People
Cultural Variations and Social Differences (Nationality)
Nation, Nationality, and Citizenship
Social, Political, and Cultural Behavior and Phenomena
Political Behavior and Phenomena
Cultural Behavior and Phenomena
Social, Political, and Cultural Change
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humans and their society in the past and present.
Political Science
Political science is a social science discipline that deals with systems of government, and the
analysis of political activities and political behavior. Primarily, it helps people gain an
understanding on “who gets what, when they get it, and how they get it.”
Sociology
Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. This social sciences
discipline mainly focuses on society—its functions, its members, and its diversity.
References
https://ucspsite.wordpress.com/page/
https://www.academia.edu/35873701/Cultural_Variations_and_Social_Differences_Socioeconomic_Class
Your Tests and Tasks!
UCSP module 1 Worksheet
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Name: Grade Level & Section:
Date: Score: Parent/Guardian’s Signature:
A. Modified True or False
Write TRUE on the blank if the underlined word in the sentence is true and write the correct answer
on the blank if it is false.
1. Cultural Differences refers to the differences in social behavior that different culture exhibit
around the world. __________
2. The differences among individuals on the basis of social characteristics and qualities is called
social capacity. __________
3. Ethnicity refers to a group of people, also called ethnic group, who have a common or shared
culture, language, history, religion, and tradition.
4. A group of people who share the same physical attributes, such as skin color, height, and facial
features is called gender. __________
5. Religion can be defined as a set of practices and behaviors that relate to a group of people's
belief in a God or a group of gods. Sociologists studying religion consider it a part of society's
culture. __________
6. A person’s instinctive membership to a specific nation or country that can be acquired by an
individual from the country where he/she was born (jus soli) is called citizenship. __________
7. Nationality is a person’s legal and political status in a city or state, which means that an
individual has been registered with the government in some country. __________
8. Social change and political change are broad and complicated sociological concepts.
__________
9. Political behavior of a person or a group may be influenced by their political views, ideology,
and levels of political participation. __________
10. Social behavior is the transformation of social institutions over time. __________
11. Political dynasty happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of
governance in the country changes. __________
12. Heroism is the use or involvement of a volunteer or free labor in community services.
__________
13. Change is said to be constant. It is inevitable. It is expected to happen. No one can stop it. But
the big question is what makes it happen. __________
14. Philosophy is the study of humans and their society in the past and present. __________
15. Geology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. __________
B. Define the following words.
1. Ethnocentricism
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C. Reflection.
If you want to see change in your community, what do you think are the necessary steps that
you need to do in order to start or create change?