Understanding the self within the society and culture

1. Kryzzle Tritz Dangel

5. What is the relationship of the self to
the society?
What is the relationship of the self to
culture?

6. A male teenager
What is commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance of this person?

7. A religious person
What is commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance of this person?

8. An artist
What is commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance of this person?

9. A mother
What is commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance of this person?

10. A student in your own
course
What is commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance of this person?

11. What would you feel if someone does
not fit your common ideas about one of
the characters?

12. If you are to change one of the typical
perceptions or impressions of the
characters, what would it be and what
change would you like to introduce?

13. Human beings are, by nature, social beings.

14. “We are born into a social environment; we
fully develop into human beings in a social
environment; and we live our lives in a
social environment. What we think, how we
feel, and what we say and do are all shaped
by our interactions with other people.”
- Hughes and Kroeher (2008)

15. • Key concepts from sociology and anthropology
• Theoretical perspective on how the “self”
operates with society and culture
• Main institutions that affect our idea of who we
are

17. A society is defined as a group
of people sharing the same
culture and typically interacts in
a definite territory.
Each society has culture or a
way of life for those living in that
specific society.

18. Culture is commonly divided into
material culture- the attires, tools,
weapons, architectural designs,
religious implements- and
nonmaterial culture or the belief
systems, the values, the norms or
expected behaviors, as well as the
shared language and symbols.

19. Norms are rules on what to
do or what not to do in a
certain situation.
Ex:
• Shake hands when you
meet someone.
• Don’t talk when your
mouth is full.
Norms

20. Values are ideal behaviors
or principles that set the
standard of what is
acceptable and admirable
from a person who is a part
of a society.
Ex:
• Respect
• Generosity
• Honesty
Values

21. Norm Value
“pagmamano” respect

23. Culture is composed of
ideas, behavior, and material
possessions.
Culture
Society
Society is composed of
people.
These two coexist and are interdependent with each
other.

24. What do you think would be the culture
of a Filipino society?

25. Social institutions are sets of ideas,
norms, practices, or mechanisms
organized and focused on addressing
the needs of the community.
These institutions have a profound
effect on our concept of “self”
because they provide a systematic
process of doing things.

26. The Government functions
to maintain peace and order
in the society.
Government
Exampleofasocialinstitution:
How does the government
provide a profound effect on
our concept of “self”?

27. Good Quotes for Life
1. Accept everything just the way it is.
2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
5. Be detached from desire your whole life long.
6. Do not regret what you have done.
7. Never be jealous.
8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.
9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.
10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
11. In all things, have no preferences.
12. Do not pursue the taste of good food.
13. Do not fear death.

28. Good Quotes for Life
3RD JOURNAL ENTRY:
“A Quote For My Life ATM”

29. While we grow in the society, how will
we learn the culture of that society we
are in?

30. Socialization (or enculturation) is a
lifelong process of learning, teaching,
internalizing, and living the culture of
a society.

31. Status and roles are other things
that a person will learn that will
affect his or her “self”.

32. Status is our position in a
society or a particular group.
It is also a distinguishing title
relative to other members of a
group one belongs in.

33. Ascribed status: inherited or given
at birth
Ex: being a prince
Achieved status: personally
acquired for achieving something
Ex: being elected as president

34. Each position or title (status) have
expected roles or parts to play.
Included in our roles are expected
behaviors, norms, values, and
attitudes.

36. • George Herbert Mead claimed that
the self is created, developed, and
changed through human interaction.
• The self and identity are social
products. (3 reasons why)

37. 1. The “self” did not just come out of
thin air. Our sociocultural context
affected who we are, even most of
the choices we think we freely
make.

38. • George Herbert Mead claimed that
the self is created, developed, and
changed through human interaction.’
2. Whether we like to admit or not, we
actually need others to affirm and
reinforce who we think we are. We
also need them as reference points
about our identity.

39. • George Herbert Mead claimed that
the self is created, developed, and
changed through human interaction.’
3. Our notion of what is personally
important to us is also influenced by
the current trends of what is
important in our society

40. Social interaction and group
affiliation, therefore, are vital forces
in creating our self-concept,
especially our social identity or our
perception of who we are based on
our membership to certain groups.

41. Clifford James Geertz (1926-2006)
looks at culture as a collection of
symbols with meanings, and these
meanings are made,
communicated, and negotiated by
each person to make sense of their
lives and interactions.

42. Which of the descriptions you made
about yourself are socially influenced?

43. Which can you say were your own
choices?

44. • Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) & Margaret
Mead (1901-1978)
• They argued that the personality or the
self is dependent on the cultural
practices and socialization process of a
certain group.
• Thus, studying a person’s personality
can provide us an idea of his or her
cultural background and social
upbringing and vice versa.

45. • Ruth Benedict concluded that personal
development , especially gender roles
and traits, is not actually based on
biological traits.
• Most of these roles are based on
cultural expectations.

46. So, wala kang choice but to follow?

47. Social institutions are organized to address the needs of a society
and they have a profound effect on our concept of “self.”

48. • The most basic social institution of a
society that organizes us based on
our familial ties.
 Consanguineal
 Marriage
 Social
• The family is a miniature society
where you first learn to relate in
the outside world.

49. • It ensures that everyone gets a fair
share of goods or that a person in
need will get the service he/she
needs in order to address a
necessity.

50. • This is usually composed of various
organizations ensuring peace and
order by legitimizing the use of
power of certain people or groups.

51. • The basic function of schools is to
ensure that the knowledge of the
past and the culture of the society
gets transmitted from one generation
to the other.
• It safeguards continuity or brings
about changes to the other social
insitutions.

52. • This is an organized set of practices,
symbols, and artifacts regarding the
belief of the supernatural.
• There are several reasons why
people believe in the supernatural;
a. explanation of the unexplainable
b. meaning and purpose of life
c. continuity of relationship with the
people that we care about even
after death among others.

53. The self, or our identity, is a result of the interaction and discourse
between a person and the society. We are introduced and socialized
into our groups, teaching us all the status, roles, values, and norms
that we need to live in this society which became a part of our
description of ourselves.
In return, the way we collectively live, express, and recreate this
imbibed culture reinforces and transforms our society and culture.

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