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Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

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TEACHERS REFERENCE GUIDE

STUDENT LEARNING MANUAL

Prepared by
Headwaters College – Elizabeth Campus
Academic Department

July 2020

Week 4

CHAPTER 3

TOPIC: Becoming a Member of the Society

Scope: 1.1. Identity and Personality Formation


1.2. Social Process
1.3. Social Control, Conformity and Deviance
1.4. Human dignity, Rights and Common Good
Chapter 3- Becoming a Member of the Society
Lesson 1- Identity and personality formation
Society plays role in the formation of your interest, the same way that you have played a role in forming
the interest of another person if you have influenced him/her to like your favorite program. This social
phenomenon is called Socialization. Hunt (1982) says that it primarily consistis of processes and
techniques observed by members of society towards an "acceptable, proper and desirable way of
living" and occurs through social interaction and transmission of culture in a particular group.
Personality vs. Identity
People often mistakes personality and Identity as same entities. The two may be similar in nature since
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both of them can be changed and/or adapted continually, but they differ in context.
Personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and characteristics that give both consistency and
individuality to a person's behavior.
Identity is external representation on individuals existence, that Society address to an individual.
Contextually, identity and personality are different. However, both of them are melded and affected by
several factors, with culture and society topping the bar. In this sense, the root of one's identity and
personality can be traced down to his/her Socialization.
Determinants of Personality Formation
1. Biological Inheritance ( Nature)- Whether a person like it or not, the genetic characteristics of one's
parents have something to do with his/her personality.
2. Environment (Nurture)- environment can also influence personality formation and development.
A. Geographic environment - Location, climate, topography and natural resources in one's society are
all parts of his/her environment. Diifferences in personality are found among individuals living in
different locations with different climate and topography.
B. Cultural Environment- Cultural environment refers to the learned ways of living - the norms, values
and beliefs one gets accustomed to in a society.
C. Social Environment- interaction happens in a particular group are all parts of a persons social
environment. One's social role is also a contributing factor in developing one's personality.
Culture and Personal
Significant members of anthropologist such as Franz Broaz (1930 , Et Al) argued that among the
determinants that affects one's personality, cultural environment is the main factor that determine the
human behavior, they Believed that one's personality development is a result of him/her learning
his/her culture.
For these anthropologist, Culture has a deep and permanent effect On the individual, especially if the
culture has been imbibed since his/her childhood.
Status and Roles
Social roles - being a teacher, student and parent.
Status- defined as a person's position in a social system.
Ascribed Status- Race, gender, family membership.
Complementary Status- pairs expected to behave in different but compatible ways.
Symmetric Status- friends, enemies and neighbors.

Lesson 2- Social Process


Enculturation
One of the basic social process that happen within a family is Enculturation.
When parent teach their children about values, norms, traditions and other aspects of their culture,
Enculturation happens. This social process is defined as the manner by which a person learns or adopts
the culture followed by his/her co-members is a society.
Acculturation and Assimilation
The process in which a person adapts to the influence of another culture by borrowing many of it's
aspects is known as acculturation. For Americans soldier geologist John Wesley Powell (First who coined
the name Acculturation). Refers to a Psychological changes stimulated by cross cultural imitation.
Acculturation occurs most vividly when two societies / groups / Individuals are interacting directly. For
instance, many Filipino believe in the Philosophy of a Feng shui. Even non-chinese natives follow certain
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Feng Shui values, making the philosophy part of their homes.


The manifestation of Acculturation is more noticeable on social media, example Maine Mendoza better
known as Yayadub, was popularized because of her "dubs" or dubbed videos in the app Dubsmash. The
app was originally rampant in the United States but soon proliferated in the Philippines through social
media.
Similar to Acculturation is Assimilation. However, these two social processes differ in terms of the
person's adaptation level.
If Acculturation implies immersion in another culture while maintaining one's another mother culture,
Assimilation denotes complete or almost total adaptation of the minor culture to minor one. In
Assimilation an individual learns a new cultur, tending lose entirely his/her previously held cultural
identity.
Cooperation
Sociologist F.E Merrill and HW Eldredge (1965) defined cooperation as "a form of social interaction
wherein two or more person work together for a common end or purpose"
Panopio and Raymundo stated, it is a central feature of social life.
Differentiation
Shimuel Eisenstadt (1971) defined differentiation as the ways through which major social spheres
become disconnected in order to focus on specialized roles and create a strong organizational
framework.
Is the process of designating each member of society with particular functions roles intended for the
society to achieve stability and order, thus the increase number of social units.
Amalgamation
It happens when two families or groups become one through formal union, such as marriage. It
promotes Acculturation and assimilation.
Stratification
The hierarchical arrangement and establishment of social categories that may evolve into social groups
is called social stratification. In the light of social process, it can be regarded as the division of society
into social categories that in turn develop social groups. It is mainly based in wealth and income
differences.
Conflict and competition
Conflict and competition are two social processes that are interchangeably used, since both suggest
vying for a particular resources
Conflict
Sociologist Lewis Coder (1956) conflict as "a struggle over values and claims to scarce status, power,
and resource." Conflict manifest in different forms and levels. There are intrapersonal, interpersonal,
intergroup and intragroup conflicts.
Competition
On the hand, suggest the struggle between two or more person's or groups that can be translated to
Innovation in the long run.

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