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RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig

WEEK NO. 6

MODULE NO.5: Culture and Moral Behavior

Topic Presentation

Society and Culture


Are society and culture distinct or the same…how are they related?
Wherever there are human beings there will be society. This is because
society is composed of groups of people, and where there is society, there is
culture, as produced by humans in a society.

What is culture and how is it formed?


Culture is a complex combination of beliefs, customs, morals, habits and other
capabilities acquired by man as members of society. Anything created by man
as part of society is part of culture.
Example. The way we eat and talk, the customs and traditions we develop
as a group, our responses to certain events, our habits and way of life are all
part of culture. Like, saying “Po”, “opo”, eating with our hands, Flores de
Mayo, Chirstmas season that starts in September, etc.

Culture is created by man in the process of interaction in a society. However,


once culture is formed, it takes a life of its own and influence its creator, the
human beings, to the extent that it greatly determines our behavior. So the
culture we develop through human interaction, does not only affect us, but
largely dictates how and why we behave in certain ways. Then, the social
norms or moral standards are established and become part of who we are.
To certain extent, our moral behavior, values and basic habits come from our
culture.

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RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig

Two Types of Culture:


Material Culture - includes every physical objects that society produces –
like tools, artworks, buildings, toys, car, computers, cellphones, houses, etc.
Non-Material Culture – refers to language, moral values, laws or rules,
knowledge, traditions, and other non-physical concepts within society.

How does Culture Affect Moral Behavior?


Are you a product of nature or nurture?
We are all born into a culture not of our own choosing….how and what
influence our behavior? Are we shaped by our natural genes or by our
environment where we live?
Our culture, in case you have not noticed, change and develop all around, all
the time. How are we affected by these changes in the process? Below are
some basic principles involved in cultural changes.

1. Enculturation – is the process of learning from birth until death, all the
components of life in one’s culture. Mainly, everything we absorb from
infancy, as our parents teach us, and what we observe growing up along
the way.
Example: how we eat, talk, dress, relate to others, our way of life.

2. Inculturation – making the Gospel take root in a culture and is transformed


as culture is introduced to Christianity. This is definitely a term used in
evangelization where a culture is change by spreading the truth of the
Gospel.
Example: Missionary effort done by the Spain and America in
spreading Christianity in the Philippines.

3. Acculturation – is the acquisition of new traits from another culture without


losing the older culture.
Example: OFWs acquiring the way of life in the country where they
work while not forgetting their own culture as Filipinos, but combining the two
cultures together.

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Reference

Corpuz, R., & Corpuz, B. (2020). Ethics. Lorimar Publishing Inc.

Rael, F. & Pacer, J. (2014). Introduction to Sociology. Mutya Publishing House Inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Adjt2arpEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWV6rV75sYQ

Prepared by Msunga – October 20, 2021

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