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Lesson 2 - The Concept of Society

The document defines society and culture, and their key elements and functions. It discusses that a society is a group of people who live together in a defined territory and share common interactions, culture, and sense of belonging. Culture encompasses the symbols, norms, values, and patterns of interaction that are commonly shared within a society. The major functions of society include socialization, meeting basic needs, regulating behavior, and providing social participation and mutual support.

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Lesson 2 - The Concept of Society

The document defines society and culture, and their key elements and functions. It discusses that a society is a group of people who live together in a defined territory and share common interactions, culture, and sense of belonging. Culture encompasses the symbols, norms, values, and patterns of interaction that are commonly shared within a society. The major functions of society include socialization, meeting basic needs, regulating behavior, and providing social participation and mutual support.

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The Concept

of
Society
SOCIETY
● Is derived from the Latin word “societas”, which means
companion or associate.
● According to sociologists, a society is a group of people
with common territory, interaction, and culture.
● A group of people living together in a definite territory,
● Having a sense of belongingness, mutually
interdependent of each other, and follow a certain way of
life.
2 DEFINITIONS OF
SOCIETY
FUNCTION
1 AL DEFINITION
STRUCTUR
2 AL DEFINITION
FUNCTIONAL
DEFINITION
society is defined as a complex of groups
in reciprocal relationships, interacting upon
one another, enabling human organisms to
carry on their life-activities and helping
each person to fulfill his wishes and
accomplish his interests in association with
his fellows.
STRUCTURAL
DEFINITION
From the structural point of view,
society is the total social heritage of
folkways, mores and institutions; of
habits, sentiments and ideals.
WHY DO
PEOPLE
LIVE
TOGETHER
AS A
SOCIETY?
SURVIVAL
 No man is an island.
 No man can live alone.
 From birth to death, man
always depends upon his
parents and from others.
The care, support, and
protection given by them
are important factors for
survival
FEELING OF
GREGARIOUSNESS
 This is the desire of people to
be with other people,
especially of their own culture.
People flock together for
emotional warmth and
belongingness.
 The more the person is needy,
the more he craves sympathy
and understanding from
SPECIALIZATION
 Teachers, businessmen,
students, physicians, nurses,
lawyers, pharmacists, and
other professionals organize
themselves into societies or
associations to promote and
protect their own professions
CHARACTERIS
TICS OF
SOCIETY
SOCIAL SYSTEM
A social system consists of individuals
interacting with each other. A system
consists of sub-parts whereby a change
in one part affects the other parts.
Thus, a change in one group of
individuals will affect the stability of
the other parts of the system.
IT IS RELATIVELY
LARGE
The people must be socially
integrated to be considered
relatively large than if the people
are individually scattered. Thus, the
people in a family, clan, tribe,
neighborhood, community are
socially integrated to be relatively
large in scope.
IT SOCIALIZES ITS AND THOSE FROM
WITHOUT
Since most of society’s members are
born to it, they are taught the basic
norms and expectations. Those who
come from other societies, before
being accepted as functioning
members, are socialized and taught the
basic norms and expectations of the
society.
IT ENDURES, PRODUCES AND SUSTAINS ITS
MEMBERS FOR GENERATIONS
 For society to survive, it
must have the ability to
produce, endure and sustain
its new members for at least
several generations.
IT HOLDS ITS MEMBERS THROUGH A COMMON
CULTURE

The individuals in a society are held


together because that society has
symbols, norms, values, patterns of
interaction, vision and mission that are
commonly shared by the members of
such society
IT HAS CLEARLY-DEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL
TERRITORY

The members in a society


must live in a certain
specific habitat or place
and have a common
belongingness and sense
of purpose.
MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIETY
 It provides a system of socialization.
 It provides the basic needs of its members.
 It regulates and control people’s behavior.
 It provides the means of social participations.
 It provides mutual support to the members.
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE

 Symbols  Values
 Language  Beliefs
 Technology  Norms
TYPES OF NORMS

PROSCRIPTI PRESCRIPTIV
VE E
Defines and Defines and
tells us things tells us things
not to do. to do.
FORMS OF NORMS
FOLKWA
MORES LAWS
YS
Are also known as Are strict norms that Are controlled ethics and
customs. control moral and ethical they are morally agreed,
behavior. written down and
They are the forms of
norms for everyday enforced by an official
behavior that people They are based on law enforcement agency.
follow for the sake of definition of right or
tradition or convenience. wrong. Breaking these laws
usually have serious
Breaking them usually
consequences.
do not have serious
consequences.
2 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

 MATERIAL CULTURE

 NON-MATERIAL
CULTURE
2 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

MATERIAL CULTURE
- Consists of tangible things.
Examples:
- homes, churches, mosques, temples,
goods, products, tools etc.
2 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
- Consists of intangible things.
Examples:
- values, rules, norms, morals, language,
beliefs, etc.
MODES OF ACQUIRING
CULTURE

 IMITATION
 INDOCTRINATION/SUGGESTION
 CONDITIONING
IMITATION

 Children and adults alike have the


tendency to imitate the values,
attitudes, language and all other things
in their social environment.
INDOCTRINATION/
SUGGESTION
 This may take in the form of formal
training or informal teaching.

Formal – the person learns from school.


Informal – they may acquire those behaviors from listening, watching,
reading and trainings.
CONDITIONING

 The values, beliefs and attitudes of


other people are acquired through
reinforcing reward and punishment.
ADAPTATION OF CULTURE
• Parallelism
• Diffusion
• Convergence
• Fission
• Acculturation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation
PARALLELISM
 Means that the same culture may take place in two or more
different places.

DIFFUSION
 Refers to those behavioral patterns that pass back and forth
from one culture to another.
CONVERGENCE
 Takes place when two or more cultures are fused or merged
into one culture and start developing a culture of their own.

FISSION
 Takes place when people break away from their original
culture and start developing a different culture of their own.
ACCULTURATION
 Refers to when an individual incorporate the behavioral
patterns of other cultures into their own culture voluntarily or
by force.

ASSIMILATION
 Occurs when the culture of the larger society is adopted by a
smaller society.
ACCOMMODATION
 Occurs when the larger society and smaller society can
respect and tolerate each other’s culture even if there is
already a prolonged contact of each other’s culture.
CAUSES OF CULTURAL CHANGE

 Discovery  Colonization
 Invention  Rebellion and
 Diffusion Revolutionary
DISCOVERY

 Is the process of finding a


new place or an object.
INVENTION

 Implies a creative mental


process of devising, creating
and producing something
new.
DIFFUSION

 Refers to those
behavioral patterns that
pass back and forth from
one culture to another.
COLONIZATION

 Refers to the political and


social policy of establishing a
colony which would be subject
to the rule or governance of the
colonizing state.
REBELLION/REVOLUTIONARY

 Movements to aim to change the


whole social order and replace the
leadership.
 The challenge the existing folkways
and mores, and propose a new
scheme of norms, values and
organization.
ACTIVITY
Directions: Complete the graphic organizers below by providing what is asked
in each item. (1 whole)
WHAT IS YOUR OWN DEFINITION OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE
SOCIETY CULTURE
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR OWN SOCIETY
AND CULTURE AS A FILIPINO STUDENT?

Importance Importance
of my Society of my Culture
ASSIGNMENT

Answer the following questions briefly but substantially.


1. How are society and culture interlinked with one another?
2. Why is culture important in our society?
3. How does our culture play a role in our functions in the society?

Exceeded the Satisfactorily met all Came close to meeting Did not meet the
expectations expectations the expectations expectations
(3) (2) (1) (0)

Details and Content

Reflect personal
thoughts/knowledge/le
arning

Mechanics/Grammar

Conclusion

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