Becoming a Member of

Society
LPO1: Mindful, Self-directed LEARNERS and ROLE MODELS
I am a mindful, self-directed learner and role model, consciously
expressing my Faith.

LPO5: Caring, Committed ADVOCATES for Peace and Universal Well-Being

I am a caring, committed advocate for peace and universal well-being,
impelled by compassion and charity for all.

You will search voluntarily beyond readily available sources of information,

resources, and standard techniques to analyze aspects of social organization
to generate new understandings towards workable solutions to existing
problems
Enculturation and Socialization
• Learning slang
• Children’s basic personality is formed with their first three years
of life.
• Learning on how to behave in certain situations by watching
televisions.
• Observing models in magazines, which teaches you to value
thinness.
• Observing how friends talk to each other to learn the acceptable
language.
• Family gathering
• Always respect your teacher.
Becoming a Member of
Society
 What is
Enculturation and
Socialization
Enculturation and
Socialization
• Enculturation is the process by which a person
adapts the behavior patterns of the culture he lives
in.

• Socialization is the lifelong learning process of social

interaction through which individuals acquire a self
identity and the physical, mental and social skills
needed for survival in society.
Enculturation and
Socialization
• Identity formation
• Norms and Values
• Statuses and Roles
Identity
• The qualities, behavior, values, beliefs, personality,
looks and/or expressions that make a person.

• It is a flexible and can therefore change according to

situations and circumstances.
What are the factors that
contribute to change our
identity?
• Environment • From societies,
• Context groups or other
identity that
• Expectations interacts with.
Identity formation: three major
perspectives
Identity
Theory

Personal
Social
Identity
Identity Theory
Identity formation: three major
perspectives
Identity Theory
• roles assigned to individuals.
• Status and Roles
• Is the set of norms, values, behaviors and personal
characteristics attached to a status.
• Status – ascribed and achieved
• Ascribed Status : fixed for an individual at birth.
• Achieved Status – those which the individual
acquires during his or her lifetime because of the
exercise of knowledge, ability and skills and/or
perseverance.
Identity formation: three major
perspectives
Identity Theory
• Role Conflict
• Stems out from the challenging and opposing pressures
of two or more roles that struggle for our time and
attention.
Identity formation: three major
perspectives
Social Identity Theory
• Group membership and acceptance by the group.

Personal Identity Theory

• Personal characteristics of an individual.
Sense of self

• Who am I?
• How good am I as a person?
• Do I really know my self?
Sense of self

• Personality
• Characteristics of a
person arising from the
interaction.
Sense of self
• Factors Influencing Sense of
Self:
• Past behaviors and
achievements and/or
failures.
• Family (parents and
siblings)
• One’s perception about his
own worthiness and
accomplishment in
comparison to other.
Sense of self
• Who or what controls your
life?
• External forces
• Internal forces
Sense of self
Who or what
controls your life?

Internal Forces

External Forces
Sense of self
• Who gave your name?
• Does your name have a
meaning?
• Have other people ever
called you something
different?
Sense of self
• What it feels like to be called
names we don’t like?
• Why we should not make fun
of peoples names?
• What we can do to stop
name-calling?
FINALS NO.1 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
• In your activity notebook
complete the following
statements:
• What I feel about my
name? I feel . . . . .
• Other names I like being
called are .. ... Because….
• When people call me bad
names I feel …..
Because….
Cultural Identity
• Is one’s feeling of identity or affiliation
with a group or culture.
Ethnic Identity
• The Identification with a certain ethnicity, usually on
the basis of a presumed common genealogy or
ancestry
National Identity
Is an ethical and
philosophical
concept whereby all
humans divided
into groups called
nation.
Religious Identity
• Is the set of beliefs
and practices
generally held by an
individual involving
adherence to
codified beliefs and
rituals
Remember:
“A good name is
better than
precious
ointment, and
the day of death
than the day of
birth.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1