Professional Documents
Culture Documents
and CULTURE
Compiled by: Dr. Ocon
Objectives
At the end of the class the learners will be able to:
Etiquette
Social and Official Life Public Behavior
Different Perspectives
Theory Ideology
Ethical Dilemma
Confusion Debate
Culture: The set of society and custom
Culture is the Centre of a society and
without culture no society can even
exist. It is the main difference between
human beings and animals. It is a
heritage transmitted from one
generation to another. It includes all the
ways and behaviors is social life. Man is
born in the environment of culture, in
which he seeks his way of behaving and
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Characteristics of Culture
• Culture is learned • Culture is integrated
• Culture is social • Culture is changing
• Culture is shared • Culture varies from society
• Culture is transmitted to society
• Culture is continuous • Culture is responsive
• Culture is accumulative • Culture is gratifying
• Culture is learned • Linked with society
Elements of Culture
Deep Culture
(Difficult to see) Values, ethics, tastes,
Deep attitudes, desires,
assumptions, expectations,
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The Three Layers of Culture of Dennis O'Neil
The Malays
The basic component of Filipino culture is the
Malay temperament which could best be described
by “niceness and pleasantness” to others rather
than by virtue of law abiding features. In its
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Cultural Dualism
This theory maintains that the Philippines is a transitional
society dominated on one side by the traditional culture
and on the other side by the modern culture. The norms
and values of these two forces inevitably oppose each
other leading to conflicts in the life of individual. Because
of the conflict brought by the various foreign influences
into the Philippines, the Filipinos have to engage into a
selective integration and modification of foreign
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Belief System
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Good is considered relative. What is considered good to one may
not be good to another. Happiness and success differ from one
person to another. Elders, parents, and superiors are respected
and obeyed. Hospitality is one practice Filipinos believe in
because it is their way of implementing threw golden rule: “Do
unto others what you want others do unto you”.
Value System
Ethics and Culture. (2014, May 6). Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/ShahebAnik1/4‐ethics‐and‐culture
Human Culture: What is Culture? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/culture/culture_1.htm
General Introduction to Culture. (2017, December 5). Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/pradheepxing/general‐introduction‐to‐culture
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society and culture_ the filipino values and culture. (2011, August 23). Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/mhaee/society‐and‐culture‐
the‐filipino‐values‐and‐culture
What is Culture, Definition, Features & Characteristics of Culture. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.studylecturenotes.com/social‐
sciences/sociology/112‐what‐is‐culture‐