Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

GRADE 11

Quarter : 1 Week : 5 Day : 1 Activity No. : 17

Competency: : Explain the context, content, processes and consequences of
socialization.
Objective : Define socialization and enculturation.
Identify processes of enculturation and socialization.
Topic : Socialization and Enculturation
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by: G.M. Lanusa and
S.S. Raymundo) pages(196) (Non-DepEd)
2. Internet : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/enculturation-Socialization

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CONCEPT NOTES

Culture is not a matter of race. It is learned, not carried in our genes. It is expressed
basically through symbols and language system. Therefore, members of society or community
learn their culture through symbolic gesture and language. Cultural practices as transmitted by
society through Enculturation.

Enculturation is the process by which people learn the dynamics of their

surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture and
worldviews.

Enculturation is the process where the culture that is currently established teaches an
individual the accepted norms and values of the culture or society where the individual lives. The
individual can become an accepted member and fulfill the needed functions and roles of the
group. Most importantly the individual knows and establishes a context of boundaries and
accepted behavior that dictates what is acceptable and not acceptable within the framework of
that society. It teaches the individual their role within society as well as what is accepted
behavior within that society and lifestyle (Conrad Phillip Kottak (in Window on Humanity).

Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.

Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social
and cultural continuity are attained. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to
survive.Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life
course and is a central influence on the behaviour, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of
children.

ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions:

1. Compare both enculturation and socialization in the process of transmitting practices and
norms.
2. How does enculturation and socialization affect in developing human behavior?
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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Quarter : 1 Week : 5 Day : 2 Activity No. : 18

Competency: : Explain the context, content, processes and consequences of
socialization.
Objective : Understand the roles of families and peer groups in socialization.
Identify the agents of socialization.
Topic : Agents of Socialization
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by: G.M. Lanusa and
S.S. Raymundo) pages(167-168) (Non-DepEd)
2. Internet : https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology
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CONCEPT NOTES
Two types of Socialization
Primary Socialization refers to the molding of members according to the norms and rules of the
group while Secondary Socialization the individual uses what he or she has learned from
primary socialization and uses it to circumvent the rules of society for his or her advantage.
Agents of Socialization -These refers to the various social groups or social institutions that play
a significant role in introducing and integrating the individual as an accepted and functioning
member of society (Banaag, 2019 p.138)
 Mass Media - distribute impersonal information to a wide audience, via television,
newspapers, radio, and the Internet. People learn about objects of material culture (like
new technology and transportation options), as well as nonmaterial culture—what is true
(beliefs), what is important (values), and what is expected (norms).
 Family - is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and
grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs
to know.
 Institutional Agents (School, Work Etc.)- teach people how to behave in and navigate
these systems.
 Peer Group-  is made up of people who are similar in age and social status and who
share interests. Peer group socialization begins in the earliest years. Peer groups are
important to adolescents in a new way, as they begin to develop an identity separate from
their parents and exert independence. Peer groups provide adolescents’ first major
socialization experience outside the realm of their families.
 Church - teach participants how to interact with the religion’s material culture (a prayer
or a communion wafer. Many religious institutions also uphold gender norms and
contribute to their enforcement through socialization.

The agents of socialization guide every individual in understanding what is happening in our
society. People learn to determine what is proper, right or wrong. Social norms were formed in
order to control the individual behaviour in the society. The following are forms of social norms.
ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions:

1. How did this agent of socialization affect our behavior as a human person?
2. Did families and peer groups plays vital role in socialization process? How and why?

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Quarter : 1 Week : 5 Day : 3 Activity No. : 19

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Competency: : Explain the context, content, processes and consequences of
socialization.
Objective : Identify norms and values to be observed in interacting with others in
society, and the consequences of ignoring these rules.
Topic : Conformity and Deviance
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by: G.M. Lanusa
and S.S. Raymundo) pages (167-168) (Non-DepEd)
2. UCSP 2016 by Vibal Group, Inc., page 11 (Non-DepEd)
3. . Internet : https://www.google.com/search?ei=7eMNX8XzL4HW-
Qbs_pfgBQ&q=conformity
https://www.google.com/search?ei=DuYNX93UAdb8wAOXrJuYDg&q=deviance

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CONCEPT NOTES
 Norms serve as guides or models of behavior which tell us what is appropriate or inappropriate,
right or wrong that indicate a society’s standards of propriety, morality, ethics, and legality. It is
often in the form of rules, standards, or prescriptions that are strictly followed by people who
adhere on certain conventions and perform specific roles.
 Social Role must be performed in connection with the expected behavior to achieve social goals.
Social goals - are those goals which ultimately get you involve with some social work. Simply
saying it's just getting you to help those in need. Ex. of the social goals can be: volunteering with
some organization, donating to some charity, etc.
Most Adhered Norms in the Society:
I. Norm of Appropriateness(also known as Norm of Decency) - It can be observed through
the type of clothing, manner and behavior in greeting a person, and the use of appropriate
words and gestures.
II. Norm of Conventionality- are beliefs and practices that are acceptable to certain cultures
but can be inimical to other cultures.
Example: Bagobo Tribe of Davao bury their dead within their neighborhood
CONFORMITY AND DEVIANCE
Conformity - compliance with standards, rules, or laws. It involves the acceptance of the cultural goals
and means of attaining those goals.
Deviance - describes an action or behaviour that violates social norms, including a formally enacted rule
(e.g., crime), as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores).
Types of Deviancy :
 Formal Deviance- includes actions that violate enacted laws, such as robbery, theft, graft, rape, and
other forms of criminality.
 Informal Deviance- refers to violations to social norms that are not codified into law, such as
pricking one’s nose, belching loudly, and spitting on the street, among others.

ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions:

1. Does conformity and deviance affect our social goals? Explain how.
2. What do you think will happen in a society where members observe conformity and
appropriate norms? Explain.
3. Provide atleast two sample consequences of actions fall under Formal Deviance
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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Quarter : 1 Week : 5 Day : 4 Activity No. : 20

Competency: : Explain the context, content, processes and consequences of
socialization.
Objective : Recognize ones Identity while identifying his/her social roles.
Topic : Social Roles and Identity
CONCEPT NOTES
Positioning theory – according to Harre and Langenhove (1993;Davies and Harre 2001), identity is
a product of positioning within a discourse. The act of positioning refers to the assignment of fluid
‘parts’ or ‘roles’ to speakers in a discursive construction of personal stories that make a person’s action
intelligible and relatively determinate as social acts. Example, when a teacher asks a student to stand up
and recite, the teacher is “positioning” the student to perform his or her role as a student. The student, in
return, responds by positioning himself or herself relative to the command of the teacher.
Identity designates a commonly recognized set of persons. The terms physician, school teacher,
janitor, professional athlete, and criminal all refer to recognized sets of persons. Each constitutes a social
position. But physicians, school teacher, janitor, and the like each behaves in characteristic ways.
Physicians write prescriptions, school teachers lecture in classrooms, janitors sweep up, and so forth.
Thus, each social position is said to exhibit a characteristic role. Persons who share roles are also likely
to share a common identity. Identity could also mean personal identity.
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Personal identity refers to the social classification of an individual into a category of one
(Rosenberg 1979). Your name, birth date, current status as a student, or unique student number or school
ID, belong to your personal identity. Personal identity, of course, does not arise out of nowhere. It is a
product of unique social biography of the individual. Hence, personal identity points to the continuity of
one’s life story. The person you are right now will be continuous with the person many years from now,
no matter how your physical characteristics have changed.
One’s personal identity is primarily derived from one’s position within the social field. Positions are
cluster of rights, duties, and obligations to perform specifiable kinds of acts and thus, in psychological
reality, positions exist as expectations, beliefs, and presumptions. In this view, if identity is embedded in
a tradition or community with prescribed rules and norms then to acquire an identity is to learn the
vocabularies of a particular tradition. To have an identity requires being able to re-iterate and re-cite the
linguistic resources of the community. It means being able to use the “grammar of culture” to participate
in the on-going activities of the community.
However, problems may be encountered with the roles a person takes on, too. Some roles are
difficult to perform and take great native ability or years of practice to learn. Sometimes the person is
subjected to incompatible role expectations (or role conflict) wherein he or she is required to do two or
more things that cannot all be done. Sometimes he or she suffers from role overload, when too much is
asked of the person.

ACTIVITY: Answer the following questions:

1. Give your Identity and your role in society.
2. How important is your personal role in society?
3. Having been given ones identity and role, would you be able to become a competent
member in the society?
Answer Key UCSP Week 3 Answer Key UCSP Week 4 Answer Key Summative Test I
1.F 11.T
2.T 12.T
ANSWERS MAY VARY ANSWERS MAY VARY 3.F 13.F
4.T 14.F
5.T 15.T
6.T 16.T
7.T 17.F
8.T 18.F
9.T 19.F
10.T 20F