Republika ng Pilipinas

Kagawaran ng Edukasyon
Rehiyon XI
SANGAY NG LUNGSOD NG DABAW
LUNGSOD NG DABAW
MAPULA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. Mapula, Paquibato Dist., Davao City
 

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

QUARTER 1

Name of Student: ________________________________ Grade: 12_Section: Faith Date: _________________

Subject Teacher: Mr. James Philip L. Sanchez Activity Sheet No.: ___2___
Subject: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Characteristics of Culture

1. Culture as Learned
Culture is not ascribed or naturally embedded in the person’s being. It is, therefore, not
inherent or inborn. It is instead acquired. But to acquire culture one should have the power of
reason because you have to learn it to acquire it and to learn the reason. Hence, culture is only
proper and suitable to rational beings like a human person.

2. Culture as Normative
As normative, culture guides people to do things in conformity with the people’s
accepted norms which they use to regulate their ways. Should there be no norms in society to
comply, people would result in doing things unmindful or indifferent to his fellow who may
bring an immensity of confusion and complication, worse, anarchy and chaos.

In the absence of norms or to be exact, in the absence of culture, everything becomes

disoriented, disorderly or confused about what to do or what not to do. Both written and
unwritten norms are, therefore, necessary to regulate or guide human ways and behavior.

Worse, if there are no norms to follow, everything might result to grim scenarios we all
abhor to happen.

3. Culture as Cumulative
It is cumulative, transmitted within groups and across generations, and varies within
and between populations. Cumulative culture is a process by which innovations are
progressively incorporated into a population’s stock of skills and knowledge, generating more
complex repertoires. Cumulative culture requires psychological adaptations that ensure the
high-fidelity transmission of knowledge, skills, and practices. However, innovation is also
necessary to ensure cultural and individual adaptation to novel and changing challenges.

4.Culture as Adaptive
As a being-in-the-world, a person lives in a given time and place. He lives in a
geographical setting. This geographical setting includes all that are found in the world such as
land, seas, mountains, forests, weather and the like. Culture adapts itself to and around its
 geographical setting. How culture is formed and assimilated by the people largely depends on
the environment where it is situated. Hence, culture can be characterized to be adaptive.

5.Culture as Diverse
Culture is different since there are various social structures, beliefs, values and other
practices that people use in adapting to given situation. There are several factors that
contribute to cultural diversity not just in different countries but also among the various
regions located within the country itself as the Philippines. The geographical setting of
inhabitants living in the mountainous area like Benguet or Mountain Province of the Cordillera
Region may be a factor that differentiates the culture of the people living in coastal areas.

Activity:
Instructions: Answer the question below. You may write your answer on the space provided or on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. How does technology affect culture?

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