How to begin a Report?

And be a good Reporter?

•Greetings with a smile.
• Introduce your self in your own creative way.
•Stand like a pro.
• Eye contact.
 INTRODUCTION
Before we discuss about our Topic
(Culture and Society as Anthropological
and Sociological Concepts) Lets begin it
with a quote “ Culture is the process by
which a person becomes all that they
were created capable of being”
 INTRODUCTION
Bago natin simulan ang ating
talakayin(Culture and Society as
Anthropological and Sociological
Concepts) Simulan muna natin ito sa
isang Quote “ Culture is the process by
which a person becomes all that they
were created capable of being”
So any Idea ? What is our topic
for today?
( Karon naa ba moy nahuna-hunaan kong unsa ang e-
discuss namon karon? )

( Ngayon meron ba kayong naiisip tungkol sa tatalakayin

natin ngayon?)
 Culture and Society
What is Culture? (unsa ba jud ang culture?)
 There are different ways on defining
culture and Society.
 Each definition is always associated with
man’s relationship to his environment.
 Man’s Social interaction serves as an
avenue for creating patterns of behavior
that will guide the members of society to
live in an organized and orderly manner.
 What is Culture?
Language
Working Medical
schedules Cure

Clothes
and Religion
Dresses
Culture

Food
Manners

Jokes
Folk Art
Celebrations
 Society refers to a group of people
sharing a common culture within a defined
territorial boundaries.
Likewise, every human society organized
in such a way that there are rules of
conduct, customs, traditions, folkways and
mores, and expectations that ensure
appropriate behavior among members.
Every society is unique in terms of culture.
Culture is a A product of interaction.
composite or
multifarious areas that A social heritage that is complex
comprise beliefs, and socially transmitted.
practices, values,
attitudes, laws, norms, Provides socially acceptable
patterns for meting biological
artifacts, symbols; and social needs.
knowledge, and
everything that a A distinguish factor.
person learns and
shares as a member of An established pattern of
society. Therefore , behavior.
culture is;
Cumulative

Meaningful to human beings.

Types of Culture
Culture is composed of material and non-material elements. whereas

Material culture consist of Non-material elements consist

tangible things of intangible things

Material
Culture Architectural
Ideas Non-material
Structures

Behavior,
Food Technological Gesture
Tools & Habits Language &
symbols
Fashion and
Accessories Religion
Elements of Culture
To understand culture, it is necessary to understand the
different elements that compose it.

• It refers to any information received

Knowledge and perceived to be true.

• The perception of accepted reality.

Beliefs • Reality refers to the existence of things
whether material or non-material.

• These are established expectations of

society as to how a person is supposed
Social Norms to act depending on the requirements
of the time, place, or situation.
Social Norms
 Social Norms are very important in
understanding the nature of man’s social
relationship.
In the social interaction process, each
member possesses certain expectations
about the responses and reactions of
another member.
 Forms of Social Norms
• The patterns of repetitive behavior which becomes habitual and
Folkways conventional part of living.

• The set of ethical standards and moral obligations as dedicates of

reason that is distinguishes human acts as right or wrong or good
Mores from bad.

• Anything held to be relatively worthy, important, desirable, or

valuable.
Values

• The practical application of knowledge in converting raw materials

into finished products.
Technology
Aspects of Culture
Since culture is very complex , there are important aspects
of culture that contribute to development of man’s social
interaction.

Dynamic, flexible, and adaptive

Shared and contested

Learned through socialization or

enculturation.
Patterned social interactions

Integrated and at times unstable

Transmitted to socialization

Requires language and other

forms of communication
Ethnocentrism and cultural
Relativism
 “The range of variations between culture is
almost endless and yet at the same time
cultures ensemble one another in many
important ways”-Dean Champion and his
associates
 Cultural variation is affected by man’s
geographical set-up an social experiences. –
refers to the differences in social behaviors
that different cultures exhibit arround the
world.
 2 Important Perceptions on
Cultural Variability
 What may be considered as good
etiquette in one culture, may be consider
bad etiquette in another. Like , so there are
2 Perceptions on cultural Variability
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism.
 • It is a perception that arises from the
fact that cultures, differ and each
culture defines reality differently.
Ethnocentrism • Judging another culture solely by
the values and standards of one’s
own culture.

• The attempt to judge behavior

according to it’s cultural context.
Cultural • The principle that an individuals
person’s beliefs and activities should
Relativism be understood by others in terms of
that individual’s own culture.