UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY

AND POLITICS
BY: EVERDINA I. GILTENDEZ, LPT
 E AR N IN G C O M P E T E N C I E S :
L SITY AND AN OP ENNE SS TO EX PL ORE THE
A T E S CURIO
D E MO NST R
D YN A M IC S O F C U LT U RE AND SO C IE TY A ND P OLI T IC AL
ORIGINS AND
S. (U C SP 1 1/1 2S P U -I A-2 )
IDENTITIE RO U GH
E H A V IOR A ND C UL T U RE TH
LIN K BE T W EE N B
TRACE T TION AND ANALYSIS.
HE
OBSERVA
VIDEO ON CULTURE & SOCIETY BITS & PIECES
 STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS:

•THEWAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES—OR SHOULD WE SAY,

THE WAY WE ARE BEING STEERED TO LIVE OUR LIVES-
PRESUPPOSES OMNIPOTENT FORCES SHAPING THE
VERY FABRIC OF OUR EXISTENCE.
 STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS:

•THE CATEGORIES THAT WE POSSESS AS INDIVIDUALS-

LABELS THAT ARE ASCRIBED OR GIVEN TO US
INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY—ARE A TESTAMENT
TO THE OPERATION OF THESE FORCES W/C LEAVE US
UNSUSPECTING OF THEIR INTRUSIVE AND PUNITIVE
IMPLICATIONS IN OUR LIVES.
 STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS:

•OUR CATEGORIES AS MALE / FEMALE, RICH / POOR,

TALL/SHORT, AND EVEN THE PROBLEMATIC EFFECT OF
THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN ARE EVIDENCES OF THE
OPERATION OF THESE SOCIAL FORCES.
 STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS:

•OUR SOCIALITY IS DEFINED BY THE VERY CATEGORIES

THAT WE POSSESS, THE CATEGORIES ASSIGNED TO US
BY SOCIETY AT LARGE. THESE ‘LABELS’ SO TO SPEAK,
FUNCTION AS TAGS WITH WHICH OUR SOCIETY READ
OUR WORTH AND VALUE.
•IN SHORT, THE TOTALITY OF OUR SOCIALITY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR US.
 SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENON

•THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

SITUATION UNLIKE OTHER SITUATIONS. WE
PERSONALLY ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING
THINGS, BEHAVING, AND MAKING SENSE OF EVENTS.
 SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENON

•OBSERVING THEM, WE CANNOT HELP BUT ASK: WHY

DO PEOPLE DO SUCH A THING? WHAT MAKES IT
NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE TO SOME PEOPLE IN SOME
PLACES AND UNACCEPTABLE TO OTHERS IN OTHER
PLACES?
 SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENON

•THESE QUESTIONS ARE TRIGGERED BY OUR HABIT OF

LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE’S WORLDS AS WE LOOK
AT OUR OWN.
 LET’S CON S ID ER T H E
FOLL OW I NG S I TU A TI ON S
ARE YOU READY?
 SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENON
SITUATION BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENA
1. Gary graduated a year ago. Despite being blessed with istambay
several job offers, he chose to remain jobless and hang
around with his barkada. Together they love to istambay
in the town plaza especially at night.
2. As a businessman, Mang Leo is used to giving ‘padulas’ lagay
(or lagay) to his main suppliers in order to expedite his
business transactions with them.
3. Members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church are Food taboos
strongly prohibited from eating pork and food with blood,
as well as from smoking and drinking alcoholic
beverages.
 SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENON
SITUATION BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENA
4. Darius is openly gay. He lives with his partner Garner. Same-sex partnership
He and Garner are both college professors in the local
city college.
5. If grades were to be the basis of Rusty’s standing in his Use of a go-between Padrino
economics class, he would surely fail the course.
However, he was given a passing grade by his economics
teacher, who happened to be a childhood friend of his
mother.
 LET’S ASS E SS Y O U R
P ER SP E C TIV E S / V I EW S
Z
BY: EVERDINA I. GILTENDE
 LET’S DO SOME FAST TALK!!!

1. PEOPLE OR ALONE?
2. HOUSE OR HOME?

3. LONG Road OR SHORT Road?

LET’S DO THE BUSINESS FAST TALK!!!

4. WORK OR LUCK?
5. TIME OR MONEY?

6. RISK OR SAFETY?
LET’S DO THE BUSINESS FAST TALK!!!

7. BLANKET OR JACKET?
8. PRESENT OR PAST?

9. ZIPPER OR CAN OPENER?

10. DULL OR COLORFUL?
 VALUES AND BELIEFS AS BEHAVIOR MOTIVES

IN THE VARIOUS SITUATIONS, IT CAN BE

OBSERVED THAT HUMAN BEHAVIOR,
WHETHER INDIVIDUAL OR COLLECTIVE, ARE
PROPELLED BY POWERFUL MOTIVATORS.
 VALUES AND BELIEFS AS BEHAVIOR MOTIVES

VALUES ARE A PERSON’S OR A

COLLECTIVITY’S PRINCIPLES OR STANDARDS
OF BEHAVIOR AND ARE CONSIDERED AS
JUDGMENT OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
 VALUES AND BELIEFS AS BEHAVIOR MOTIVES
BELIEF IS SOMETHING ONE ACCEPTS AS TRUE OR REAL. MORE
OFTEN THAN NOT, BELIEF TAKES THE FORM OF FIRMLY HELD
OPINION OR CONVICTION REGARDLESS OF THE LACK OF
VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE. IT MAY BE BASED ON TRADITION, FAITH,
EXPERIENCE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OR SOME COMBINATION OF
THESE. BOTH ARE COMMONLY SHARED BY A PARTICULAR
CULTURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOD BLESS US ALL !!

•THE END :=))