SOCIETY AND POLITICS

(Social and Cultural Backgrounds)

 Diversity

The practice or quality of including or

involving people from a range of different
social and ethnic backgrounds. Differences
from gender, age, physical charcteristics,
potentials, skills, learning styles,
intelligences, sexual orientations, etc.
Different Cultural Backgrounds

1. Race refers to a group of people who

shared biologically transmitted traits
that are obvious and considered
important. Skin color is an important
trait in identifying the race of a person.
 Who are the first people of the Philippines?

The original peoples were largely Malay and Indonesian

tribes. But Negrito groups were the first inhabitants to
settle in the prehistoric Philippines by around 3000 BC.
2. Ethnicity refers to a shared cultural
heritage like being that of the Jewish
group of people.

3. Citizenship refers to the legal status

conferred by states upon individuals in
a national political community.
4. Social Status is the level by which a
person is grouped in accoradance to his
wealth, material possesions, power and
authority, and prestige in the society.
5. Religion consists of the beliefs,
values and practices that a person
considers to be sacred or spiritually
significant.

First religion in the Philippines was

Anitism or Bathalism. But as we all
know, Christianity was first introduced
in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan.
Activity 1: I am SPECIAL!

“I am unique. You are also unique! Let’s celebrate

differences!”

Draw a symbol of yourself. Explain the characteristic of

that symbol and tell why you closely associate yourself
with that object.

Look on Page 5
Social, Political,
and
Cultural Behavior
Social behavior is most simply defined as
that of groups of individuals of the same or
different species that cooperate with one
another. It is the way people interact with
and influence other individuals.
Examples:

1. Following social system such as traffic

rules that leads to social or road
order.
2. Making eye contact with people
during conversation.
3. Asking permission in class.
Political behavior is the subset of
human behavior that involves politics
and power. It can be legitimate political
participation or illegitimate political
activities.
Examples:

1. Voting in elections (legitimate)

2. coup d’état or terrorism

(illegitimate)
Cultural behavior is behavior exhibited
by humans that is extrasomatic or
extragenetic. In other words an
innovation of a learned behaviors.

Extrasomatic is an adaptation like writing

a new program to perform the task better,
without having to build a new hardware.
Examples:

1. Respect for elders or family values

(pagmamano, using po and opo)

2. religion (angelus, novena),

3. tradition (folksongs) and etc.

 Activity 2 (on page 9)
1. Analize the following pictures.
Describe the different behaviors of the
people.

2. Aside from the examples and pictures

given, cite one more example of social,
political and cultural behavior.
 Social, Political
and
Cultural Changes
Functionalism
Culture is an interrelated whole, not a collection of
isolated traits. Like a human being has various organs
that are interconnected and necessary for the body to
function correctly, so society is a system of
interconnected parts that make the whole function
efficiently

Conlfict Theory
It states that society and culture are inherently
unequal. Power is unequally distributed between
social groups depending on factors such as class,
gender, race, and age.
Branches of Society:
Anthropology,
Political Science
and Sociology
The systematic study of humanity,
with the goal of understanding our
evolutionary origins, our
distinctiveness as a species, and the
great diversity in our forms of social
existence across the world and through
time.
2. Political Science
It is the study of politics and power from
domestic, international, and comparative
perspectives. It entails understanding
political ideas, ideologies, institutions,
policies, processes, and behavior, as well as
groups, classes, government, diplomacy, law,
strategy, and war.
3. Sociology
 Examples:

1. Gender and Sexuality

2. Social Classes
3. Beliefs etc.