Understanding Society and Culture

This refers to the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.

• Culture

• Society

These consist of tangible things such as technological tools, architectural structures, fashion and accesories and food.

• Material culture

• Non-material culture

It is the perception of individual to accepted reality.

• Beliefs

• Knowledge

It is the perception of individual to accepted reality.

• Beliefs

• Knowledge

These are customary patterns of everyday life that specofy what is socially correct and proper in everyday life.

• Mores

• Folkways

It refers to the independent network of roles and the hierarchy of statuses which define the reciprocal expectations and the power arrangement of the members of the social unit guided by the norms.

• Social organization

• Social structure

The branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man,his networks,his body,his beahvior and values, in time and space.

• Psychology

• Anthropology

It is the scientific study of the state and politics which deals with the nature, principles and mechanics of rule,authority,power and influence.

• Political science

• Social science

This refers to the differences in socail behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world.

• Cultural variation

• Cultural relativism

It is a perception that arises from the fact that cultures differ and each culture defines reality differently.

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural relativism