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Try it!
Look around you and list down your observations. Have a friend do the same thing on the same environment.
Compare your observations once both of you are finished. Identify common observations you had and discuss any
dissimilar remarks you have each made.
Tips
Intersubjectivity is not a process, but rather a concept. The process incorporated within the concept is
communarization.
Authentic dialogue is a technique that requires, at least, two people in a conversation with each other. This is a
variety of a simple dialogue.
Keypoints
Intersubjectivity is a concept where social interactions among individuals through comparison, agreement,
and confirmation of each other's perceptions make it easier to determine real events occurring in society.
Communarization is a social process wherein the community of other people are seen as embedded within
the self.
An authentic dialogue is a form of interpersonal communication wherein individuals acknowledge that they
are part of a greater whole and that they resonate with others within the whole.
Intersubjectivity is important because it validates authentic subjective experiences, facilitates interactions,
and promotes a sense of unity and community among individuals.
Do you think that you will change as a person once you live somewhere else?
What can influence you to change your beliefs and attitudes?
Find out the answers in this lesson!
Explore!
The Philippines takes its unique social characteristics from three colonial influences that vastly shaped local society
and culture. Even until today, evidences of Spanish, American, and Japanese colonialism flourish in every day
Filipino living. For instance, many Filipino surnames were derived from Spanish origins. Filipinos are also relatively
good English speakers in comparison with other Southeast Asian nationalities. What other influences have our past
left us? How do these forces shape our culture and society?
Try it!
With a friend, write down characteristics that make each of you a social and human person. You may include your
perceived roles in society as well as the social institutions you belong to. From these, identify your contributions to
society and how society affects you. Compare your results and try to come up with a common pattern or theme with
what both of you shared. In this way, you will further understand how an individual influences society and vice versa
through social interactions.
Tips
It is important to understand that the process of enculturation is different from acculturation. While the first
deals with acquiring one's culture, beliefs, and norms, the latter focuses on obtaining the same constructs from
another society.
Social constructs, belief systems, interactions, culture, and structure vary across countries. This is the reason
why countries are different from each other despite some similar cultural traditions and beliefs.
Keypoints
Individuals are the building blocks of society. They take on various social roles to ensure the smooth flow of social
processes that regularly occur within the community.
Enculturation is the process by which people acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and culture embedded in their
society.
A social system is the structure of society consisting of individuals who interact and relate in a shared cultural and
symbolic environment.
Social institutions include religion, education, government, economy, and family.
Human relations make up patterned interactive relationships which are the most important unit of the social system.