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Two Greek words, Anthropos “human” and Enculturation – process of learning your own
logos “Reason/study culture
Human studying human holistically, as a whole Acculturation – process of cultural contact and
“the study of people” – origins, development and exchange through which a person or group
contemporary variations comes to adopt certain values and practices of
a culture that is not originally their own, to a
Key Elements of Holistic Study greater or lesser extent
Assimilation - cultural absorption of a minority
Biologically – requires genetic composition, relationship group into the main cultural body
with other primates and evolution. Deculturation - the reason for culture has been
Socially – human behavior, attitudes, belief systems, lost and the cultural trait itself is in the process
which range from birth practices to burial rites. of being forgotten
Key informants – individuals in a society who have Cultural Evolution - All cultures undergo the same
significant knowledge on the topic being studied by development stages in the same order. The main
anthropologist classifications include savagery, barbarism, and
civilization
Culture – everything that a person learns as a member Diffusionism - All societies change as a result of
of a society, it is what a person has, does, and thinks as cultural borrowing from one another
part of a society. Psychological Anthropology - Personality is largely
seen to be the result of learning
Material Culture – tangible and visible parts of Functionalism - Society is though to be like a biological
culture like foods, clothes or buildings. organism with all the parts interconnected. Existing
Non-material Culture – intangible parts of the institutional structures of any society are thought to
culture like values, ideas, knowledge perform indispensable functions, without which the
Values society could not continue
Separates what is acceptable form that of a taboo New-evolutionism - Culture is said to be shaped by
Beliefs environmental and technological conditions. Cultures
Truths that deal with the specific parts of human evolve when people are able to increase the amount of
Life energy under control
Materialism - Culture is the product of the “material
conditions” in which a given community of people finds
itself.
individuals off from other relations or who differ from
Anthropology in the 21st century them in behavior.
George Douglas Cole – society as the complex of
Holistic because: organized associations and institutions community.
▪ It studies humans, both as biological and social Robert Maclver and Charles Page – society as a
creatures system of usages and procedures of authority …many
▪ It studies human behavior from the time the species grouping and divisions, of controls of human behavior.
existed to the time that it will desist
▪ It studies human behavior from all regions of the world Social Interaction
▪ It studies all forms of human actions and beliefs the process within the framework of society.
Compilation of ways and means by which
SOCIOLOGY humans interact with each other within the
confines of a society.
Sociology Not merely defined by an actual physical contact
Scientific study of society, including patterns of but covers every human interchange that is
social relationships, social interaction, and within a mutually subjective orientation, as long
culture (Calhoune, 2002) as two parties are involved.
Studies societies to promote social change,
create new theories, and document human
behavior. Social Organization
Scientific – refers to the methodological and theoretical Interrelationship of parts of the society
rigor that sociology applies in the study of society and Studies that involves social structures such as
human behavior. institutions, social groups and stratification and
mobility and ethnic groups.
Auguste Compte – sociology is referred to a scientific
inquiry that covers human social activities. Roles – set of accepted behaviors that define the
C. Wright Mills – “sociological imagination” to refer to individual’s responses and inclination.
the ability of sociologist to understand society Group – basic unit of organization, involves at least two
systematically. This ability involves the process of individuals who are in constant interaction based on their
detaching oneself from the common understanding of statuses and roles.
society and creates an alternative approach that would Institutions – building blocks of society, as it is through
situate a behavior or an event within a great social these that norms are produced from the consistent
framework. exchanges of individuals and groups. Established when
roles, statuses and groups are perpetuated within the
The clamor for social understanding due to rapid context of society.
changes in social and economic structures brought
upon by the French and Industrial Revolutions in Social Structure and Agency
Europe cemented the prominence of sociological Foundation of every society from which
perspective in the field of social sciences emanates the possible roles, statuses,
institutions, and organizations.
SOCIOLOGY has discipline-based concepts that aid Inden (2000)
in the understanding of human behavior and groups.
Agency is the realized capacity of people to act
upon their world and not only to know about or
Society – a product of human interactions as humans
give personal or intersubjective significance to it
subscribe to the rules of their culture.
Moore (2007)
Agency is defined as individuals or group
Comparison of Theories on Society
reflecting, acting modifying, and giving
significance to the teaching of science in
August Comte - society as a social organism possessing
purposeful ways, with the aim of empowering
a harmony of structure and function
and transforming themselves and/or the
Emile Durkheim – Society as a reality in its own right.
conditions of their lives…Thus agency is action-
Collective consciousness is of key importance to
oriented.
society, which society cannot survive without.
Talcott Parsons – society is a total complex of human
Subdisciplines of Sociology
relationships in so far as they grow out of the action in
terms of means-end relationship.
Social Psychology - study that focuses impact of group
George Herbert Mead – society is an exchange of
life to a person’s nature and personality
gestures that involves the use of symbols.
Social change and disorganization – branch of
Morris Ginsberg - society as a collection of individuals
sociology that inquires on the shift in social and cultural
united by a certain relationship behavior that marks
interactions and the interruption of its process through Subjective Socialization – process by which society
delinquency, deviance, and conflicts. transmits its culture from one generation to the next and
Human Ecology - studies that relate human behavior to adapts the individual to the accepted and approved ways
existing social institutions. of organized social life.
Population or demography – inquires on the
interrelationship between population characteristics and Personality and Role Development
dynamics with that of a political, economic, and social Through the process of socialization that we
system. develop our sense of identity and belongingness
Applied Sociology – uses sociological research and Skills Development and Training
methods to solve contemporary problems. Uses an The much needed social skills such as
interdisciplinary approach to better address social communication, interpersonal and occupational
problems. are developed.
Values Formation
Methods in Sociology Individuals are influenced or ingulfed by the
prevailing values of social groups and society
Positivist Orientation Social Integration and Adjustment
Quantifiable subject from which objective Socialization process allows us to fit-in an
conclusions can be made. organized way of life by being accustomed
Positivist Perspective including cultural setting
Uses methods employed by the natural sciences Social Control and Stability
to understand social phenomenon. Integration to society binds individuals to the
Auguste Compte who introduced this control mechanisms set forth by society’s norms
perspective that could be measured through with regard to acceptable social relationships
logic and mathematics. and social behavior.
Objective approach
Anti-positivist Agents of Socialization
Individual experiences refer to the various social groups or social
Subjective approach institutions that play a significant role in
Durkheim (1951) introducing and integrating the individuals as an
Individuals who fall into the extreme of their accepted and functioning member of society
society are bound to commit suicide. (Banaag, 2012)
FUNCTIONS OF DEVIANCE
JAIME BULATAO, SJ
b) Strain Theory
3. Control Theory
3. Statutory Rights
Provided by the lawmaking body of a country or
by law, ex. Minimum wage
4. Civil rights
Specified under the Bills of Rights, such as
freedom of speech, right to information. Rights
that enjoyed by an individual by virtue of his
citizenship in a state or community
5. Economic Rights
Rights to property, whether personal, real or
intellectual. Examples, right to use and dispose
property.
6. Political Rights
Rights of an individual enjoys as a consequence
of being a member of a body politic. Example,
right to vote.