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THE SOCIAL

AND CULTURALWORLD UNIT

July 13, 2015

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Social andCultural Literacy

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FundamentalConcepts oSociety and

Culture

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Concept My Definition

Persons

Society

Culture

Environment

Time

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Concept My Definition

Power

Authority

Gender

Technology

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Concept Actual Definition

Persons

This refers to the individuals whomake up a society . Every person,

regardless of commonalities they have with everyone, are unique and havedifferent roles and status within a society.

SocietyThis refers to the way people interact with each other and organise

themselves based on commonalities . Another term used is Social Group groups, networ!s, institutions, organisations, and systems.

CultureThis generally refers tothe values, arts, technology, laws and beliefs that

bind a society together.

Environment

This concept generally refers tothe physical and psychological setting of

a society . Physical may include rural or ur"an, whereas psychological couldinclude growing up in a violent home.

TimeTime is constant in all societies and cultures. #n our western way of thin!ing we choose to measure it in the linear model of past, present, and future. #n

Society and Culture time refers tocontinuity and change .

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Concept Actual Definition

Power#t allows people to "ring others to do things they may not normally do. #t

involves acapacity to influence others, to follow a course of action, or apoint of view they would not otherwise follow. Thin! of peer pressure.

Authority

Authority impliesa legitimate use of influence and or/persuasion .Someone in authority has permission $implied or directed% to ma!e decisions&

someone in power would ma!e decisions regardless of what those affected"y the decision thin!.

Gender This concept refers to how society constructs thedifferences between menand women.

Technology Technology meansthe tools that make life easier for both work and

leisure . Some societies have simple tools whereas others completely rely onsophisticated tools.

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Concepts o!ICRO and

!ACROWorlds

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!icro World

!acro World

Sp"ere oindirect

in#uence

Immediatesp"ere o

in#uence

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Social andCultural Researc"

!et"odolo$ies

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1. Primary Research2. Secondary Research

T%o &'( Approac"es

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The tendency to evaluate the customs ofother grou s according to one!s o"n

cultural standards.

#ie"ing one!s values and customs asnatural and right, and those of others asinferior and "rong, often contri$ute tore%udice and discrimination, inter&ethniccon'ict, e( loitation, and even ethniccleansing and genocide.

Et"nocentrism

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)valuate other cultures according to theirstandards, not ours.

Cultural Relati)ism

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!ULTICULTURALIS!)ncourages respect and appreciation ofcultural di*erence.

+t means you don!t have to $e the same aseveryone else to $elong.

+t em hasi es the rinci le of airtreatment and e*ual opportunity .

Cross+Cultural Studies

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,ersonalE-perience

and,u.lic /no%led$e

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-earn from things you have done and seenrst hand, encountered as you have gro"n

and develo ed.

,ersonal E-perience

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-earn things not from ersonal e( erience,$ut from consulting sources such as $oo/s,

%ournals, other eo le, ne"s a er, movies,etc.

,u.lic /no%led$e

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