enculturayion Flashcards
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is a process which all individuals undergo throughout his whole life; it is both a conscious and an unconscious procedure starting from birth up until to death. In connection to that, it happens not only when a person goes to school for formal education,
Enculturation
Enculturation is a process which all individuals undergo throughout his whole life; it is both a conscious and an unconscious procedure starting from birth up until to death. In connection to that, it happens not only when a person goes to school for formal education, but also, Enculturation happens through family, peers and other individuals that socializes with the person throughout the person’s lifetime
(“Enculturation and Acculturation”, 2012).
Through Enculturation, a person would be able to learn and understand social norms, values, languages, behavior and other important things about the person’s culture. Because of enculturation, a person would become conscious or informed of his rights, obligations and privileges as part of a community or society
(Grunlan & Mayers, 1988
Norms and values play a major role in the society as they both create an excellent model of behavior
Chong
there should be a common or universal consensus that exists within the society for the norms to be truly successful and effective. However, once these laws are not followed, non-conformity or deviance is committed which violates the social norms. Because of that, social norms and values greatly influence how people make decisions.
Chang
is generally defined as a position or rank. However, in the sociological lens, status is defined as the position in the social stratification. Social stratification is the hierarchy of social worth.
Status
on the other hand IS what the individual is expected to do, given his status.
Role
Statuses and roles makes individual more unsurprising or predictable
O’Neil
is obtained through one’s own achievement or accomplishment.
Achieved status
is obtained not through achievements but rather through birth. Ascribed is something that an individual is born into.
Ascribed status
is the process of creating and maintaining stability; in simplest terms, the power of society over individuals
Social control
Without harmony, there would be no existing relationship and there would be no society
Pujari, 2015). F
Behavior which involve change in order to fit in.
Conformity
Behavior that violates social norms
Deviance
Structural Strain Theory
Robert K Merton
Accepted Goal, Accepted Means. These are groups of people that follow the norm, and also trust the system which would help them achieve their goals
Conformist
Reject Goal, Accept Means. There are the people that reject or do not believe in the goals of the society. However, they still accept the means by doing the same things as what conformist do. Ritualist is a form of deviance, by rejecting the goals of society, individuals deviate themselves from the norm. But it does not necessarily mean that these people are lawbreakers.
Ritualist
Accept Goal, Reject Means. They are the opposite of ritualists. Innovators are the people that accept the society’s goal, however, they reject on how to get to the society’s goal. They are deviant because of their means or action on how achieve goals. Their different means deviate themselves from the norm, which usually borders on law breaking.
Innovator
Reject Goal, Reject Means. These are types of people who reject both the goals and means of the society, which makes them deviant. These are the people who avoid the established goals and avoid the means of what they should do. These people retreats to a kind of lifestyle that they want to live in, not what the society dictates them to live in.
Retreatist
Reject Goal, Reject Mean. These people are those who are not satisfied with the current system, but instead they are the ones who want to create a new goal and means for the society, which makes them deviant. These people are the people who are extremely dangerous like terrorist because they want a new goal and means wherein they are the ones who would benefit, and not the society.
Rebels
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
Article 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
simplest terms, it is a concept which guarantees equality, freedom from degrading behavior, discrimination and prejudice views. It is a set of privileges as simply because of being human. As to being part of the modern world, respecting others and their rights is an important factor for the common good.
Human Rights
