CHAPTER 4 | CULTURE: DEFINING MORAL BEHAVIOR
What is Culture?
from the word “culltus” which means to cultivate
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or
social group
the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an
institution or organization
It is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people,
encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
4.2 Classification of Culture
Material Culture
refers to the physical objects or artifacts things that human beings created
by altering the natural environment.
These are concrete and tangible things that man creates and uses.
Examples of these are dwelling units, tools, weapons, clothing, stone tools,
houses, medicines, cooking utensils, and other tools and machines.
Non-Material Culture
consists of words people use, the habits they follow, the ideas,
customs, behavior, of any society profess and to which they strive to
conform.
Laws, techniques, lifestyle, and knowledge are included too.
This covers all those creations of man which are used to explain, guide his
actions and give meaning to man's behavior.
Kinds of Non-Material Culture
Norms – refers to the standards, guides, or prescriptions about how one
should act or behave in society. These tell us what appropriate or
inappropriate behavior in a given situation is.
What is Culture?
from the word “culltus” which means to cultivate
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or
social group
the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an
institution or organization
It is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people,
encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
4.2 Classification of Culture
Material Culture
refers to the physical objects or artifacts things that human beings created
by altering the natural environment.
These are concrete and tangible things that man creates and uses.
Examples of these are dwelling units, tools, weapons, clothing, stone tools,
houses, medicines, cooking utensils, and other tools and machines.
Non-Material Culture
consists of words people use, the habits they follow, the ideas,
customs, behavior, of any society profess and to which they strive to
conform.
Laws, techniques, lifestyle, and knowledge are included too.
This covers all those creations of man which are used to explain, guide his
actions and give meaning to man's behavior.
Kinds of Non-Material Culture
Norms – refers to the standards, guides, or prescriptions about how one
should act or behave in society. These tell us what appropriate or
inappropriate behavior in a given situation is.
