This document discusses key concepts related to becoming a member of society. It defines identity as the qualities that make a person unique, which can change based on environment and expectations. Identity is formed through three perspectives: identity theory focuses on roles, social identity theory on group membership, and personal identity theory on individual characteristics. A sense of self includes self-concept, self-esteem, and personality, which is influenced by genetics, socialization, experiences, and whether one feels in internal or external control. Culture socializes individuals through norms and values. Status describes one's social position while roles are expectations for that status. Conformity and deviance are also discussed, along with forms of social control and the importance of upholding human
4. IDENTITY
The qualities, behavior, values,
beliefs, personality, looks and/or
expressions that make a person.
It is flexible and can therefore
change according to situations
and circumstances.
5. Factors that contribute to change are:
a. Environment
b. Context
c. Expectations
From societies, groups, or other
identities that it interacts with.
6. Identity Formation:
Three Major Perspectives
1. Identity Theory
-roles assigned to individuals
2. Social Identity Theory
- group membership and acceptance
by the group
3. Personal Identity Theory
- personal characteristics of an
individual
7. Sense of Self
Who am I?
-Self-concept
-Beliefs
How good am I as a
person?
-Self-esteem
-Worthiness
-Self-efficacy
-Accomplishments
8. Personality
Characteristics of a person arising from
the interaction of:
a. Genetics
b. Socialization
c. Enculturation
d. Life experience
9. Factors Influencing Sense of Self
Control
Who or what
controls your life?
Internal
-your own
choices &
decisions
External
-outside forces
10. Culture provides everyone with
norms, values, expectations, and
other information needed to live with
others in the group. Values and
norms of a society are passed on to
or acquired by its members through
the process of Enculturation.
11. Norms: Shared ideas and
expectations about how certain
people ought to act in given
situations.
Values: Shared ideas or standards
about the worthwhileness of goals
and lifestyle.
12. Status
In general, status is associated
with prestige. It may be because of
an individual’s:
a. Lifestyle
b. Education
c. Vocation
13. Role
set of norms, values, behaviors,
and personality characterictics
attached to a status. An individual
may play one or more roles.
14. According to sociologists,
STATUS describes the position a
person occupies in a certain
situation. We all engage in various
statues and play the ROLES that
may relate to them.
15. Role Conflict
stems out from the challenging
and opposing pressures of two or
more roles that struggle for our time
and attention.
e.g. A student’s role is different if the
individual is a full-time student or a
working student.
18. • Ascribed Status
Fixed for an individual at birth.
Include those based upon sex, age,
race ethnic group and family
background.
• Achieved Status
Those which the individual acquires
during his or her lifetime because of the
exercise of knowledge, ability, skill
and/or perseverance.
19. Gender Identity
A personal understanding of oneself as
male or female.
Gender Role
A set of norms imposing the types of
behaviors which are usually
considered acceptable, appropriate or
desirable for people grounded based
on one’s real or supposed sex or
sexuality.
20. Lesson 2:
Conformity and Deviance
a. Social control (gossip, social ostracism, laws
and punishment)
b. Forms of deviance (ritualism, retreatism,
rebellion, and innovation
21. Case Situation:
You were invited to attend a party.
You were so excited about the event.
Upon arrival, you were shocked to
discover that you are overdressed for
the occasion. What would you do?
How would you feel? Why?
22. Conformity
Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to
correspond with a group criterion.
The “chameleon effect”
A social psychology phenomenon
wherein people tend to make
themselves blend into the environment.
23. Why do people Conform?
The need for acceptance and approval
of others;
Fear of embarrassment, ridicule, or
rejection by group.
25. Deviance
The opposite of conformity.
A behavior, trait, belief, or other
attributes that defies or violates a norm
and triggers an undesirable outcome.
26. Forms of Deviance:
1. Innovation- acceptance of goals but not
as means of reaching them.
2. Ritualism- abandon of goals but maintain
expected behaviors.
3. Retreatism- reject both goals and means
of reaching them.
4. Rebellion- seek to substitute new goals
and means for existing goals and
means.
27. Social Control
is necessary to ensure that a society
functions smoothly
-Primary means
-self control
-Other agents
a. Police d. Peer Group
b. Family e. Public Opinion
c. Religious Figure
28. Agents of Ideological Social Control
Agents
Family
Education
Religion
Sport
Media
Government
29. Purpose of sanctions:
• To encourage people to follow
social norm.
Importance of social control to
society:
• Social Stability- for society to function
smoothly.
30. Lesson 3:
Human Dignity, Rights and the Common
Good
“ Self-worth as the sense of one’s own value or
worth as a person”.
31. Dignity of Human Person
Children and Elderly
Male or Female
Christianity, Buddhism, or Others
White or Black
Rich and Poor
32. Concepts Concerning Human Dignity
Individual’s possessions of basic
rights.
Basic respect of persons.
Human being had a personal worth.
33. Dignity and Human Rights
Human rights may be explained as
those essential rights of man
necessary for the exercise of human
dignity.
34. Two Kinds of Rights
Natural Rights
Legal Rights
Rights that human
nature bestow to the
person.
Rights spelled out by
positive national and
international laws.
35. Human Rights and Facets of the
Human Person
1. Physical 7. Political
2. Spiritual 8. Social
3. Moral 9. Economic
4. Personal 10. Cultural
5. Social 11. Artistic
6. Intellectual
36. Common Good
Refers to the social condition that
stimulates and upholds the dignity of
people, permitting them to attain
maximum potential and obtain the
rights and privileges essential for a
favourable living.