CHRISNILU D. SANLAO
J.H. Cerilles State College, 2016
Culture and Personality
This study may be directed
toward the effect that different kinds of
culture have in producing different kind
of personalities; plus the reciprocal
influence of such personalities on the
maintenance or exaggeration or
modification of their culture.

When will we know the
individual be considered
“cultured”?
Culture is derived from the Latin work
“cultura” of “cultus” which means care or
cultivation.

The concept of Culture
As group, culture is social heritage,
transmitted from one generation to another
and shared.
Culture as social heritage
a) it is complex b)it is socially transmitted
As an established pattern of behavior,
individual within a social group can interact with one
another.

As an explicit behavior, culture is directly
observable both in verbal and non verbal behavior.
As an implicit behavior consist of the belief,
values, justifications, and standard commonly
accepted by a society,
Culture is both material (tangible) and
immaterial (intangible).

Characteristic of Culture
1. Human culture are very much more
complex than those of animal
2. Culture vary or differ on account of
their geographical or regional phenomenon.
3. Culture is persistent in being
transmitted from generation to generation. It is
also called “continuum”
4. Culture may be impose or voluntary
borrowed.

5. Culture exist only in the mind and manifested by
action consist of ideas, skills and artifacts which
individuals learn, share, value and apply.
6. Culture continuously changes because of
innovations or contact with other culture by any
change is always gradual.
7. Culture is “symbolic”.
8. When a culture has subculture, cultural pattern
may differ from one subculture to the other but
sometimes the interrelated elements are treated are
as a whole.

9. No individual can avoid the influence of his
culture.
10. Culture is a “historical phenomenon”
11. Culture behavior are patterned.
Culture is Learned
People have varied culture
Culture is a Group Product
Culture is Transmitted from Generation to Generation
Culture is Adaptive

Education and Philippine Culture Value
Education is responsibility with
the function of teaching what society
needs in building a nation in terms of
moral and ethical standards of the
group. Its challenging task has impact,
ethics, morality and values to you
Filipino
Character and citizenship are viewed as major objectives
of schooling

The Philippine
Cultural Values