Understanding Culture, Society & Politics

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the key definitions, concepts, and specific examples from the lecture on culture, society, and politics.

Culture

The customary beliefs, social forms and traits that defines a specific racial, religious or social group.

Society

Comes from the word "socius" (meaning comrade, companion or friend) and pertains to a group of individuals involved or sharing the same geographical or social territory.

Politics

Comes from the Greek word "politika" (affairs of the cities) and refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance over a human community.

Social Behavior & Phenomena

Broad and complicated sociological concepts involving every event between at least two individuals, including all knowledge and experiences a person acquires in their lifetime.

Social phenomena

The individual, external and social constructions that influence a person’s life and development.

Political Behavior & Phenomena

In sociology, these include events through which authority, governance and public opinion are put into practice.

Political behavior

The behavior of a person or group influenced by their political views, ideologies and levels of political participation, such as the act of voting.

Political phenomena

Events not limited to public offices which include how institutions like schools, churches or companies are ran and governed.

Cultural Behavior & Phenomena

Also known as the bandwagon effect, it is an event where certain individuals behave a certain way merely because other persons do as well.

Cultural phenomenon

The process of something or someone becoming famous or gaining widespread popularity.

Food Taboos

Behaviors such as the avoidance of eating pork among Muslims; these should be understood through their culture rather than regarded as "weird."

Istambays

People who are often regarded as unruly or suspected of misdemeanors, many of whom have difficulty finding jobs due to inadequate opportunities in the Philippines.

Political dynasties

Groups whose members are involved in politics, seen in families that have been part of the government for several generations or occupy the same position every term.

Elections

A formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office, utilized since the 17th century.

Kangkong City

The specific location mentioned where Kapitan Juan Sulpicio serves as the incumbent mayor.

Anastasia Sulpicio

The mother of Conrad and wife of Juan Sulpicio who served as a congresswoman for 3 consecutive terms and ran for governorship.