Sociopolitical evolution

GRADE 11 UCSP

1. “KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, INFORMATION IS LIBERATING. EDUCATION IS THE PREMISES OF PROGRESS, IN EVERY SOCIETY AND IN EVERY FAMILY.” - Kofi Atta Annan (Ghanaian D iplomat)

2. CULTURAL EVOLUTION - Theory of social change . Information capable of affecting individual’s behavior that they acquire from other members of the society through teaching, imitation, and other forms of social transmission.

3. SOCIOPOLITICAL EVOLUTION - The process by which structural reorganization is affected through time , eventually producing a form or structure which is qualitatively different from the ancestral form

4. A. Neolithic Revolution The wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement , making an increasingly larger population possible .

5. These settled communities permitted humans to observe and experiment with plants to learn how they grew and developed . This new knowledge led to the domestication of animals and cultivate crops .

6. C.DEMOCRATIZATION OF EARLY CIVILIZATION

7. BECOMING A MEMBER OF A SOCIETY

8. ENCULTURATION A process by which people learn the dynamics of their surroundings , culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture and worldviews.

9. NORMS Is a rule that guides the behavior of members of a society or group Something that is usual, typical or standard A standard or pattern that is typical or expected of a group

10. VALUES Culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful, and that serve as broad guidelines for social living. A person’s principles or standards of behavior in all situations

11. SOCIALIZATION It refers to the deliberate shaping of the individual A lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.

12. Three Goals of Socialization impulse control and develop a conscience. perform certain social roles cultivate sources of meanings and values

13. ROLES The characteristics of the way an individual is behaving according to his or her status. Set of norms, values, behaviours and personality characteristics attached to a status.

14. STATUS “ Social honour ” given to a certain individuals – Max Weber Position or rank of a person or group within society ( social status and achieved status )

15. SIX TYPES OF STATUS

16. 1. ASCRIBED STATUS You are born with Involuntary or Naturally Example: Members of Royal Family

17. 2. LEADERS Ability to influence and motivate people Example: Barack Obama Ferdinand Marcos Vladimir Putin

18. 3. POPULAR A status that an individual gains from knowing people, such as celebrities, artists or singers Example: Beyoncé Tom Holland Leonardo da Vinci

19. 4. MEMBERSHIP Being part of a social group Example: Student Supreme Government Sports Club

20. 5. INTELLIGENCE Individuals who are perceived as intelligent may earn social status Example: Albert Einstein Isaac Newton

21. 6. ALTRUISM A reputation for doing good things for people or for the environment Example: Mother Teresa Oprah Winfrey

22. CONFORMITY AND DEVIANCE

23. CONFORMITY Type of Social Influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group

24. Departing from usual or accepted standards , a behavior that violates expected rules and norms DEVIANCE

25. TWO TYPES OF DEVIANCE

26. FORMAL DEVIANCE Includes criminal violation of formally-enacted laws Examples: Robbery, Theft, Rape, Murder, and Assault

27. INFORMAL DEFIANCE Violations of informal social norms which are norms that have not been codified into law Example: Hatred Selfish

28. SOCIAL CONTROL Proposes that people's relationships, commitments, values, norms, and beliefs encourage them not to break the law . They will voluntarily limit their propensity to commit deviant acts .

29. TYPES OF SOCIAL CONTROL

30. FORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL External sanctions enforced by government to prevent the establishment of chaos in society.

31. R efers to the values we learn from society to help us fit into what is acceptable or ''normal'' behavior, which vary from one culture to the next. INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL

32. HUMAN DIGNITY An individual or group's sense of self-respect and self-worth, physical and psychological integrity and empowerment

33. Inherit to all human beings Include the right to life, liberty, freedom, work, education and many more HUMAN RIGHTS

34. FIVE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS

35. Freedom of Expression We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.

36. Right to Education Education is a right. Primary school should be free. Our parents can choose what we learn.

37. Right to Your Own Things Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.

38. Workers’ Rights Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.

39. Freedom of Thought We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.  

40. COMMON GOOD Shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community