Met 4 Ucsp PPT Week 4

HUMAN DIGNITY,
RIGHTS, AND THE

COMMON GOOD
HUMAN DIGNITY, RIGHTS & THE
COMMON GOOD
HUMAN DIGNITY- An individual or group’s sense of self-
respect and self-worth, physical and psychological integrity
and empowerment.
RIGHTS- A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain

something or to act in a certain way.
COMMON GOOD- The benefit of all, interests of all.

STRAIN THEORY
Strain Theory is the most well-known explanations about deviant
behavior. This was advanced by sociologist Robert Merton who claimed
that the operation of society actually encourages crime and other types of
deviant, especially by people in certain situations.
According to this theory, people deviate from societal norms because of
their inability to reach cultural goals through legitimate means.
Put in another way, when a society’s cultural goals and the socially
accepted means to achieve those goals are out of balance, deviant behavior
occurs.
STRAIN THEORY
Members of society react to strains in five different ways:
1. Conformity- Individuals still accept cultural goals and try to
achieve them through culturally approved methods. For
instance, many poor people in the Philippines generally accept
their fate although many are still hopeful that sending their
children to school will uplift them from impoverishment. This
type is called the hopeful poor.
STRAIN THEORY
2. Innovation- Individuals still accept cultural goals but go
about in achieving it in a culturally disapproved way. For
example, some poor people resort to illegal activities in order
to survive. This type is called surviving poor.
STRAIN THEORY
3. Ritualism- Individuals still live in society and follows its
culturally approved ways, but they no longer try to achieve
cultural goals. For instance, some poor people have already
accepted—and content—that they are poor. Resigned to their
social conditioned, they lived peacefully with their neighbors
and do not pose as threats to the latter. This type is called the
passive poor.
STRAIN THEORY
4. Retreat- Individuals no longer desire to achieve cultural
goals and have abandoned the culturally approved ways of
achieving those goals. For example, some poor people no
longer have the desire to improve their lot. They commit illegal
activities and crimes in order to earn a living. This type is
called retreating poor.
STRAIN THEORY
5. Rebellion- Individuals challenge the existing culturally
accepted goals by coming up with new ones and also
challenged the prescribed means in achieving culturally goals.
For instance, some poor people resists the prevailing notions of
poverty. They use their resourcefulness, ingenuity, and
innovation to improve their lives. They also follow decent and
legal means. This type is called the resisting poor.
HOW
SOCIETY IS
ORGANIZED?
GROUP VS AGGREGATE
A group is a unit of people who interact with some regularity and
identify themselves as a unit. In a stricter sense, it is a collection
of people interacting together in an orderly way on the basis of
shared expectations about one’s behaviour. As a result of this
interaction, members feel a common sense of “belonging.”
A group differs from aggregate in the sense that the latter does not
interact and do not feel any shared sense of belonging.
TYPES OF GROUPS
 According to Influence
 According to Membership
 Reference Groups
 Networks
ACCORDING TO INFLUENCE
 Primary Groups are small but intimate. Members have direct access
and interaction with each other. Emotional bonds are formed between
members.
Examples: families and close friends
 Secondary Groups are formed to perform a specific purpose.

Members interact with each other to accomplish the goals of the
group. Secondary groups are often informal and impersonal.
Examples: classmates and workmates
ACCORDING TO
MEMBERSHIP
 In-groups provide members a sense of belongingness and loyalty.
Example: being a part of a basketball team lets an individual bond with his or
her teammates and join pep rallies to support the team.
 Out-groups are groups than an individual is not a member. These groups elicit a
sense of antagonism from a person (who maybe a member of another group)
Example: members of the women’s basketball team may have a sense of
antagonism toward the men’s basketball team because the latter gets more
funding despite performing badly in the last season.
REFERENCE GROUPS
 Reference groups provide a person with a set of standards to
check against and to know if one is doing well or where he or
she needs improvement.
Example: a neophyte scientist considers his superiors as a
reference group in the same way a budding artist looks up to his
or her seasoned colleagues.
NETWORKS
 This is the entirety of social connections an individual takes
part in for whatever purpose and through whatever means.
Example: a politician’s link with civil society organizations
and non-government organizations is a good example of a
network
PERFORMANCE CHECK 4:
Directions: Make a slogan about the context of socialization
and highlight how socialization can bring change and resolve
issues in the world.
PERFORMANCE CHECK 4:
RUBRICS
Relevance 40%
Creativity 35%
Originality 25%
Total 100%
FORMATIVE QUESTIONS:
1. Why is socialization important?
2. What is the role of socialization in attaining
a peaceful society?

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HUMAN DIGNITY,

RIGHTS, AND THE

RIGHTS- A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain

COMMON GOOD- The benefit of all, interests of all.

 Secondary Groups are formed to perform a specific purpose.

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