MODULE 19

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

DEVELOPMENT OF ONE’S SELF

AS A PRODUCT OF ENCULTURATION

Author: Marilyn B. Encarnacion

Grade Level
Illustrators: Jhucel A. del Rosario

11/12
Michael Joseph A. Lapid
Renato D. Ruz, Jr.
Layout Artist: Felipe Ryan S. Duatin
UCSP SELF-LEARNING KIT

Self-Learning Module for Grade 11/12

SOCIAL SCIENCE
19
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Hello, our dear student! Welcome…

I’m Teacher Victoria

I’m Teacher Kenneth

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ESTABLISH Your Purpose

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You will discover specific tasks which will test your
knowledge and understanding of the topic discussed in
this module.

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This module serves as a self-learning material to guide

you in understanding target competency expected in
the curriculum.

UCSP 11/12BMS 1g-15

Explain the development of one’s self and others as a product

of socialization and enculturation.
You will find that the presented activities / exercises and texts
are developed in order to meet the following objectives:

Objective 1

Identify the concept of enculturation.

Objective 2

Explain how a person is enculturated.

Objective 3

Value the significance of enculturation to the development of

one’s self.
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PRE-TEST
Read the following items carefully. Shade the
circle that corresponds to the letter of your
answer.

1. Personal identity develops in many ways, depending on preferred

choices. In a society where there are many cultures, one’s identity can
be formed through enculturation. Which of the following highlights
enculturation?

A. It is the process of learning one’s own culture.

B. It is the method of uniting one’s culture with others’.
C. It is the concept of acquiring knowledge about one’s self.
D. It is the manner of patronizing one’s culture over the others’.

2. Enculturation exists as one adapts or obtains behaviors and beliefs from

different initiators of this process. These authorities can bring out a
person’s view of what life is about. Which of the following figures play a
vital role in developing personal identity in children?

A. friends
B. parents
C. relatives
D. other members of society

3. Enculturation shapes an individual through different processes.

Knowingly or unknowingly, one internalizes the practices of the group he
or she belongs. Which among the following one can be best
enculturated?

A. exploration
B. imitation
C. observation
D. socialization
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4. A person projects an image different among others. One is a product of

the culture he/she adapted which brings his/her own individuality and
identity. What then is the importance of enculturation to the development
of one’s self?

A. As the person learns his/her culture, he/she becomes functional

member of the society.
B. Being enculturated, makes a person appreciate other’s beliefs and
traditions.
C. Through enculturation, a person tends to accept and practice
different cultures.
D. Acquiring one’s own culture, helps an individual to discover
problems in the society.

5. School is one of the different institutions in the society that help in the
foundation and development of a person. Students are learning by
example from their teacher and their fellow students. Which is an
example of enculturation in school?

A. singing Lupang Hinirang

B. playing computer games
C. wearing K-Pop fashion styles
D. washing the clothes and the dishes

Before you proceed to your journey,

CHECK your answers using the key to corrections
found at the last page of this module.
Thank you for your PATIENCE and HONESTY.
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WELCOME to the heart of this module.

I, Teacher Victoria, with Teacher Kenneth,
will be with you every step of the way.
Have a happy journey.
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TAKE IT A PART

Take a look at the image below. Consider everything

that forms the image.

What is represented by each icon?

1. 4.

S C __ __ __ L G __ V __ __ __ M __ __ T

2. 5.

C __ U R __ __ C __ __ M U __ __ T __

3. 6.

F __ M __ L __ F R __ E __ __
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What word can you form out of the given letters inside the box from numbers
1-6?

What can you say about the image formed?

The image _____________________________________________

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THINK IT OVER

Based on the previous activity, answer the following

questions.

1. What is the importance of the following being represented by the icons to

a person?

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2. What is culture?
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3. How can a person acquire his/her own culture?

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4. Which among the given factors (referring to icons presented) has the
most important part in the development of a person? Why?
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5. Are there any other factors that can contribute to the development of a
person? Explain.
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Great job! Thank you for your responses.

Your learning experience has just started.
We hope you are ready to EXPLORE more!
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ENCULTURATION

en-cul-tur-a-tion / in-,kƏl-chƏ-‘rā-shƏn
Introduced by the American
anthropologists Melville J. Herskovits
(1895-1963) in Man and His Works:
The Science of Cultural Anthropology
ON FOCUS
(New York, 1948).

We are living in a society of many cultures.

Culture is the customary beliefs, social
forms, and material traits of a racial,
religious or social group (merriam-webster.
com). These cultures make people
different from one another. A group has a
set of shared attitudes and practices which
are partially or even totally apart from what
others have.
Hello our dear student
As an individual is growing up in a
In this part of your social group, he/she learns to understand
journey, We provide his/her identity. This is where enculturation
something for you to comes in. Enculturation is the process by
read to deepen your which people learn their surrounding
understanding about culture and acquire values and norms
the topic. appropriate or necessary in that culture
(Herskovits, 1948).
Please do it with
comprehension to
To Hoebel (1982), enculturation is
discover knowledge
both a conscious and an unconscious
that will help you out in
conditioning process whereby man, as
dealing with the next
child and adult, achieves competence in
phase of your quest.
his culture, internalizes his culture and
becomes thoroughly enculturated.
HAPPY READING!
Socializing with people plays a great part in
achieving it.
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Socialization is a process through which people learn to understand the societal

norms, expectations and values as members of society. Formally or informally,
one learns to be like the people he/she deals with. An individual also learns
from observing the surrounding he/she is in.

As a child lives with his family and the

community, he/she adapts socially
accepted values (e.g. attending to
religious obligations, respecting the
elders, etc.) At a very young age, a
child is instilled with values by his/her
parents and family. He/She sees the
importance of being together as
reflected when they eat. Also, he/she
learns the foundations of learning; be it reading the alphabet and counting of
numbers.

In school, he/she learns to be socially

educated person as he/she observes and
adapts the behavior of other people (e.g.
singing the National Anthem, paying respect
to the flag, showing respect to teachers and
valuing friendship among friends and
classmates). A person becomes more
civilized as he learns more of culturally
accepted behavior and knowledge in school.

In a community, a person may be

inspired to practice social duties and
obligations as observed and learned
from those who do great contributions
for the welfare of most people. In these
practices, one may also become a
steward of goodwill.
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A teenager learns to clothe

himself/herself like his/her friends or in
great chances, adapts how they
behave and act. He/She appreciates
the value of friendship, learns to find joy
in sharing commonalities and accepts
differences in choices and decisions.
His/Her confidence in dealing with
people can be rooted from a well-
maintained relationship with friends.

The government upon its

imposition of law refines a person’s
way of living. Through which,
he/she learns his civil rights and
exercises them righteously.
Likewise, he/she learns to respect
government policies and abides to
them, knowing that every action
has limitation.

In his/her dealing with religious

affiliations, a person’s belief in
Omnipotent Being is strengthened.
This cultivates the idea that everyone
like a brother and a sister. Thus,
respect towards one another is valued.
He/She learns to respect differences in
faith.
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Parents and other authorities are called the initiators of enculturation. As

one is enculturated by those initiators, the process is manifested in his/her
actions, choices and decisions.

If it is not because of enculturation, a person will not become the way

he/she in the society. One will not be able to discern what is right from wrong
or even make actions to handle problems encountered. Because of
enculturation, an individual knows the boundaries of his/her actions, words and
ideals. As a learned individual, one becomes accepted by the group he/she
belongs with. Enculturation teaches a person of his/her roles in the society.
True enough, he/she becomes functional member of the society.

ON FOCUS
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I CAN FILL IT

Imagine yourself as the image below. On the spaces

provided, fill them in with WHO or WHAT influence you
to become the person you are now.

Your Name

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________________

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THIS IS ME!

Since you have learned about enculturation and how it shapes one’s
identity, write a short paragraph about yourself.

As a product of enculturation I am
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How was your learning experience so far?

We hope that you had a great journey.
We believe that you did it well!
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I REFLECT!

Read the quotation below. Reflect on the message it brings.

Based on the quotation, I learned that __________________________

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POST-TEST
Read the following items carefully. Shade the
circle that corresponds to the letter of your
answer.

1. Enculturation refines a person’s individuality. Indirectly or by his/her own

will, a person exercises and practices what his/her group does as he/she
mingles with other members. In which of the following can a person be
highly enculturated?

A. exploration
B. imitation
C. observation
D. socialization

2. It is through enculturation that an individual acquires behaviors and beliefs

from different initiators of this process. Through this people, a person
learns to see the meaning of what life is about. In early stage of life, from
whom does a child learn his/her first set of values?

A. friends
B. parents
C. relatives
D. other members of society

3. It is in school that a child learns the foundation of his/her learning as an

educated individual. Through which, teachers set as good examples to the
learners. They also set rules that should be observed by the students.
Which of the following establishes enculturation in school?

A. singing Lupang Hinirang

B. playing computer games
C. wearing K-Pop fashion styles
D. washing the clothes and the dishes
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4. An individual shows a personality which can be different from others. A

person projects an image different among others. It is because of the
culture that he/she is exposed with. In developing one’s self, what is then
the importance of enculturation?

A. As the person learns his/her culture, he/she becomes functional

member of the society.
B. Being enculturated, makes a person appreciate other’s beliefs and
traditions.
C. Through enculturation, a person tends to accept and practice
different cultures.
D. Acquiring one’s own culture, helps an individual to discover
problems in the society.

5. A society establishes multiple cultures. It is for an individual to make

preferred choices as to which culture he/she adapts. His/her identity
is flourished by whichever culture. In this way, one establishes
personal identity. Which of the following establishes enculturation?

A. It is the process of learning one’s own culture.

B. It is the method of uniting one’s culture with others.
C. It is the concept of acquiring knowledge about one’s self.
D. It is the manner of patronizing one’s culture over the others.

GREAT JOB!
CHECK your answers using the key to
corrections found at the last page of this module.
Thank you for your HONESTY.

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Performance Check

PERFORMANCE CHECK

PERFORMANCE CHECK

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five (3-5) in the post test. CONGRATULATIONS!
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Sad face if you got two and below in the post test.
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EXTEND Your Learning Activity.

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eventually help you face new task. BEST OF LUCK.

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REEL TO REAL
Read the comic strip below.

How is enculturation depicted in the situation presented?

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ANSWER KEY

THAT WAS GREAT!

To know how well you made it, take a look
on the correct answers below.
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PRE-TEST TAKE IT A PART

1. A 1. SCHOOL
2. B 2. CHURCH
3. D 3. FAMILY
4. A 4. GOVERNMENT
5. B 5. COMMUNITY
6. FRIEND

 C U L T U R E
POST-TEST

1. D
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A