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What is a Social Institution?
-a group of social positions, connected by social relations, performing a social
role, e.g. universities, government, families.
Characteristics of an Institution?
• Institutions are purposive.• They are relatively permanent in their
content.• Institutions are structured.• Institutions are a unified structure.• Institutions are necessarily value-laden.
Functions of an Institution?
• Institutions are purposive.• They are relatively permanent in their
content.• Institutions are structured.• Institutions are a unified structure.• Institutions are necessarily value-laden.
The family is the smallestsocial institution with the uniquefunction or producing and rearingthe young. It is the basic unit ofPhilippine society and theeducational system.
Characteristics of the Filipino Family
closely knit and has strong family ties
has a strong loyalty among members
individual interests are sacrificed over the welfare of the group
kinship ties are extended to “compadre” or sponsors
Functions of the Family
Reproduction of the race and rearing the young
Cultural transmission or enculturation Socialization of the child Providing affection and a sense of security Providing the environment for personality
development and the growth of self concept
Providing social status
According to Membership
Conjugal or Nuclear Family Husband, wife and children
Consanguine or extended FamilyMarried couple, their parents, siblings,
grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins
Kinds of Family Patterns
According to Terms of Marriage
Polyandry One woman married to two or more men
Polygamy One man married to two or more women
CenogamyTwo or more men mate with two or more
women in group marriage
Kinds of Family Patterns
According to Line of Descent
PatrilinealDescent is recognized through the father’s
line
MatrilinealDescent is recognized through the
mother’s line
BilinealDescent is recognized through both the
father’s and mother’s line
Kinds of Family Patterns
Kinds of Family Patterns
According to Place of Residence
PatrilocalMarried couple lives with the parents of
the husband
MatrilocalMarried couple lives with the parents of
the wife
NeolocalMarried couple maintains a separate
household and live by themselves
Kinds of Family Patterns
According to Authority
PatriarchalFather is considered the head and plays a
dominant role
MatriarchalMother is considered the head and makes
the major decisions
EqualitarianBoth the mother and father share in
making decisions and are equal in authority
Multiple Functions of Schools
Technical/economic - refers to thecontributions of the school to thetechnical or economic developmentand needs of the individual, theinstitution, the local community, thesociety and the internationalcommunity.
Multiple Functions of Schools
Human/social - refers to thecontributions of the school to humandevelopment and social relationships atdifferent levels of society.
Multiple Functions of Schools
Political - refers to the contributions ofthe school to the political developmentat different levels of society.
Multiple Functions of Schools
Cultural - refers to the contributions ofthe school to the cultural transmissionand development at different levels ofsociety.
Multiple Functions of Schools
Education - refers to the contributionsof the school to the development andmaintenance of education at thedifferent levels of society.
Manifest and Latent Functions of Education
Manifest functions of education are defined as the open and intended goals or consequences of activities within an organization or institution.SocializationSocial controlSocial placement
Manifest and Latent Functions of Education
Transmitting culturePromoting social and political
integrationAgent of change
Manifest and Latent Functions of Education
Latent functions of education are the hidden, unstated and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organization or institution.Restricting some activitiesMatchmaking and production of social
networksCreation of generation gap
Functions of Schools by Calderon (1998)
Conservation function Instructional function Research function Social service function
Religion is the sociallydefined patterns of beliefsconcerning ultimatemeaning of life’ it assumesthe existence of thesupernatural.
-StarkSuper Yano
Characteristics of Religion
Belief in a deity or in a power beyond the individual
A doctrine (accepted teaching) of salvation
A code of conductThe use of sacred storiesReligious rituals (acts and ceremonies)
Functions of Religion
Religion serves as a means of social control.It exerts a great influence upon personality
development.Religion always fear the unknown.Religion explains events or situations which
are beyond the comprehension of man.It gives man comfort, strength and hope in
times of crisis and despair.
Functions of Religion
It preserves and transmits knowledge, skills, spiritual and cultural values and practices
It serves as an instrument of change.It promotes closeness, love, cooperation,
friendliness and helpfulness.Religion alleviates sufferings from major
calamities.It provides hope for a blissful life after death.
Churches, sects and cults
Church – tends to be large, withinclusive membership, in low tensionwith surrounding society and tendstoward greater intellectualexamination and interpretation of thetenants of religion.
Churches, sects and cults
Sect – has a small, exclusivemembership, high tension withsociety. It tends toward the emotional,mystic, stress faith, feeling, conversionexperience, to be “born again”.
Churches, sects and cults
Cult – the more innovative institutionsand are formed when people createnew religious beliefs and practices.There are three types: audience cults,client cults and cult movements.
Elements of Religion
Sacred - refers to phenomena thatare regarded as extraordinary,transcendent, and outside theeveryday course of events - that is,supernatural.
Elements of Religion
Legitimation of norms – Religioussanctions and beliefs reinforce thelegitimacy of many rules and normsin the community.
Elements of Religion
Rituals – are formal patterns ofactivity that express symbolically aset of shared meanings.
Elements of Religion
Religious Community – Religionsestablishes a code of behavior forthe members, who belong and whodoes not.
Microeonomics vs. Macroeconomics
Microeconomics - concerned withthe specific economic units of partsthat makes an economic systemand the relationship between thoseparts.
Super Yano
Microeonomics vs. Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics - concerned withthe economy as a whole, or largesegments of it.
Basic Economic Problems
What goods and services toproduce and how much? How to produce goods and
services? For whom are the goods and
services?
Super Yano
The institution which resolvesconflicts that are public in nature andinvolve more than a few people iscalled a government. It can be city,provincial, national or eveninternational.
Three Branches of the Government
Executive Enforces rules and laws
Legislative Makes rules and laws
Judicial Interprets rules and laws
Politics - a pattern of humaninteraction that serves toresolve conflicts betweenpeople, institutions, andnations
Politics and Administration
Administration - refers tothe aggregate of persons inwhose hands the reigns ofgovernment are for thetime being.
Politics and Administration
Constituent - contribute to thevery bonds of society and aretherefore compulsary.
Constituent and Ministrant Functions of the Government
Examples of constituent functions• The keeping of order and providing
for protection of persons andproperty from violence and robbery.
• The definition and punishment forcrimes
• The administration of justice in civilcases.
Constituent and Ministrant Functions of the Government
Ministrant - those undertakento advance the general interestof society such as public works,charity and are merely optional.
Constituent and Ministrant Functions of the Government