HUMAN CULTURAL

VARIATION/SOCIAL
DIFFERENCES
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
Lesson 1
Juvilee S. Remulta
Senior High School Teacher
 Human Cultural Variation
A Definition

• It refers to the differences in social behaviors that

different cultures exhibit around the world.
• Example: etiquettes

(globalsociology.pbworks.com)
 Social Differences
A Definition

The differences among the individuals on the basis

of social characteristics and qualities.
• Example: personality types, preferences, etc.

(references-definitions.blurtit.com)
Cultural Variation
Factors

Religion
Ethnicity
Nationality
 Cultural Variation
RELIGION

• ‘religare’ a Latin word for ‘to bind together’

• is a system of beliefs and practices as well as systems of
actions directed toward entities which are above men
• is an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere
or the supernatural
 Cultural Variation
ETHNICITY

• is the expression of the set of cultural ideas held by a

distinct ethics or indigenous group
• the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a
common national or cultural tradition (bing.com)

• an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common

and distinctive culture, religion or language (dictionary.com)
 Cultural Variation
NATIONALITY

• is the legal relationship that binds a person and a

country
• allows the state to protect and have jurisdiction over a
person
 Social Differences
GENDER
• is the socially constructed characteristics of being male and female (e.g.
masculine and feminine)
• serve as guide on how males and females think and act about themselves
• Gender vs. Sex
• LGBTTQQIAAP
 Social Differences
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

• refers to the category of persons who have more

or less the same socio economic privileges
• Upper class, middle class, lower class
 1. Amazon
2. Microsoft
3. Berkshire Hathaway
4. LVMH
5. ZARA

6. America Movil
7. Facebook
8. Alphabet Inc. (CEO)
9. Oracle Corporation, Tesla Inc.
10.Alphabet Inc. (Pres)
 Social Differences
EXCEPTIONALITY

• refers to the state of being gifted and/or having

physically or mentally challenged conditions