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CULTURE
Culture consists of all the shared values, beliefs and practices of human groups
What is culture?
MATERIAL CULTURE
The physical objects that people create and use
Examples: Automobiles Books Buildings Clothing Cooking utensils
Abstract human creations Examples:
Beliefs Ideas Languages Political & Economic
systems Rules Work practices
NON MATERIAL CULTURE
MANY PEOPLE WILL USE CULTURE & SOCIETY INTERCHANGEABLY
Society: a group of people who have organized and share a common culture and feeling of unity
SOCIETY VS. CULTURE Culture represents beliefs and practices of
a group of people
Society represents the people that make up those groups
Can’t have one without the other – although different
A number of different types of Culture together make up a Society
COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
TECHNOLOGY
Knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes
SYMBOLS
Anything that represents something else and has a shared meaning attached to it
LANGUAGE
Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system
標準化されたシステムへの書かれていたか、または話されていた記号の構成。
Η οργάνωση των γραπτών ή προφορικών συμβόλων σε ένα τυποποιημένο σύστημα.
Organisationen av skriftliga eller talade symboler in i ett standardiserat system.
VALUES
Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
NORMS
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
4 Main Types of Norms
1. Folkways 2. Mores3. Laws4. Taboos
FOLKWAYS
Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them
Examples: Shaking someone’s
hand you just met Not burping at the
dinner table
MORES
Have great moral significance attached to them – not necessarily against the law though
Examples: Religious doctrines
like premarital sex Lying Cheating on
someone
LAWS
Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government
Examples:
TABOOS
Norm held by a society or culture so strongly that a violation typically results in extreme disgust
Examples: Racist comments Child Abuse Eating Pork in Muslim
countries