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Page 1: Culture consists of all the shared values, beliefs and practices of human groups.

CULTURE

Page 2: Culture consists of all the shared values, beliefs and practices of human groups.

Culture consists of all the shared values, beliefs and practices of human groups

What is culture?

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MATERIAL CULTURE

The physical objects that people create and use

Examples: Automobiles Books Buildings Clothing Cooking utensils

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Abstract human creations Examples:

Beliefs Ideas Languages Political & Economic

systems Rules Work practices

NON MATERIAL CULTURE

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MANY PEOPLE WILL USE CULTURE & SOCIETY INTERCHANGEABLY

Society: a group of people who have organized and share a common culture and feeling of unity

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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

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COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

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TECHNOLOGY

Knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes

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SYMBOLS

Anything that represents something else and has a shared meaning attached to it

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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.

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VALUES

Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable

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NORMS

Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.

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4 Main Types of Norms

1. Folkways 2. Mores3. Laws4. Taboos

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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

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MORES

Have great moral significance attached to them – not necessarily against the law though

Examples: Religious doctrines

like premarital sex Lying Cheating on

someone

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LAWS

Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government

Examples:

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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


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