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CULTUREVAGUE AND SPECIFIC

Culture shared products of human goodsHUMANS ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY NATURAL INSTINCTSHOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENT = CULTUREINCLUDE BELIEFS, VALUES, AND BEHAVIORSNOT THE SAME AS SOCIETYSOCIETY CONSISTS OF PEOPLE CULTURE CONSISTS OF PRODUCTS THAT PEOPLE MAKEMATERIAL CULTURE PHYSICAL OBJECTS

NONMATERIAL CULTURE ABSTRACT HUMAN CREATIONS

Components of cultureCERTAIN ASPECTS OF CULTURE ARE BASIC AMONG SOCIETIES

THESE BROAD CATEGORIES INCLUDE:

TECHNOLOGYSYMBOLS

LANGUAGEVALUES

NORMS

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND RULES TO USE THEM

ANY TOOL CREATED FOR A SPECIALIZED PURPOSEFROM THE WHEEL TO A WALKING STICK TO A COMPUTER

ALSO INCLUDES THE SKILLS ON HOW TO USE AND UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY

SYMBOLS- ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

TAKEN FROM SEMAPHORE - NDUPSIDE/DOWN FLAG = DISTRESSREBIRTH AND DESTRUCTIONLanguage written and spoken symbols in a standardized systemA VERBAL FORM OF COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LANGUAGE

VALUES SHARED BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONGWHAT USED TO BE OKAYPOLYGAMYPRIVATE MERCENARIESCHILD SOLDIERS AND BRIDES

PROSTITUTIONPUBLIC EXECUTION AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENTWHAT IS OKAY TODAYMONOGAMYPUBLIC STATE RUN ARMIESAGE OF CONSENT AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIESONLY LEGAL IN SOME AREASINTERRACIAL MARRIAGENORMS SHARED RULES THAT TELL PEOPLE HOW TO ACT IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONSCREATED BY GROUPSSPECIFICALLY EXPECTATIONS, NOT ACTUAL BEHAVIORTREAT IT LIKE A RANGE SOME MORE IMPORTANT THEN OTHERS AND SOME FOLLOWED BY ONLY A FEWCAN BE APPLIED SELECTIVELY. MURDER IS ILLEGAL, BUT KILLING BY ARMY IS NOTLETS BREAK IT DOWN

FOLKWAYSDESCRIBE COMMON ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL BEHAVIORBUT DO NOT HAVE GREAT MORAL SIGNIFICANCE

EX.) SHAKE HANDS, ELBOWS ON THE TABLE, NOT TURNING IN HOMEWORKMORES (MORAYZ)DO HAVE GREAT MORAL SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHEDVIOLATION DAMAGES OR HURTS SOCIETY

EX.) STEALING, FRAUD, MURDERSERIOUS MORES ARE FORMALIZED AS LAWSCultural universals common to all cultures65 UNIVERSALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIEDAGREE OR DISAGREE?ART AND LEISUREBASIC NEEDSBELIEFS COMMUNICATION EDUCATIONFAMILYGOVERNMENTECONOMYTECHNOLOGYCULTURAL VARIATIONSSUBCULTURESUBGROUPS THAT SHARE VALUES NOT SHARED BY THE ENTIRE POPULATIONEx.) bodybuildingemogreaserhippyCOUNTERCULTUREGROUPS THAT REJECT VALUE OF SOCIETY AND CREATES THEIR OWNEx.) anarchistspunkKKKgangsResponses to variationthe majority strikes backETHNOCENTRISMVIEWING YOUR OWN CULTURE AS BETTERHOW DO YOU LOOK AT OTHER CULTURES OBJECTIVELY?

CULTURAL RELATIVISMCULTURES SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THEIR STANDARDS RATHER THEN YOUR OWN STANDARDSARE THERE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS TO USE?