CULTURE
Concepts to be familiar with:
 | Culture: set of beliefs, values, ideas, material objects and norms shared by a group of people, shared way of life and identity |
| Society: people living in an area guided by culture, same geographic location |
| Beliefs: assertions about reality, our truth, explaining our existence and the way the world works |
| Values: shared ideas about what is socially acceptable, right/wrong, good/bad |
| Norms: expectations and rules for proper conduct that guide behaviour, unspoken rules of right (normal) and wrong (abnormal) that are contained in custom, tradition, ethics, religion, family, and other social institutions |
| Folkways: informal rules and expectations that guide everyday life, with moral significance, face to face |
| Mores (morays): norms that people consider essential, applied with individual discretion |
| Laws: formal codes of conduct |
| Rituals: rights of passage, births, deaths, marriage, repeated activities where shared values are exhibited, cultural patterns expressing central and recurring values |
| Symbols: anything to which a group assigns meaning |
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