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CULTURE VAGUE AND SPECIFIC
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CULTURE – SHARED PRODUCTS OF HUMAN GOODS HUMANS ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY NATURAL INSTINCTS HOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENT = CULTURE INCLUDE BELIEFS, VALUES, AND BEHAVIORS NOT THE SAME AS SOCIETY SOCIETY CONSISTS OF PEOPLE – CULTURE CONSISTS OF PRODUCTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE
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MATERIAL CULTURE – PHYSICAL OBJECTS
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NONMATERIAL CULTURE – ABSTRACT HUMAN CREATIONS
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COMPONENTS OF CULTURE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF CULTURE ARE BASIC AMONG SOCIETIES THESE BROAD CATEGORIES INCLUDE: TECHNOLOGYSYMBOLS LANGUAGEVALUES NORMS
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TECHNOLOGY – TOOLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND RULES TO USE THEM ANY TOOL CREATED FOR A SPECIALIZED PURPOSE FROM THE WHEEL TO A WALKING STICK TO A COMPUTER ALSO INCLUDES THE SKILLS ON HOW TO USE AND UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY
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SYMBOLS- ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE TAKEN FROM SEMAPHORE - ND UPSIDE/DOWN FLAG = DISTRESS REBIRTH AND DESTRUCTION
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LANGUAGE – WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SYMBOLS IN A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM A VERBAL FORM OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LANGUAGE
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VALUES – SHARED BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG WHAT USED TO BE OKAY POLYGAMY PRIVATE MERCENARIES CHILD SOLDIERS AND BRIDES PROSTITUTION PUBLIC EXECUTION AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WHAT IS OKAY TODAY MONOGAMY PUBLIC STATE RUN ARMIES AGE OF CONSENT AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ONLY LEGAL IN SOME AREAS INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
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NORMS – SHARED RULES THAT TELL PEOPLE HOW TO ACT IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS CREATED BY GROUPS SPECIFICALLY EXPECTATIONS, NOT ACTUAL BEHAVIOR TREAT IT LIKE A RANGE… SOME MORE IMPORTANT THEN OTHERS AND SOME FOLLOWED BY ONLY A FEW CAN BE APPLIED SELECTIVELY. MURDER IS ILLEGAL, BUT KILLING BY ARMY IS NOT LETS BREAK IT DOWN
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FOLKWAYS DESCRIBE COMMON ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR BUT DO NOT HAVE GREAT MORAL SIGNIFICANCE EX.) SHAKE HANDS, ELBOWS ON THE TABLE, NOT TURNING IN HOMEWORK MORES (MORAYZ) DO HAVE GREAT MORAL SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHED VIOLATION DAMAGES OR HURTS SOCIETY EX.) STEALING, FRAUD, MURDER SERIOUS MORES ARE FORMALIZED AS LAWS
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CULTURAL UNIVERSALS – COMMON TO ALL CULTURES 65 UNIVERSALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AGREE OR DISAGREE? ART AND LEISUREBASIC NEEDS BELIEFS COMMUNICATION EDUCATIONFAMILY GOVERNMENTECONOMY TECHNOLOGY
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CULTURAL VARIATIONS SUBCULTURE SUBGROUPS THAT SHARE VALUES NOT SHARED BY THE ENTIRE POPULATION Ex.) bodybuilding emo greaser hippy COUNTERCULTURE GROUPS THAT REJECT VALUE OF SOCIETY AND CREATES THEIR OWN Ex.) anarchists punk KKK gangs
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RESPONSES TO VARIATION THE MAJORITY STRIKES BACK ETHNOCENTRISM VIEWING YOUR OWN CULTURE AS BETTER HOW DO YOU LOOK AT OTHER CULTURES OBJECTIVELY? CULTURAL RELATIVISM CULTURES SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THEIR STANDARDS RATHER THEN YOUR OWN STANDARDS ARE THERE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS TO USE?
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