2. CULTURE VAGUE AND SPECIFIC

3. 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

4. MATERIAL CULTURE – PHYSICAL OBJECTS

5. NONMATERIAL CULTURE – ABSTRACT HUMAN CREATIONS

6. COMPONENTS OF CULTURE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF CULTURE ARE BASIC AMONG SOCIETIES THESE BROAD CATEGORIES INCLUDE: TECHNOLOGYSYMBOLS LANGUAGEVALUES NORMS

7. 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

8. SYMBOLS- ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE TAKEN FROM SEMAPHORE - ND UPSIDE/DOWN FLAG = DISTRESS REBIRTH AND DESTRUCTION

9. LANGUAGE – WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SYMBOLS IN A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM A VERBAL FORM OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LANGUAGE

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. CULTURAL UNIVERSALS – COMMON TO ALL CULTURES 65 UNIVERSALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AGREE OR DISAGREE? ART AND LEISUREBASIC NEEDS BELIEFS COMMUNICATION EDUCATIONFAMILY GOVERNMENTECONOMY TECHNOLOGY

14. 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

15. 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?