Components of Culture: Norms, Language, and Cultural Levels

Sociology notes Components of culture ● Norms (not cultural objects) ● Norms are rules of behavior shared by members of society based on the values of the society . These include: ○ Folklore: pleasant but not rigid ○ Tradition: The majority of people seen by society have moral significance ■ Taboo: prohibited behavior pattern; severe punishment ○ Law: Law, crime 4 4 Penalty 4 Punishment, punishment and conduct that enforces the law by providing rewards and punishments ○ Penalty ■ Fine penalty ■ Illegal penalty ○ Illegal penalty ■ Penalty 4 4 penalty 4 law non-linguistic cultural goods) ● language is the use of signs, content, objects or ideas ○ the basis of every culture ○ use our form ■ oral ■ written ■ non-linguistic Speech ○ Sound Symbolizes Objects ○ 4 4 thoughts Culture of All Members Comments ○ Pictures Share Items or Thoughts ○ Let the association keep records for the future ● Non-verbal language ○ Gestures, faces, body postures that symbolize objects or ideas ● Language influences understanding and thinking

○ Linguistic relativity suggests that speaking a language provides an interpretation of its linguistic reality Cultural level ● micro level ○ micro culture affects only a small part of people's lives or for a limited period of time their time ● medium ○ Subculture is the culture of a group smaller than a country but large enough to support its own unique combination of elements of core culture Continuing in the lives of members being a role Members believe in the validity of the subculture Members have a 'they' (outside) feeling towards 'us' ○ A counterculture helps groups with expectations and values comparable to those of mainstream society (for example, government anti-"patriotic" groups) ■ Opposition seeks to reject and change values among elites ■ Conflict and compromise with elites. Or removed from main community ■ Work at medium when they work overtime or micro when is missing