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    1. Culture defines situations, attitudes, values, goals, myths, legends and supernatural beliefs that provide meaning and worldviews for members of that culture. 2. Culture provides norms and expectations for behavior that maintain social order and stability within a group. It establishes common rules and procedures for how people should act and interact. 3. Cultural artifacts, language, values and norms are shared symbols and patterns of a group that represent their traditions and beliefs. They convey information about the culture and help members understand each other.

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    1. Culture defines situations, attitudes, values, goals, myths, legends and supernatural beliefs that provide meaning and worldviews for members of that culture. 2. Culture provides norms and expectations for behavior that maintain social order and stability within a group. It establishes common rules and procedures for how people should act and interact. 3. Cultural artifacts, language, values and norms are shared symbols and patterns of a group that represent their traditions and beliefs. They convey information about the culture and help members understand each other.

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    1. Culture defines situations, attitudes, values, goals, myths, legends and supernatural beliefs that provide meaning and worldviews for members of that culture. 2. Culture provides norms and expectations for behavior that maintain social order and stability within a group. It establishes common rules and procedures for how people should act and interact. 3. Cultural artifacts, language, values and norms are shared symbols and patterns of a group that represent their traditions and beliefs. They convey information about the culture and help members understand each other.

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    1. A symbol is anything that is used to stand for something else. People who
    share a culture often attach a specific meaning to an object, gesture, sound, or
    image. For example, a cross is a significant symbol to Christians. It is not
    simply two pieces of wood attached to each other, nor is it just an old object of
    torture and execution. To Christians, it represents the basis of their entire
    religion, and they have great reverence for the symbol.
    2. Language is a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other
    people. This includes full languages as we usually think of them, such as
    English, Spanish, French, etc. but, it also includes body language, slang, and
    common phrases that are unique to certain groups of people.
    3. Systems of values are culturally defined standards for what is good or
    desirable. Members of the culture use the shared system of values to decide
    what is good and what is bad. Lanuza M. Gerry and Raymundo S. Sarah
    Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics. 151 (2016).
    4. Cultural artifact or artefact is a term used in the social sciences, particularly
    anthropology, ethnology, and sociology for anything created by humans which
    gives information about the culture of its creator and users.
    5. Artifacts are such valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to
    understand the past.
    6. Human values are essential in our life because they help us to grow and
    develop. It is a person's standards of behaviour, principles and own judgment.
    Some of the values, human treasures are honesty, love, happiness, and
    integrity
    7. Social and cultural norms are rules or expectations of behaviour and thoughts
    based on shared beliefs within a specific cultural or social group.
    8. Social change - variations or modifications in the patterns of social
    organisation of sub groups within society
    9. Cultural change - refers to all alterations affecting new traits or trait
    complexes and changes in a cultures content and structure.

    FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
    Since culture seems to be a universal human phenomenon, is only natural to
    wonder whether culture corresponds to any universal human need. This leads to the
    question of the functions of culture. Social scientists have discussed various functions
    of culture. It has certain functions for both individual and society.
    1. Culture defines situations
    - Oftentimes, culture is referred to as unspoken rules or subtle cues
    which define each situation. These cues which defines situations
    appear in infinite variety.
    Example: it is unusually surprising how Filipinos can manage to understand one
    another using limited Filipino words “Ano, kuwan, eh” in the middle
    of a conversation when referring to something we are not certain
    about what the other is talking about. If someone is not familiar with
    that culture, it would be problematic for that person to make a
    sensible conversation.
    2. Culture defines attitudes, values and goals.
    - Culture represents status quo or conformity to society
    - Attitudes are tendencies to feel and act in certain ways
    - Values are measures of goodness or desirability
    - Goals are those achievements which our values define as worthy
    - In these ways culture determines the goals of life

    3. Culture defines myths, legends, and supernatural


    - Myths and legends are important parts of every culture.
    - They may inspire, reinforce, effort and sacrifice and even bring
    comfort in terms of bereavement
    - The individual is trained/raised in a particular religious tradition he
    or she is born into that shapes his worldview and influences how he
    handles life situations
    Example: Filipino children are taught not to go outside late at night especially
    because creatures such as tikbalangs, aswangs, and tiyanaks lurks in
    the dark
    4. Culture provides behavior patterns
    - The individual does not have to wonder how to go about his individual
    life. He already knows the procedure as defined by his culture.
    - A society without rules or norms to define right or wrong behavior
    would be very much like a heavily travelled street without traffic signs
    or any understood rules for meeting and passing vehicles.
    - Chaos would be the result in either case. Social order cannot rest on the
    assumption that men will spontaneously behave in ways conducive to
    social harmony.

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