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    This document discusses key elements of culture including values, beliefs, norms, and symbols. It defines values as ideals or principles held in high regard by a culture, not monetary worth. Beliefs are convictions that people hold to be true. Norms reflect behaviors deemed acceptable by a society and encourage conformity, both formal and informal norms. Mores embody strong moral views of a group and violating them can have serious consequences. Folkways are day-to-day cultural traditions without moral underpinnings. Symbols help people understand the world.

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    This document discusses key elements of culture including values, beliefs, norms, and symbols. It defines values as ideals or principles held in high regard by a culture, not monetary worth. Beliefs are convictions that people hold to be true. Norms reflect behaviors deemed acceptable by a society and encourage conformity, both formal and informal norms. Mores embody strong moral views of a group and violating them can have serious consequences. Folkways are day-to-day cultural traditions without moral underpinnings. Symbols help people understand the world.

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    This document discusses key elements of culture including values, beliefs, norms, and symbols. It defines values as ideals or principles held in high regard by a culture, not monetary worth. Beliefs are convictions that people hold to be true. Norms reflect behaviors deemed acceptable by a society and encourage conformity, both formal and informal norms. Mores embody strong moral views of a group and violating them can have serious consequences. Folkways are day-to-day cultural traditions without moral underpinnings. Symbols help people understand the world.

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    This document discusses key elements of culture including values, beliefs, norms, and symbols. It defines values as ideals or principles held in high regard by a culture, not monetary worth. Beliefs are convictions that people hold to be true. Norms reflect behaviors deemed acceptable by a society and encourage conformity, both formal and informal norms. Mores embody strong moral views of a group and violating them can have serious consequences. Folkways are day-to-day cultural traditions without moral underpinnings. Symbols help people understand the world.

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    Beliefs are what someone thinks is true, and a value is what someone believes something or someone else is worth.

    Elements Of Culture:
    ● Value does not mean monetary worth in sociology.
    But rather ideals or principles and standard members
    of a culture held in high regard.
    ● Values are deeply embedded and are critical for learning a
    culture's beliefs which are the tenets or convictions that
    people hold to be true

    ● Individual cultures in society have personal beliefs,


    but they also share collective values. To illustrate the
    difference, U.S. citizens may believe in the american dream
    ● Consider the value that the US places upon youth.
    Children represent innocence and purity, while a
    Youthful adult appearance signifies sexuality

    ● In contrast, many other cultures are collectivist,


    meaning the welfare of the groupo takes priority over that
    of the individual.
    ● Cultural diversity and equal opportunities for all
    People valued in the us, yet the countries highest political
    offices are dominated by white men

    ● Values portray an ideal culture, the standard


    society would like to embrace and live up to
    ● When people observe the norms of society
    and uphold its values, they are often rewarded
    ● Sometimes people conform to norms in
    anticipation or expectation of positive sanctions.
    Receiving good grades, for instance may mean praise
    from parents and teachers
    ● Utilizing social control encourages most people
    to conform regardless of whether authority figures
    (such as law enforcement) are present

    ● Norms are behaviors that reflect compliance with


    what cultures and societies have defined as acceptable, right,
    And important. Most members adhere them

    ● Functionalists may question what purpose these norms serve


    ○ Conflict theorists might be interested in who creates, benefits, and suffers under these
    formal norms
    ■ Symbolic interactionists wonder about how a group that benefits interacts
    ● Informal norms are casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to
    ○ Informal norms dictate appropriate behaviors without the need of written rules.
    ○ Some informal norms are taught directly
    ● Although informal norms define personal interactions, they extend into other systems as well.

    ● In the united states there are informal norms for behavior at restaurants

    ● Mores are norms that embody the moral views and principles of a group, they often have a religious
    foundation
    ○ Violating them can have serious consequences
    ○ The strongest mores are protected with laws and other formal sanctions
    ● The mores of the u.s. school system require that a students writing be in the students own words or use
    special forms for crediting other writers
    ○ Submitting or publishing antohers persons words as if they are one own has a name
    ○ The consequences fiir violating this norm are often severe and can result in expulsion from school
    ● Folkways are norms without any moral underpinnings. Folkways direct appropriate behavior in the day to
    day practices and expressions of a culture
    ○ We can think of them as traditions-things we do because we always have.
    ● Symbols such as gestures, signs, objects , signals and words help people understand that world.

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