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    Culture Types and

    Elements
    Raja Umer
    Abdul Samad
    Irtza Qureshi
    Ibtasam Khan

    Anthropology
    What is Culture?
    Culture is one of the important concepts in Anthropology.
    No human society can exist and develop without its
    culture.

    Culture 2
    DIFFERENCE

    • The main difference between the animal and human societies is of culture only
    • Animal societies have no culture because they do not have systems of learning and transmitting social
    experiences.

    DIFFERENCE 3
    Types of Culture
    There are two types of culture

    • Material Culture
    • Non-material Culture

    TYPES 4
    Material Culture

    From material culture we understand


    material and physical objects. For
    example, house, road, vehicles, pen, table,
    radio set, book etc. these are the products
    of human efforts to control his
    environment and make his life
    conformable and safe

    Material 5
    Non-material
    In non-material culture we include non material
    objects. For example religion, art, ideas, customs,
    values system, attitudes, knowledge etc. it does not
    have physical shape. It is very important in
    determining human behavior and has strong hold on
    an individual. Both parts are inter-related with each
    other.

    Non-material 6
    Elements of
    Culture

    Culture is transmitted to
    people in many ways. The
    most significant are norms,
    values, religion, material
    symbols, and language.

    Elements 7
    There are some elements of culture about which the people
    should be aware of.
    • Languages,
    • Norms,
    • Symbols,
    • Values,
    • Attitude

    Elements 8
    ELEMENTS

    Languages Norms
    It is a primary means used to transmit Norm is a rule or standard of behavior shared by
    information and ideas. Knowledge of local members of a social group.
    language can help because: • Norms define how to behave in accordance
    • It permits a clearer understanding of the with what a society has defined as good, right,
    situation. and important, and most members of the
    • It provides direct access to local people. society adhere to them.  
    • It describes how people are expected to
    • Understanding of implied meanings.
    behave in certain situations for example, when
    buying food or boarding a bus.

    Elements 9
    ELEMENTS

    Symbols Values
    • Every culture is filled with symbols of things • Values area society’s ideas about what is good
    that stand for something else, which often or bad, right or wrong – such as the
    suggests various reactions and emotions. widespread belief that stealing is immoral and
    • Some symbols are actually types of nonverbal unfair.
    communication, while other symbols are, in • Values determine how individuals will
    fact, material objects probably respond in any given circumstances.

    ELEMENTS 10
    Attitude

    • Attitude is a persistent tendency to feel and behave in a particular way.


    • Actually, it is the external displays of underlying beliefs that people use to signal to other people.

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