Sociology Chp.3 (1)

the learned and shared behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values, and material objects that characterize a particular group or society

a group of people that has lived and worked together long enough to become an organized population and to think of themselves as a social unit

Characteristics of culture
Learned
Transmitted from one generation to the next
Shared
Adaptive and always changing

consists of the tangible objects that members of a society

includes the shared set of meanings that people use to interpret and understand the world.

What are the material and nonmaterial cultures of …?

anything that stands for something else and has a particular meaning for people who share a culture

Forms of symbols

Distinguish one culture from another
Unify or divide a society
Change over time

is a system of shared symbols that enables people to communicate with one another.