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CultureandSociety
Defined

CultureandSocietyDefined
Cultureconsistsofthebeliefs,behaviors,objects,andothercharacteristics
commontothemembersofaparticulargrouporsociety.Throughculture,people
andgroupsdefinethemselves,conformtosociety'ssharedvalues,andcontributeto
society.Thus,cultureincludesmanysocietalaspects:language,customs,values,
norms,mores,rules,tools,technologies,products,organizations,andinstitutions.
Thislatterterminstitutionreferstoclustersofrulesandculturalmeanings
associatedwithspecificsocialactivities.Commoninstitutionsarethefamily,
education,religion,work,andhealthcare.
Popularlyspeaking,beingcultured
meansbeingwelleducated,

Culture'sRoots:
Biologicalor
Societal?
MaterialandNon
MaterialCulture

Symbolsand
LanguageinHuman
Culture

Socialization
SocialGroupsand
Organizations
Deviance,Crime,and
SocialControl
SocialandGlobal
Stratification
RaceandEthnicity
SexandGender
EconomicsandPolitics
Education
Marriage,Family,
AlternativeLifestyles
Religion
HealthandMedicine
Populationand
Urbanization
ContemporaryMass
Media
SocialChangeand
Movements

knowledgeableofthearts,stylish,and
wellmannered.Highculture
generallypursuedbytheupperclass

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referstoclassicalmusic,theater,fine
arts,andothersophisticatedpursuits.
Membersoftheupperclasscanpursue
highartbecausetheyhavecultural
capital,whichmeanstheprofessional

credentials,education,knowledge,and
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verbalandsocialskillsnecessaryto

attaintheproperty,power,and

prestigetogetaheadsocially.Lowculture,orpopularculturegenerally
pursuedbytheworkingandmiddleclassesreferstosports,movies,television
sitcomsandsoaps,androckmusic.Rememberthatsociologistsdefineculture
differentlythantheydocultured,highculture,lowculture,andpopularculture.
Sociologistsdefinesocietyasthepeoplewhointeractinsuchawayastosharea
commonculture.Theculturalbondmaybeethnicorracial,basedongender,or
duetosharedbeliefs,values,andactivities.Thetermsocietycanalsohavea
geographicmeaningandrefertopeoplewhoshareacommoncultureinaparticular
location.Forexample,peoplelivinginarcticclimatesdevelopeddifferentcultures
fromthoselivingindesertcultures.Intime,alargevarietyofhumanculturesarose
aroundtheworld.

RelatedTopics:
Developmental
Psychology
Psychology

Cultureandsocietyareintricatelyrelated.Acultureconsistsoftheobjectsofa
society,whereasasocietyconsistsofthepeoplewhoshareacommonculture.When
thetermscultureandsocietyfirstacquiredtheircurrentmeanings,mostpeoplein
theworldworkedandlivedinsmallgroupsinthesamelocale.Intoday'sworldof6
billionpeople,thesetermshavelostsomeoftheirusefulnessbecauseincreasing
numbersofpeopleinteractandshareresourcesglobally.Still,peopletendtouse
cultureandsocietyinamoretraditionalsense:forexample,beingapartofaracial
culturewithinthelargerU.S.society.

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