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    Culture can be defined as the beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols and knowledge that are learned and shared by people in a society. It has both material and non-material aspects. Material culture refers to tangible objects while non-material culture includes perspectives, beliefs and traditions. A subculture exists within a dominant culture, while a counterculture rejects the mainstream culture. Key elements of culture include norms, folkways, mores, laws, beliefs, symbols, language and values. Social institutions are groups that form around a common purpose. Cultural universals are patterns that exist in all human cultures. Views of culture include ethnocentrism, xenocentrism and cultural relativism

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    Culture can be defined as the beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols and knowledge that are learned and shared by people in a society. It has both material and non-material aspects. Material culture refers to tangible objects while non-material culture includes perspectives, beliefs and traditions. A subculture exists within a dominant culture, while a counterculture rejects the mainstream culture. Key elements of culture include norms, folkways, mores, laws, beliefs, symbols, language and values. Social institutions are groups that form around a common purpose. Cultural universals are patterns that exist in all human cultures. Views of culture include ethnocentrism, xenocentrism and cultural relativism

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    Culture can be defined as the beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols and knowledge that are learned and shared by people in a society. It has both material and non-material aspects. Material culture refers to tangible objects while non-material culture includes perspectives, beliefs and traditions. A subculture exists within a dominant culture, while a counterculture rejects the mainstream culture. Key elements of culture include norms, folkways, mores, laws, beliefs, symbols, language and values. Social institutions are groups that form around a common purpose. Cultural universals are patterns that exist in all human cultures. Views of culture include ethnocentrism, xenocentrism and cultural relativism

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    CULTURE

    Defined as a complex that encompasses beliefs, practices values, attitude, laws, norms, artifacts,
    symbols and knowledge that a person learns and shares as a member of society.

    MATERIAL AND NON- MATERIAL CULTURE


    Material Culture refers to the tangible things a person can use to define his/her culture, while non-
    material one includes a person perspective, belief and tradition.

    SUBCULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE


    A subculture is any group that exist within an existing one. Counterculture on the other hand is a type
    of deviant group who negate the ideas of what the mainstream culture has.

    ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
     Norms
    -societies standard of accepted behaviours
     Folkways
    -citizens accepted ways of dealing with everyday life
     Mores
    -adheres to societies strict procedures
     Laws
    -formalize mores
     Beliefs
    -ideas that people hold to be true, factual and real.
     Symbols
    -illustration that represent a particular meaning of something.
     Language
    -Is a system of symbols that the individual utilize to communicate, interact and share their view.
    Humans way of interaction and understanding.
     Values
    -it is desirable, trans situational goal that vary in importance and serve as guiding principles in people’s
    lives.
    SOCIAL INSTITUTION
    Consists of a group of people who have come together by a common purpose.

    CULTURAL UNIVERSALS
    Is an element, pattern, trait or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide.

    ORIENTATIONS IN VIEW OF CULTURE


    ETHNOCENTRISM
    The belief that one’s native culture is superior to or the most natural among other cultures.

    XENOCENTRISM
    Belief that one’s culture is inferior to another.

    CULTURAL RELATIVISM
    Viewing another culture own its own context rather than assessing it based on standards of another culture.

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