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    There are four main components of culture: communication, cognitive, behavioral, and material. Communication includes language and symbols. The cognitive component comprises ideas, knowledge, beliefs, values, and accounts. Behavior is guided by norms, which are rules that influence actions and are reinforced through sanctions. There are different types of norms such as mores, laws, folkways, and rituals. The material component refers to physical objects of a culture. Culture is transmitted through enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation.

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    There are four main components of culture: communication, cognitive, behavioral, and material. Communication includes language and symbols. The cognitive component comprises ideas, knowledge, beliefs, values, and accounts. Behavior is guided by norms, which are rules that influence actions and are reinforced through sanctions. There are different types of norms such as mores, laws, folkways, and rituals. The material component refers to physical objects of a culture. Culture is transmitted through enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation.

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    There are four main components of culture: communication, cognitive, behavioral, and material. Communication includes language and symbols. The cognitive component comprises ideas, knowledge, beliefs, values, and accounts. Behavior is guided by norms, which are rules that influence actions and are reinforced through sanctions. There are different types of norms such as mores, laws, folkways, and rituals. The material component refers to physical objects of a culture. Culture is transmitted through enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation.

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    There are four main components of culture: communication, cognitive, behavioral, and material. Communication includes language and symbols. The cognitive component comprises ideas, knowledge, beliefs, values, and accounts. Behavior is guided by norms, which are rules that influence actions and are reinforced through sanctions. There are different types of norms such as mores, laws, folkways, and rituals. The material component refers to physical objects of a culture. Culture is transmitted through enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation.

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    Components of Culture

    Four Components of Culture

    • 1. Communication

    • 2. Cognitive

    • 3. Behavioral

    • 4. Material
    A. Communication Component

    1. Language
    - it defines what it means to be
    human.

    2. Symbols
    - it forms the backbone of symbolic
    interaction.
    B. Cognitive Component
    1. Ideas/Knowledge/Beliefs

    • Ideas – are mental representations


    used to organize stimulus; they are the basic
    units out of which knowledge is constructed
    and a world emerges.
    • Knowledge – is the storehouse where we
    accumulate representations, information,
    facts, assumptions, etc.

    • Beliefs – accepts a propositions,


    statement, description of facts, etc. as true.
    • 2. Values

    - defined as culturally defined standards


    of desirability, goodness and beauty, which
    serve as broad guidelines for social living.
    • 3. Accounts

    - accounts are how people use that


    common language to explain, justify,
    rationalize, excuse, or legitimize our behavior
    to themselves and others.
    C. Behavioral Component
    (how we act)
    • 1. Norms

    - are rules and expectations by which a society


    guides the behavior of its members.

    - can change over time, as illustrated by norms


    regarding sexual behavior.

    - vary in terms of their degree of importance.


    - reinforced through sanctions, which
    take the form of either rewards or
    punishments.

    - are standards that define the obligatory


    and expected behaviors of people in various
    situation.

    - it also can inhibit the type of thinking


    that might result in challenges to dominant
    members of society.
    The following are types of
    norms:
    • Mores – are customary behavior patterns
    or folkways which have taken on a
    moralistic value.

    • Laws – are formalized norms, enacted by


    people who are vested with government
    power and enforced by political and legal
    authorities designated by the government.
    • Folkways – these are behavior patterns of
    society which are organized and repetitive.

    • Rituals – these are highly scripted


    ceremonies or strips of interaction that follow
    a specific sequence of actions.

    • Ceremonies
    • Holidays
    • Everyday public rituals
    • Bonding rituals
    • Signal rituals
    D. Material Component

    • Refer to physical objects of


    culture such as machines,
    equipments, tools, books,
    clothing, etch.
    The Organization of
    Culture
    The Organization of Culture
    • Cultural Traits – either of a material
    or non-material culture, represents a
    single element or a combination of
    elements related to a specific situation.
    How is Culture
    Transmitted
    Culture is transmitted through:

    1.Enculturation
    - it is the process of learning culture
    of one’s own group.

    Ex. Learning the folkways, mores, social


    traditions, values and beliefs of one’s own
    group.
    2. Acculturation

    - it is the process of learning some new


    traits from another culture.

    3. Assimilation

    - it is the term used for a process in which


    an individual entirely loses any awareness of
    his/her previous group identity and takes on the
    culture and attitudes of another group.
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