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Mr. Sink’s Sociology – Unit 1: Culture & Social Structure WHAT IS CULTURE? What is meant by CULTURE in sociology? According to sociologists, culture consists of all shared products of human groups. These products include both physical objects (material culture) and abstract human creations, such as beliefs, values, and behaviors (non-material culture), shared by a group. What is the difference between a CULTURE and a SOCIETY? According to sociologists, a society is a group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity. In simplest terms, the difference between a society and a culture is this… a society consists of people, and culture consists of the products that people create. What are the Five Components of Culture? 1. Technology– the physical objects created by a group of people and the rules established for using those objects. 2. Symbols – anything that “stands for” something else; has a shared meaning attached to it. Societies use symbols to create their culture and communicate it to their members and future generations. 3. Language – organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system 4. Values – shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable; determines the character of its people and the kinds of material & non-material culture they create 5. Norms – shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations 1) Folkways – norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them; common customs of every day life 2) Mores – norms that have great moral significance attached to them; violation of mores endangers wellbeing and stability of society. 3) Laws – written rules of conduct that are enacted and enforced by the government; formalize norms that are important to stability or well-being of society.