ac 1.2 Flashcards
define what culture means
the arts and manifestations of human intellect achievement regarded collectively, the ideas, customs and social behaviours of a particular people in society
what are social norms?
social expectations that guide behaviours and explain why people act in the way they do e.g wearing black at a funeral
what are social values?
rules shared by most people in a given culture, they are more guidelines than rules which is why not everyone follows them e.g being respectful to the elderly
what are social mores?
moral codes is a good way of behaving, your own way that you perceive behaviours e.g murder or animal abuse
what are the 4 examples of how crimes vary from culture to culture
bigamy, homosexuality, adultery, honour killings
how does bigamy change from culture-culture?
bigamy is the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person, bigamy is the uk is illegal and it goes against the ‘persons act’, it is legal in united Arab
emirates. It varies from culture to culture because it is a practice of their religion, wealth from the woman