what constitute a culture Flashcards

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elements that constitute a culture

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  • values and belief
  • language
  • norms and social practice
  • symbols
  • religion and spirituality
  • art and aesthetics
  • customs and traditions
  • social structure
  • cultural identity
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What can cause a change in a culture

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  1. Changes in the natural environment
  2. Changes due to contact with other groups
  3. Change due to discovery
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characteristic of culture

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  1. Culture can be learned
  2. Culture is the way humans use symbols to organize and give meaning to the things around them
  3. Culture is an integrated system so that changes in one cultural element will cause changes in
    other elements
  4. Includes a set of norms and values shared by members of a community group.
  5. Helps humans to adapt to the world in which they live
  6. Always changing.
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