Sociology Components of Culture

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Traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people

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folklore

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Shared products of human groups, which include both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group

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culture

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Norms that have great moral significance attached to them

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mores

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Norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them—the common customs of everyday life

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folkways

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Physical objects created by human groups

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material culture

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A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and have a feeling of unity

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society

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Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable

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values

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Written rules of conduct that are enacted and enforced by the government

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laws

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Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations

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norms

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Abstract human creations, such as language, ideas, beliefs, rules, skills, family patterns, work practices, and political and economic systems

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nonmaterial culture