Sociology Components of Culture

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

• norms
• folklore
• law
• society

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

• value 
• norms
• culture
• society

Norms that have great moral significance attached to them 

• mores
• norms
• folkways
• society

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

• mores
• folkways
• norms
• values

Physical objects created by human groups 

• nonmaterial culture
• material culture
• society
• culture

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

• culture
• society
• norms
• laws

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

• norms
• culture
• laws
• values

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

• mores
• values
• laws
• society

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

• mores
• folkways
• norms
• culture

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

• material culture
• nonmaterial culture
• values
• laws