NENTS

OF
CULTUR

DEFINITION:
refers to the physical objects, resources, and
spaces that people use to define their culture.
These include homes, neighborhoods, cities, schools,
churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, offices,
factories and plants, tools, means of production,
goods and products, stores, and so forth.

help define
perception

its

members'

behaviors

and

DEFINITION:
refers to the nonphysical ideas that people
have about their culture, including beliefs,
values, rules, norms, morals, language,
organizations, and institutions

DEFINITION:

anything that holds a particular meaning and are

recognized by the people that shares the same
culture

L A N G U A G E
DEFINITION:

system of symbols that have specific and arbitrary

meaning in a given society
the sounds and written symbols that allow people to
express their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes and
their dreams with themselves and one another

core of all cultures throughout society

DEFINITION:

Serve as guidelines for social living.

Culturally, it
can be defined as the standards of desirability,
goodness and beauty.

B E L I E F S
DEFINITION:

assumes that a proposition, statement, description

of fact are true in nature. These acceptance were
influenced by the external authorities such as
government, religion, or science rather than proven
true from the individuals direct experiences

DEFINITION:

guides or models of behavior which tell what is proper

and what is not,
appropriate or inappropriate, right
or wrong
sets limits within which individuals may seek
alternatives or ways to achieve goals
regulates peoples behavior in a
given society

FOLKWAYS

customary patterns of everyday life that specify

what is socially correct and proper
behavioral patterns of a particular society that is
repetitive and organize
examples: shaking of hands, taking a bath
regularly keeping
liquor in the church

frequently and
ones lawn cut and orderly not drinking

MORES

defines what is morally right and morally

wrong

considered to be as a customary behavior

which have taken from a moralistic value

patterns

include standards on sex behavior, family relations,

attitudes toward authority, religion and unfortunate
sectors of society