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DESCRIPTIVE - culture is concerned with how PEOPLE perceive the characteristics of

THE culture, not with whether or not they like them. That is, it is descriptive IN
NATURE..IT DEFINES ITS CHARACTERISTICS, COMPLEXITY AND NATURE.
This descriptive model creates an awareness of the culture between the existing DEFINITION
and THE preferred culture.

2. HISTORICAL - culture is the way in which a society interprets, transmits and transforms reality
AND PASSED ON THROUGH GENERATIONS, historical culture is the specific and
particular way in which a society ADOPTS CULTURE IN A specific and particular way
in which a society relates to its past.
3. 3. NORAMTIVE - The normative model of culture assumes that a culture consists of a
set of norms. These norms are ideas on all aspects of a society. It means building a
community — which includes our school, and where students and staff come together
daily. It then goes on to assume that the norms are expressed in material remains of a
society. Since culture includes the ways in which things should be done, we say
that culture is normative, which is an way of saying that it defines standards of
conduct.
4. PSYCHOLOGICAL - Culture consists mostly of practices, skills, and motives whose
cognitive representation is primarily procedural, not explicit semantic ...
Culture influences psychological processes. Individual thoughts and actions influence
cultural norms and practices as they evolve over time, and these cultural norms and
practices influence the thoughts and actions of individuals.
5. STRUCTURAL - The concepts "social structure" and "cultural structure" fill both ... physical,
and the spatial aspect of the regularities is of primary interest (e.g., The major
elements of culture are symbols, language, norms, values, and artifacts.
6. SOCIO-GENETIC - Culture and genetics are traditionally thought of as two separate
processes, but researchers are increasingly realising that they are intimately ...
Culture relates to nature (our biology and genetics) and nurture (our environment and
surroundings that also shape our identities).