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What is Culture?

What is Culture?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KW6RO8Rcs. What does this mean ?. Culture. Society. Answers: Culture and Society are interwoven One cannot exist without the other. Culture Is………. The values, norms and material goods shared by a given group (Social Science Dictionary)

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What is Culture?

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  1. What is Culture? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KW6RO8Rcs

  2. What does this mean? Culture Society Answers: • Culture and Society are interwoven • One cannot exist without the other

  3. Culture Is………. • The values, norms and material goods shared by a given group (Social Science Dictionary) • A “System” thatwe (human beings) create and then use to define who we are and how we behave. (The Socjournal) • Knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects shared by members of a society (Sociology & You textbook) • Key Points to Know: • Varies from group to group • Explain human social behavior • Guide relationships with others http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlcFB0NZHLo

  4. Society Is………. • A specific territory inhabited by people who share a common culture (Sociology & You textbook) • An enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

  5. Why Study Culture? Answers: • Human behavior is based off culture - Norms - Values - Beliefs - Material Objects • Since people are NOT born knowing their own culture….. it must be learned • Most importantly….. To understand how to behave in Society and with one another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Giwujxh2No

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