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Components of culture

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Shella Salem

Cultures have four main components: communication, cognitive, material, and behavioral. The communication component includes language and symbols. The cognitive components are ideas, knowledge, beliefs, and values. Behavioral components are norms such as mores (customary behaviors), laws, folkways (repetitive patterns), and rituals (scripted ceremonies). The material components refer to physical objects of a culture like tools, books, and clothing.

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COMPONENTS OF CULTURE Considerable variation exist, all cultures share four components: 1.Communication, 2. Cognitive, 3. Material, 4. Behavioral
A. COMMUNICATION COMPONENT 1.LANGUAGE defines what it means to be human, it forms the core of all culture. 2.SYMBOLS form of backbone of symbolic interaction
B. COGNITIVE COMPONENTS 1. IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE/ BELIEF IDEAS mental representations used to organize stimulus KNOWLEDGE storehouse where we can accumulate representations, statements, information, facts, assumption, etc. BELIEFS accept a proposition, statements, description of facts, etc. as true
2. VALUES defined standards of desirability, goodness, and beauty, which serve as broad guidelines for social living. 3. ACCOUNTS sharing of cultures, common language for talking about their inner selves. C. BEHAVIORAL COMPONENTS ( how we act ) NORMS are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its member
TYPES OF NORMS MORES are customary behavior patterns or folkways which have been taken on a moralistic values LAWS constitute the most formal and important norms FOLKWAYS are behavior patterns of society which are organized and repetitive RITUALS these are highly scripted ceremonies or strips of interactions that follow a specific sequence of action
MATERIAL COMPONENTS OF CULTURE - refer to a physical object of culture such as machines, equipment, tools, books, clothing, etc.

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Components of culture

  • 1. COMPONENTS OF CULTURE Considerable variation exist, all cultures share four components: 1.Communication, 2. Cognitive, 3. Material, 4. Behavioral
  • 2. A. COMMUNICATION COMPONENT 1.LANGUAGE defines what it means to be human, it forms the core of all culture. 2.SYMBOLS form of backbone of symbolic interaction
  • 3. B. COGNITIVE COMPONENTS 1. IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE/ BELIEF IDEAS mental representations used to organize stimulus KNOWLEDGE storehouse where we can accumulate representations, statements, information, facts, assumption, etc. BELIEFS accept a proposition, statements, description of facts, etc. as true
  • 4. 2. VALUES defined standards of desirability, goodness, and beauty, which serve as broad guidelines for social living. 3. ACCOUNTS sharing of cultures, common language for talking about their inner selves. C. BEHAVIORAL COMPONENTS ( how we act ) NORMS are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its member
  • 5. TYPES OF NORMS MORES are customary behavior patterns or folkways which have been taken on a moralistic values LAWS constitute the most formal and important norms FOLKWAYS are behavior patterns of society which are organized and repetitive RITUALS these are highly scripted ceremonies or strips of interactions that follow a specific sequence of action
  • 6. MATERIAL COMPONENTS OF CULTURE - refer to a physical object of culture such as machines, equipment, tools, books, clothing, etc.