COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

TECHNOLOGY

• Combination of objects and rules
• Requires knowledge and skill
• Sociologists also interested in the rules of acceptable behavior

SYMBOLS

• Basis of human culture
• Anything that represtnts something else
• Has a shared meaning attached to it

LANGUAGE

• Organization of written or spoken symbols
• Organized according to accepted rules of grammar
• Primary mean of communicating with one another

VALUES

• Shared beliefs of what is good/bad, right/wrong
• Types of values determines the character if its people
• Brizilian and Venezuelan tribes value warfare and hunting

NORMS

• All groups create norms to enforce cultural values
• Shared rules of conduct to tell people how to act
• Expected for behavior not actual behavior