5 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

TECHNOLOGY

• Combination of objects and rules
• Requires various skills & knowledge
• The ability to access computer languages

SYMBOLS

• Anything that represents something else
• It is through symbols that culture is created
• It is able to be communicated to group members & future generations

LANGUAGE

• One of the most obvious aspects of culture
• Written or spoken symbols that are organized in standardized system
• Can be used to express any idea

VALUES

• Values held by a group help determine the character of its people
• Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, wrong or right, desirable & undesirable
• Determines the material and non material culture they create

NORMS

• Enforce cultural values
• Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in situations
• Norms are expectations for behavior, not actual behavior