Culture and cultural norms
Layers of culture
National culture Subcultures - ethnic, religious or linguistic differences Class, gender, institutional and counter cultures
Objective and subjective aspects of culture
Objective - food, religious buildings subjective - norms, beliefs, attitudes
Levels of culture
Surface culture - changes relatively rapidly such music or fashion Deep culture - slow to change such as values or religious beliefs
define the term culture
a dynamic system of rules, explicit and implicit, established by groups in order to ensure survival
define the cultural norm
behavior patterns typical to specific groups passed down from generation to generation