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The language, norms, values, habits, and material goods that constitute the life-way of a society.
The totality of institutions and practices (including the forms of discourse) developed and sustained by some specific group of human beings. Ethnology, the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of culture, is a field from which a number of semioticians have come.
Patterns of learned behaviour and values which are shared among members of a group and are transmitted to group members over time, and distinguish the members of a group from those of another group. Culture can include: ethnicity, language, religion and spiritual beliefs, race, gender social-economic class, age, sexual orientation, geographic origin, group history, education, upbringing and life experiences.
a manner of life involving learned and shared behavior, experiences and material artifacts. The concept is commonly applied as a general term signifying social behavior, values, ideas and material objects of a human society. Culture is socially rather than biologically acquired, and is maintained through the use of symbols.
Way of life including language, food, clothing etc.
The social practices of a particular people or group, including shared beliefs, values, knowledge, customs and lifestyle.
beliefs, feelings and customs shared by people from a certain area or group (Children growing up in the Pinelands share a culture which differs from the culture found in cities.)
All of the beliefs and customs that we learn as members of society and that bind members of any given society together. Archaeology attempts to study culture by examining the artifacts and sites of people of the past.
the beliefs, customs and art that are produced or shared by a particular society
A system of ideas and beliefs that can be seen in peoples’ creations and activities, which over time, comes to characterize the people who share in the system.
The beliefs, values, rules, and customs that exist within a group of people who share a common language and environment, that are transmitted through learning from one generation to the next. go to glossary index
understandings, patterns of behavious, practices, and values shared by a group of people.
the sum of ways of living built up by a group of human beings, which is transmitted from one generation to another.
a common way of life of a group of people
A person's attitude s arising out of their professional, religious, class, educational, gender, age and other backgrounds. [D02628] 23 The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon peopleÍs capacity for learning and transmit ting knowledge to succeeding generation Editor's Note: See also Social Factors. [D00465] PMK87 The framework that provides people with their identity. [D04957] 47
Social system that is taught and learned by successive generations.
Static human institutions and mores at any given period of time. Compare: Civilization.
The sum total of knowledge passed on from generation to generation within any given society. This body of knowledge includes language, forms of art and expression, religion, social and political structures, economic systems, legal systems, norms of behavior, ideas about illness and healing, and so on.
The shared values, norms, traditions, customs, arts, history, folklore, and institutions of a group of people.
Culture refers to the learned values, beliefs, norms and ways of life of an individual that influence thinking, actions, and decisions.
a people's whole way of life. This includes their ideas, their beliefs, language, values, knowledge, customs, and the things they make.
a broad and relatively indistinct term that implies a commonality of history and some cohesiveness of purpose within a group. One can speak of southern culture, for example, or urban culture, or American culture, or rock culture; at any one time, each of us belongs to a number of these cultures.
Aspects of a social environment that are learned and used to communicate values such as what is considered good and desirable, right and wrong, normal, different, appropriate or attractive. The means through which society creates a context from which individuals derive meaning and prescriptions for successful living within that culture (language, speech patterns, orientation toward time, standards of beauty, holidays that are celebrated, images of a "normal" family).
Shared beliefs, values, goals, norms, traditions, arts, history, religion, folklore, experience, and institutions of a group of people. [Adapted from SAMHSA definition.
the pattern of daily life learned by a group of people. These patterns can be seen in language, governing practices, arts, customs, holiday celebrations, food, religion, dating, rituals and clothing, to name a few examples.
The process by which information about the world and how it to deal with it is stored, retrieved, and transmitted. It is learned in social settings and shared by a social community. It is the principal means by which humans adapt to their environments. It is symbolic.
(cul•ture) n. – the customs, beliefs, laws and ways of living that belong to a people.
learned, nonrandom, systematic behavior and knowledge that can be transmitted from generation to generation.
The learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society. The main components of a culture include its economic, social, and belief systems.
behavior patterns, acts, beliefs, manners, and characterizations of a society; the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.
a system of beliefs, values and practices which distinguishes a particular nation of people from other nations.
The learned behavior of people, such as belief systems and languages, social relations, institutions, organizations, and material goods such as food, clothing, buildings, technology.
A group of individuals or a society sharing common characteristics, patterns of behaviour, beliefs, or values. Cultures may be ethnic, national, religious, workplace-centered, or social.
the way of life built up by a group of human beings and passed on from one generation to another.
the customs, ideas, tastes, and beliefs acquired from a person's background; the sum total of one's lifestyle
Used by foreign ideologies. American Way of Life is a better, more American, word to signify the embodiment of our people. Better to use American Heritage, American Way or American System.
The set of Perceiver facts, Mercy experiences, Mercy feelings, and Server actions held in common by a group of people, and integrated around their Perceiver beliefs. Culture can either be the basis for mental thought, or an expression of internal thought.
the full range of learned behavior patterns that are acquired by people as members of a society. A culture is a complex, largely interconnected whole that consists of the knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, customs, skills, and habits learned from parents and others in a society. Culture is the primary adaptive mechanism for humans.
The distinctive customs, religious beliefs, habits, languages and technologies that are shared commonly by people in various parts of the world.
the learned attitudes, beliefs or values that are shared by individuals within a social group.
The development of criminology to some degree can be told as the story of a deepening understanding of culture. For early sociological criminologists—and for many today—'culture' is primarily understood as the values and goals that orient individual actors. Many subcultural and labeling theorists deepen this understanding, seeing a 'culture' as the understandings and behaviors that arise, in the words of Howard Becker, ". . . in response to a problem faced in common by a group of people . . ." ( Outsiders, 81). Finally, recent criminologists—especially feminist and critical criminologists—view culture very broadly, as the beliefs and values, tastes and interests, knowledge, behavior, and even the very ways that individuals conceive their of 'selves'. Culture, in short, has come to be seen as the fabric out of which the social is made.
people's customs, clothing, food, houses, language, dancing, music, drama, literature and religion
the sum total of learned beliefs, values and customs that serve to guide the behaviour of members of a particular society. It covers all languages, traditions, customs, values, beliefs, rules of conduct and institutions. It also includes those things in which cultural achievements are embodied such as buildings, tools, machines, communication devices, art objects, dress and food.
The learned values, beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors of specific groups of people. Nurses or therapists value cultural differences and recognize mental disorders within the context of their individual cultures.
The accumulated habits, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people that define for them their general behavior and way of life; the total set of learned activities of a people.
Behaviors, customs, ideas, and skills of a distinct group of people.
Pattern of human behaviour and its products that includes thought, speech, action, institutions, and artefacts and that is taught to or adopted by successive generations; the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action.
A set of beliefs, values, and practices that sustains a particular people; also, the products those people produce.
The complex set of beliefs, customs, traditions, and experiences that assist in forming and sustaining individual character.
the ideas, customs, skills, arts, etc. of a people or group, that are transferred, communicated, or passed along, as in or to succeeding generations. ( return to database)
The patterns of daily life learned consciously and unconsciously by a group of people. These patterns can be seen in language, governing practices, arts, customs, holiday celebrations, food, religion, dating rituals, and clothing.
a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
all the knowledge and values shared by a society
the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
a body of customary beliefs, mutual goals, rituals, social forms, language and artifacts that unify and provide distinction for a group
a collection of shared beliefs about how things are
a collection of traits and characteristics that a group of people have in common and are able to pass down to successive generations
a collection of values and the behaviors required to achieve those values
a combination of languages, rituals, activities, values, and pastimes that creates a common environment and allows people to interact with and relate to each other
a common way of life -- a particular adjustment of man to his natural surroundings and his economic needs
a comprehensive expression of a way of life for certain groups of people
a configuration of learned behaviors and results of behavior whose component elements are shared and transmitted by the members of a particular society
a delineated group of people who because of group boundaries hold to consistent common understandings and ways of doing things
a elaborate, interconnected network of actions, beliefs, and symbols that shape an organization and, in turn, are shaped by an organization
a group, a society or even a country which shares common ideas about the way the world is and how to behave there
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