All societies can carry on in the face of

Society
differences andisconflicts
a collection
amongoftheir
interacting
members individuals sharing
because they have
developed
the same certain
way ofbuilding
life andblocks –
living
the foundation of society – STATUS,
in the same territory.
ROLES, GROUPS , and INTITUTIONS

STATUS
ROLES
Every Position
status carriesinwith
race,itasa well
role,asthe
Achieved
Ascribed Status
Status Every
are
These
PRESTIGE
Pertains
born
are
to
expectation
gender,
Society
status
with of
–has
what
attained
we
and
rights
areindividuals
through and
born our
male own
age; some we
obligations.
orshould
female dointo some
actions.or
in accordance
racial group. with their particular status.
consists of all the shared products of
human groups
MATERIAL CULTURE – It is the physical
objects that people create. Sociologists
and Anthropologists use the term
artifacts to refer to the physical
objects of material culture.

NON-MATERIAL CULTURE – It is the abstract

human creations.
 SYMBOLS NORMS

Different
LANGUAGE Aspects of FOLKWAYS
Culture

VALUES MORES
AnySYMBOL
word, gesture,
is the very
image,
basis
sound,
of human
physical
culture.
object,
event,
It is through
or element
symbols
of the
that
natural
we create
world
our
can
culture
serve
and
as acommunicate
SYMBOL as long it to group
as people
members
recognize
andthat
future
it
carries agenerations.
particular meaning.
 Anyone who has ever visited a foreign country
LANGUAGE is the most obvious aspect of any
and has been unable to speak the language
culture. It is the organization of written or spoken
realizes ho important the use of language is in
symbols into a standardized system.
daily life.
A society that values war and display of physical
The types of values held by a group help to
VALUES
strength above
are shared
all else
beliefs
will be
about
verywhat
different
is good
from
or
determine the character of its people and the
one
bad,
thatright
places
or wrong,
the most desirable
emphasis oron
undesirable.
cooperation
kinds of material and non material they create.
and sharing.
NORMS are the shared rules of conduct that tell
Itpeople
is important
how totoact
keep
in specific
in mindsituations.
that normsAll
are
expectations
groups create
fornorms
behavior,
to enforce
not actual
theirbehavior.
cultural
values.
Some degree of nonconformity to these norms is
FOLKWAYS is a norm that does not have great
permitted because their violation by limited
moral significance attached to them. They are the
numbers of people does not endanger the well-
common customs of everyday life.
being or stability of society.
MORES are customs, norms and behavior that are
acceptable tofor
It is difficult a society
peopleand social groups.
to acquire propertyThe
if
violation
others are of mores endangers
continually stealing the
it orwell-being
setting on and
fire.
stability of society.