ASPECTS OF

CULTURE
NORMS
• a standard or pattern,
especially of social
behavior, that is typical or
expected of a group
 Types of Norms:
Folkways and Laws
FOLKWAYS
- Folkways are conventional norms
of custom generally regarded as
useful but not essential to society,
and they are fairly weak kinds of
norms.
LAWS
-Laws are norms whose violation
is met (by a state authority) with
sanctions that are publicly
acknowledged, socially approved,
and—at least in principle—
consistently applied.
The anthropology of law
describes the definitions of
crimes in particular cultures and
the procedures through which
cases are adjudicated and
remedies applied in particular
communities.
BELIEFS
-trust, faith, or confidence in
someone or something
MORALS
- concerned with the principles
of right and wrong behavior and
the goodness or badness of
human character.
TRADITIONS
-the transmission of customs or beliefs
from generation to generation, or the
fact of being passed on in this way.
THE ROLE OF ADAPTATION
IN CULTURE
CULTURAL ADAPTATION 

-refers to the process and time it

takes a person to assimilate to a
new culture