Cultural Norms, Values, and Beliefs
Glossary
- beliefs:
- tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
- ideal culture:
- the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to
- real culture:
- the way society really is based on what actually occurs and exists
- sanctions:
- a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
- social control:
- a way to encourage conformity to cultural norms
- values:
- a culture's standard for discerning what is good and just in society