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The beliefs, values, customs, and behaviors that influence the behavior of a group or society.

Cultural norms and values: The shared beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that define a society's way of life.
Subcultures: Small groups within a larger culture that share a distinct set of beliefs, behaviors, and values.
Cross-cultural communication: The ability to effectively communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds.
Cultural assimilation: The process by which individuals adopt the cultural norms and values of a society.
Cultural appropriation: The adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture without understanding or respecting their meaning.
Globalization: The increasing interconnectedness of the world's economies, cultures, and societies.
Cultural relativism: The idea that the values and behaviors of a culture should be judged based on their own cultural context, rather than by the standards of another culture.
Cultural identity: The sense of belonging to a particular culture and understanding oneself in relation to it.
Stereotyping and prejudice: The tendency to make assumptions about a person or group based on limited information or preconceived notions about their culture.
Intercultural competence: The ability to navigate and communicate effectively within diverse cultural contexts.
Material culture: The physical objects, symbols, and artifacts of a culture that contribute to its identity and meaning.
Nonverbal communication: The use of gestures, facial expressions, and body language to convey meaning and emotion.
Cultural change: The process by which cultural practices, beliefs, and values evolve over time.
Consumer behavior: The study of how individuals and groups make decisions about what to buy, use, and dispose of based on cultural, social, and psychological factors.
Cultural diversity: The range of cultural differences that exist within a society or across the globe.
Pop Culture: This type of culture encompasses the elements of mass culture that are popular and widely accepted by the public.
High Culture: This type of culture is defined by its sophistication, refined taste, and exclusive nature. It includes the arts, literature, music, and other cultural products that are associated with the intellectual elite.
Youth Culture: This type of culture refers to the cultural practices and beliefs of young people, including their music, fashion, slang, and behavior.
Corporate Culture: This type of culture refers to the values, beliefs, and practices of a particular company or organization.
National Culture: This type of culture refers to the shared values, beliefs, and customs of a particular country or nation, including its history, language, and social norms.
Subcultures: This type of culture refers to smaller, more specialized cultural groups within a larger society, such as ethnic groups, religious groups, or counterculture groups.
Global Culture: This type of culture refers to the blending of cultural practices and products from around the world due to increased communication and globalization.
Digital Culture: This type of culture refers to the new forms of cultural expression and communication that have emerged with the rise of digital technologies, such as social media platforms and online communities.
Consumer Culture: This type of culture refers to the values, beliefs, and practices associated with the consumption of goods and services, as well as the marketing and advertising that drives consumption.
"Culture encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups."
"Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization."
"A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group."
"Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change."
"In military culture, valor is counted a typical behavior for an individual, and duty, honor, and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict."
"In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group."
"Cultural change, or repositioning, is the reconstruction of a cultural concept of a society."
"Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change."
"Cultures are externally affected via contact between societies."
"Organizations like UNESCO attempt to preserve culture and cultural heritage."
"Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization."
"A cultural norm serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group."
"In military culture, duty, honor, and loyalty to the social group are counted as virtues or functional responses in the continuum of conflict."
"In the practice of religion, analogous attributes can be identified in a social group."
"Cultures are externally affected via contact between societies."
"Organizations like UNESCO attempt to preserve culture and cultural heritage."
"Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change."
"Cultural change, or repositioning, is the reconstruction of a cultural concept of a society."
"Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change."
"Culture encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups."