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: The shared beliefs, values, behaviors, and artifacts that characterize a group or society.

Socialization: The process by which individuals learn the norms and values of a particular culture or society.
Cultural relativism: The idea that cultural practices should be understood within the context of the culture in which they occur.
Ethnocentrism: The tendency to judge other cultures based on the standards of one's own culture.
Cultural diversity: The presence of multiple cultures within a society.
Cultural capital: The set of skills, knowledge, and behaviors that individuals possess as a result of their upbringing and socialization.
Cultural hegemony: The dominant cultural beliefs and practices that shape the way we think and act.
Globalization: The increasing interconnectedness of the world's cultures and economies.
Cultural hybridity: The combination of elements from different cultures to create new cultural forms.
Gender and culture: The ways in which gender roles and expectations are shaped by culture.
Race and culture: The ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with cultural norms and practices.
Language and culture: The important role that language plays in shaping cultural identity and understanding.
Religion and culture: The ways in which religion shapes cultural practices and beliefs.
Popular culture: The cultural forms and practices that are widely accepted and consumed by the masses.
Subcultures: Smaller groups within a larger culture that have distinct norms and practices.
Mass media and culture: The influence of mass media on cultural beliefs and practices.
National Culture: Refers to the common beliefs, customs, practices, and values shared by the people of a specific country.
Organizational Culture: Refers to the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that characterize an organization.
Pop Culture: Refers to the popular and current trends and practices, especially in music, fashion, television, and films.
Subculture: Refers to the distinct cultural patterns or practices of a particular group or community within a larger culture.
Mass Culture: Refers to the cultural patterns and practices that are widely disseminated through mass media, such as television, radio, and cinema.
Folk Culture: Refers to the traditional and local customs and practices of a particular community or region.
Material Culture: Refers to the physical artifacts, objects, and structures that people create, use, and value.
High Culture: Refers to the cultural patterns and practices that are associated with elite groups, such as the aristocracy or the intelligentsia.
Consumer Culture: Refers to the cultural patterns and practices that are influenced by consumerism and capitalism.
Youth Culture: Refers to the cultural patterns and practices that are associated with young people, especially teenagers and college students.
"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."