Culture

 Symbolic culture includes ways of thinking and ways of behaving. In America, symbolic culture consists of values such as freedom and equality.

Material culture includes objects associated with a cultural group, such as food, tools, buildings and artwork. For example, a roasted pig is typically found at large Filipino celebrations.

Multiculturalism embraces diverse racial, ethnic, national, and linguistic backgrounds. It promotes the retention of cultural differences within society, rather than assimilation.

Subcultures is a group within society that is differentiated by its distinctive values, norms, and lifestyles. Within the rave culture, members listen to electronic dance music, wear flashy neon clothes, and value "PLUR" (peace, love, unity, and respect).

Culture shock is a sense of disorientation that occurs when one enters a radically new social or cultural environment. Once an individual understand and embraces a culture in its own terms, that is cultural relativism. This is a photo of me trying to embrace scorpion as a delicacy of Thailand.

Ethnocentrism is the principle of using one's own culture as a standard by which to judge others. It leads to the view that cultures other than one's own are abnormal. Like a ruler, we use our own culture as a measure of comparison, rather than viewing culture on its own terms.

Taboo is a norm that society holds so strongly that violating it evokes extreme feelings of disgust, horror, or revulsion in people.