The elements of culture include the symbols, language, values, beliefs, and norms by which a…

Material culture refers to the relationship between artifacts and social relations while symbolic (or nonmaterial)…

“Cultural lag” refers to the fact that culture takes time to catch up with technological…

Culture shock is the feeling of disorientation that occurs due to an encounter with an…

Assimilation is the process by which an individual or group becomes part of a new…

Multiculturalism is the practice of valuing and respecting differences in culture. The presence of the…

While there may be a dominant culture in society, variations like subcultures (a culture shared…

Popular culture (the most widespread cultural patterns of a society) is transmitted via mass media…

Transmission is the passage of culture from one generation to the other while diffusion is…