AQA A Level Sociology - Core themes revision notes - Culture
Confidence: Low M
edium High
Key points
● Culture is a societies way of life.
● It is the shared values, beliefs, languages, norms, traditions, and laws
held in society.
Values
- They are beliefs about how someone should aspire to behave.
- For example, the UK traditionally values marriage and family.
Beliefs
- Beliefs are assumptions originating from religious or historical
backgrounds.
- They are sometimes right.
- For example, a historical belief in the UK is that there should be a
monarchy.
Languages
- This is how culture is passed down from one generation to the next.
- It can include body language, storytelling methods and spoken
language.
Norms
- These are social rules that influence our behaviour.
Confidence: Low M
edium High
Key points
● Culture is a societies way of life.
● It is the shared values, beliefs, languages, norms, traditions, and laws
held in society.
Values
- They are beliefs about how someone should aspire to behave.
- For example, the UK traditionally values marriage and family.
Beliefs
- Beliefs are assumptions originating from religious or historical
backgrounds.
- They are sometimes right.
- For example, a historical belief in the UK is that there should be a
monarchy.
Languages
- This is how culture is passed down from one generation to the next.
- It can include body language, storytelling methods and spoken
language.
Norms
- These are social rules that influence our behaviour.
