Distinction Between Norms And Values

Culture is passed from one generation to another generations through immaterial culture, such as values, norms, language, rituals, and symbols, and material culture, such as objects, art, and institutions. Sociologists focus on norms and values. To think about culture is to think about the distinction between norms and values since norms and values are the components of culture and they are hardly distinguished. Within my explanation will describe about several distinctions between norms and values with definitions and examples.

To begin with, we need to define the word values and norms. Values refer to intangible qualities or beliefs accepted and endorsed by a given society. Values are distinct from attitudes, traits, norms, and needs. Values share the

Examples of modern U.S. values include achievement; success; independence; freedom; democracy; scientific discovery; progress; comfort; education; and ideas of racial, sexual, religious, or gender superiority and have found ten values shared by 70 cultures spread throughout the world. These ten values include hedonism, power, achievements, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, conformity, tradition, security. Moreover, norms refer to conditions for social relations between groups and individuals, for the structure of society and the difference between societies, and for human behavior in general. Norms are shared rules, customs, and guidelines that govern society and