Culture

• Anomie is a state where individuals feel alienated by rapidly changing social norms, feeling left behind
• Sanctions are social expressions of approval for conforming to social norms or disapproval for failing to conform
• Folkways - norms governing casual interactions
• Mores are norms enforcing the moral standards of a society
• Cultural diffusion indicates the mutual exchange of cultural values and practices among cultural groups in a society or among societies
• Cultural relativism indicates evaluating the cultural practices of a different society not from one’s own cultural perspective, but from that society’s perspective.