Elements of Culture
Culture is made up of ideas, behaviours and products. We are familiar with the products
and behaviours of culture. Cultural products are such things as literature, folklore, art,
music and artifacts. Cultural behaviours include customs, habits, dress, food and leisure.
These are the things we can observe about a particular culture. But there is another
important aspect to culture - that of basic assumptions and values that prescribe the
thinking and the motivation behind every interaction.