Modern social anthropology has become a study of the variations and common concepts within cultures and results of these ideas. Due to the homogenization of larger societies it is necessary to observe civilizations unblemished by the standardization of modern societies. These cultures such as the Dyaks, Hopis, Fijians and Yakuts are significant for study due to their isolation providing them the opportunity to form localized social norms. When it comes to higher cultures universal forms and the standardization of custom and belief have given us the idea that our ethical arguments are the prime examples of ethics in relation to human nature. This is not the case and means that our culture is one variation in all the possible incarnations of
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Just as language is the selection and subsequent attribution of meaning to phonetic sounds. So does culture depend on the selection and standardization of specific norms in order for there to be communication. Every society begins with a slight variation which are exaggerated as time goes on letting go the behaviors aren 't advantageous and adopting the ones that are. It is by this observation that it can be said that "Normality, in short, within a very wide range, is culturally defined." In general the idea of what is normal coincides with what that society considers good. What is normal is what is expected of the members of that group. Each trait or variation of culture that is reinforced becomes the standards by which normality is achieved. Those who value cooperation and team work would deem the behaviors of the untrusting and paranoid as abhorrent. Although there is a wide but limited range of universal human temperaments the extents to which these are displayed and how they are accepted in each culture is variable. In general it is the behaviors that have been widely adopted by the society that are deemed normal and those that exhibit unaccepted traits as abnormal. The general mould of normality maintains the majority of all individuals within that given
Just as language is the selection and subsequent attribution of meaning to phonetic sounds. So does culture depend on the selection and standardization of specific norms in order for there to be communication. Every society begins with a slight variation which are exaggerated as time goes on letting go the behaviors aren 't advantageous and adopting the ones that are. It is by this observation that it can be said that "Normality, in short, within a very wide range, is culturally defined." In general the idea of what is normal coincides with what that society considers good. What is normal is what is expected of the members of that group. Each trait or variation of culture that is reinforced becomes the standards by which normality is achieved. Those who value cooperation and team work would deem the behaviors of the untrusting and paranoid as abhorrent. Although there is a wide but limited range of universal human temperaments the extents to which these are displayed and how they are accepted in each culture is variable. In general it is the behaviors that have been widely adopted by the society that are deemed normal and those that exhibit unaccepted traits as abnormal. The general mould of normality maintains the majority of all individuals within that given