A person would be considered to be acting deviantly in society if they are violating what the significant social norm in that particular culture is. What causes humans to act certain ways is a disputed topic among researchers for some time now. There are three types of research that have tried to an...

A Contact zone is the space in which people that are geographically and historically separated come into contact with each other and establish ongoing relations. In other words a Contact zone is basically a clash of cultures. Examples of Contact zones could be school, work, the arcade, the recrea...

Culture, as defined by Haviland, is " The ideals, values and beliefs members of a society share to interpret experience and generate behavior." The three patterns of subsistence, Hunter-gather, Horticultural and Pastoral, all have unique cultural characteristics. Hunter-gather, the ol...