Cultural Universal Research Paper

“You can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now” (Dicamillo 96). Cultural Universals have been used to describe society throughout time. There are four main different types of cultural universals: communication, values, ideals and religion or religious beliefs, and physical. Each has its own importance in society. Cultural Universals have evolved and changed over time, which reflects on daily life today and in the past.
Communication is a significant part of everyone’s life. It is how we show or tell our needs, wants,emotions, and what we believe in. Communication is not always verbal. Sign language and gestures are examples of nonverbal communication. “You know, my eyes ain’t too good at all. I can’t see nothing but the general shape of things, so I got to rely on my heart. Why don’t you go on and tell me
Both values and beliefs show what is important to us to people we care about and what we believe in. Values could be thought in many different ways. They could be judgements of what is good, bad, and in between, or punishments when rules are broken. “He said he was going to have James Hubbard flogged in front of everyone and then sold far south he’d never see his family again” (Bradley 154). Religious beliefs express what is important to a specific person or group. Beliefs is also another way of saying “what we believe in.” Some people may believe in the supernatural, mostly found in religion. “He stopped playing his guitar and the spell was broken...the way we could play his guitar and make all the animals turn to stone” (Dicamillo 80, 81). Each individual person thinks different thoughts than another. One may think one idea is bad, while the other, may think it is good. “Can we honestly say that it doesn’t affect our security and the fight for peace when Negroes and others are denied their full constitutional rights?”-John F. Kennedy (Bridges