The Role of Culture. Vissing (2011) explainsculture as an organized system of living and thinking. It containsshared attitudes values goals and behaviors that are present inindividuals groups organizations or regions of the world (p.24). Describe some of the ways that the role of culture can shapeour expectations about how people are supposed to behave? Use thefollowing terms in your explanation: values norms materialstatus groups and roles.