Monday, April 23, 2007

Culture

What is culture?

  • Culture is the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
  • Culture is shared by individuals as members of a group.

How is culture transmitted?

  • Enculturation
  • the process by which a child learns his/her culture.
  • transmitted both by direct instruction and by observation.
  • used to define the world, express feelings and make judgements.

Done by: huimei

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