PSYC 3100 Lecture 13: PSYC3100L13A
4 Dec 2016
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The complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, etc. acquired by man. Two strategies for specifying what culture is: look around at human culture and notice that animals do not possess (religion, language, rationality, marriage, etc. ) Preferred way to look at it: define it generally so that non-human animals can have more culture. If we choose be (inclusive strategy), we will be able to compare the ways in which cultural activities are shared and the ways they differ (see powerpoint) Thick definition: a as a member of society. Patterns of behaviour that are transmitted repeatedly through social or observational learning to become a population-wide characteristic. Differences among individuals that exist because they have acquired different behaviour/al display as a result of some form of social learning. If culture is defined as acquired variation by learning, then it is common in nature. Rats, pigeons, chimps, octopedes, behaviour is acquired through social learning.
