CULTURE

• Characteristics of Culture:

  • Culture is shared
  • Culture is learned and acquired
  • Culture is cumulative
  • Culture is dynamic
  • Culture is standard
  • Culture is diverse
  • Culture is ideational
• Culture is shared:

  • Practiced by a group of people, leading to its permeation and sustainability
  • Ceases to be culture if not practiced by a group of people
• Culture is learned and acquired:

  • Not biologically inherited but learned and acquired through living
  • Acquired through physical and social environment
• Culture is cumulative:

  • Improved over time and passed down from one generation to another
• Culture is dynamic:

  • Constantly changing with aspects being added, modified, and removed
• Culture is standard:

  • Provides permissible behavior patterns for social acceptance within a group
  • Eliminates uncertainties through norms, rituals, and practices
  • Minimizes differences and rewards collective action through social acceptance
• Culture is diverse:

  • No universal uniform of culture
  • Different societies have different cultures
• Culture is ideational:

  • Represents society's ideals
  • Aims to bring fulfillment to individuals through humane orientation
  • Seen as a maintenance mechanism for societal well-being