Working definition of Culture - Answer✔✔-expressed in values, attitude, and
behavioral assumptions of a society
text book definition: Culture is a set of knowledge structures consisting of systems of
VALUES, ATTITUDE, BELIEFS and BEHAVIORAL MEANING that are SHARED by
members of a SOCIAL GROUP (society) and embedded in its institutions and that are
LEARNED from previous generations
Why do cultures differ and persist? - Answer✔✔-they differ b/c they solve :
- different problems
- the same problem in different ways
they persist b/c they solve a problem
Debates Surrounding the Concept of Culture - Answer✔✔-the concept of a national
culture, the convergence(homogenizing effect) or divergence (rapid technological
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