Culture refers to the social heritage of a people --- the learned
! V" `/ | K8 z ?6 G1 ^ patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a' o6 B# G# C4 I+ B
population or society, include the expression of these pattems in ___1____
, q" v' ^& w% x# n6 A" I9 j1 i! f material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture --- ____2____5 K( C% C- r1 n6 m ]
abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs and institutional0 }! k7 ~9 u+ X; G
arrangements - and material culture - physical object like ____3____
% A# m, ]. |% _, l- z3 M4 | cooking pots, computers and bathtubs. In sum, culture reflects. d) M: |- d) k+ \
both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary ____4____
& u" A q% F0 _- }2 w speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another ____5____+ B0 |0 v$ I ~1 ~
language - the person who is unfamiliar with the arts, music, ____6____
$ _& I- o5 f+ l, P- E literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be2 l7 ?7 ]% a* n6 v! d# W, k
human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world ___7____
+ y; |7 i$ N) ], ?; M$ D of experience we share with other members of our group.! J3 J1 `4 H( j* j$ C
Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind ____8____
w d( h$ G0 t8 Q4 G of map for relating to others. Consider how you fred your way
, I( m: Z2 o0 [1 x5 @ about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom,
9 Q: Z: N) ]* o9 d- x or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh ____9____/ w5 P& ?" M9 y+ a5 Q
at you? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, ____10____
% S0 t" D7 B' J2 R( A2 i" L1 Z7 ?7 A ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.
( r8 r% y0 S2 x) L: C% Q, X$ d Therefore, if we know a person's culture, we can understand. I) o: [) h W& m
and even predict a good deal of his behavior. |