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Learn about the characteristics of culture, the process of enculturation, and how culture traits can be expressed through material and non-material aspects. Explore how cultural borrowing affects societies and discover the importance of human society in shaping our way of life.
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Chapter 2 - Lesson 2 Cultures and Societies Chapter 2 Patterns of Life
Characteristics of Culture pg 60 - 65 Human Society – an organized group of people identified by its customs, traditions, and way of life • Each country and its people have their own way of doing things that are sometimes similar to our way of doing things but most of the time it is different • These groups of different ways of doing things are called human societies • People are not born with the knowledge of their culture • Culture is learned by living with a family and growing up as a member of society, this is called enculturation Enculturation – the process of learning culture
Characteristics of Culture pg 60 - 65 • Through Enculturation we: The language
Characteristics of Culture pg 60 - 61 Culture Traits – characteristics of a society that can be material or non-material How can Non-material culture traits be expressed through material culture traits?
What are some traits that define the culture of a society? (pg.61)
Cultures Change pages 61 • Some countries have many cultural groups with different cultures, other countries only have one culture • Japan has a single culture because it has a very long history of cultural unity • They also have a population that is almost 100% Japanese people
Cultures Change pages 61 Cultural borrowing – When a society takes culture traits from one culture and use them their own culture • Only about 10% of a society’s culture traits are its very own and found only in that society, about 90% are borrowed • This can be seen in clothing, music, and sports • Each culture trait that is borrowed is then added to as it moves from culture to culture
How does cultural borrowing affect cultures in the world? (pg.61)
Terms to Know • Human Society • Enculturation • Culture Traits • Cultural Borrowing