EST 200 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Culture and culture traits II How cultures survive Outline of Current Lecture II What did you inherit III What is a culture IV Function of a culture V Enculturation VI Society VII Social Structure and it s roles Current Lecture I II III IV Professor asks the whole class very seriously Do you think you were born with anything you know now today a Answer many thought we did inherit some knowledge about some things b Right answer you weren t born with any knowledge or culture everything is learned as you grow up Culture must be learned and shared What is a culture a Each culture is a collection of people cooperating to ensure their collective survival and well being b Needs some degree of predictable behavior c Why cultures do exists i To deal with the problems or matters that concern them d Do cultures die i Yes Function of a culture a A culture must strike a balance between the self interests of individuals and the needs of society as a whole b A culture must have the capacity to change in order to adapt to new circumstances or to the altered perceptions of existing circumstances Enculturation a Means to adapt to the prevailing cultural patterns of one s society These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V VI b Taught to us by our child care givers usually our biological parents but does not have to be Society a Is a group of people who occupy a specific locality and who share the same cultural tradition b Social structure i Holds the society together ii No culture without a society iii No society without individuals c Roles of society i Differences between males and females differences between children and adults Subculture a Occupational groups b Social class in stratified societies c Ethnic groups in some societies d The united states is an example of a pluralistic society so is england