Is the system of knowledge that is shared by a particular group composed of a relatively large number of individuals?

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1. Which is NOT a correct definition of culture? Culture refers to knowledge, experience, beliefs, values and attitudes acquired by a group of people in thecourse of generations.b. Culture is the system of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.c. Culture is fixed or static because it does not change over time.d. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society."2. Why it is important to know one's culture, history and environment?It helps us to understand the people and the world better.b. It helps us find a better job in the future.It helps us venture to any business opportunities.d. It helps us make our life better.3. What is defined by this statement “It refers to the immediate physical and social setting in which people live or inwhich something happens or develops."a. Historyc. Environmentb. Cultured. Values4. What can influence your thinking or perception about understanding the world when reading a text or selection?When a selection has a happy ending.b. When the subject of the selection reflects the life of people in reality.C. When a selection gives you information about culture, history, environment and other factors that will exposeyou to different experiences.d. When a selection talks about how to improve your life better.5. Which is the correct definition of history?It is an investigation and presentation of our lives and our existence in connection to the past experiences.b. It includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and moralityand systems of belief.c. It is place where different things constantly interact with and adapt themselves.d. It is called "the way of life for an entire society."​

    Culture Definitions and Traits
    Definitions:
    • “A learned meaning system that consists of patterns of traditions, beliefs, values, norms, meanings and symbols that are passed on from one generation to the next and are shared to varying degrees by interacting members of a community.  (Ting-Toomey and Chung)
    • “A deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, actions, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and artifacts acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving” (Samovar and Porter)
    • “An integrated systems of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society” (Oosterwal)
    • “A learned set of shared perceptions about beliefs, values, norms which affect the behaviors of a relatively large group of people” (Lustig and Koester)
    • What gives people “a sense of who they are, of belonging, of how they should behave, and of what they should be doing." (Moran, Harris and Moran)

    Traits:  Seven (7) Major Traits of Culture

     
    1.  Learned
    2. Not innate but something acquired because of where one is raised.  If you are conceived in one culture but born and raised in another (i.e. transferred at birth) — you acquired the culture of the second, not the first.   
          Learned through interaction, observation, and imitation
              Conscious — being told, reading
              Unconscious — most culture is learned unconsciously — i.e. through language for example
        Learned from a variety of sources
            Proverbs
            Folk tales and folklore
            High Culture: poetry, art, music
          Mass media (especially TV in this generation)
    3. Transmitted
    4. Each generation (older) passes it on to the younger — and constantly reinforces it.   If not transmitted, a culture dies.
       
    5. Based on Symbols
    6. Language (verbal and nonverbal) is key element / but also from images, icons.
         
    7. Changeable
    8. No culture is static.  The culture of your grandparents or parents is not identical with your own (a major cause of the so-called generation gap).
        Changes occurs from:
        • innovation (discovery) e.g. television, computer, women’s movement
        • diffusion (borrowing) e.g. McDonalds worldwide
        • acculturation (long-term contact with another culture) e.g. Taco Bell?
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    9. Integrated
    10. One dimension affect other dimensions.  Consider how the civil rights movement in the US (initially concerned with voting rights) spread to encompass multiple parts of the USA.
       
    11. Ethnocentric
    12. A trait found in every culture — the belief that one’s culture is superior and more worthy than another.  While it is important to have a positive view of one’s self, ethnocentrism can be a major hindrance to intercultural communication — can shut others out, lead to derogatory viewpoints.
         
    13. Adaptive
    14. In order to survive, culture must adapt.  Example — roles of women in USA after WWII.

BSAD 560, Intercultural Business Relations

Is the system of knowledge that is shared by a particular group?

Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. Culture is communication, communication is culture.

Which of the following terms refers to all socially transmitted social practices and knowledge systems that are transmitted from one generation to the next?

Culture is the sum of total of the learned behavior of a group of people that are generally considered to be the tradition of that people and are transmitted from generation to generation.

What is a person's culture?

Culture is the shared characteristics of a group of people, which encompasses , place of birth, religion, language, cuisine, social behaviors, art, literature, and music. Some cultures are widespread, and have a large number of people who associate themselves with those particular values, beliefs, and origins.

What is culture and tradition?

The main difference between culture and tradition is that traditions describe a group's beliefs and behaviors that are passed down from one generation to another. Culture describes the shared characteristics of the entire group, which has been amassed throughout its history.