PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Gombe Stream National Park, Imitative Learning, Circular Definition
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Human not strong, not very fast, don"t have sharpt teeth or claws etc. But we have populated more parts of the world, in more diverse ecologies, using broader rate of subsistence systems and social arrangements than any other species. Have one adaption that compensates all we lack we have culture. Many ways people from different cultures lives differently speak diff languages, different customs, diff diets, diff religious views, diff child rearing practices etc. Cultural psych thesis people from different culture also differ in their psychology notion that psychological processes are shaped by experience. This question debated among anthro, socio, pscyh for decades - no single answer. This book culture mean 2 things : Few challenges to thinking groups of people as constituting cultures. 1st boundaries of cultures not clear cut e. g. person might be exposed to cultural ideas from distant locations e. g. from immigrant parents, from travelling etc.
