ANP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clyde Kluckhohn, Enculturation, Kalahari Desert
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Sets of learned, transmitted behaviors and meanings that humans share in the groups they live in. It shapes how we interact with things and the meanings we attach to those things. The architectural and artistic space or gap between things. Defined as a space that is once empty and not empty. Experienced by individuals as a way of seeing and imagining the world. Ways of experiencing the world specific to a culture. Culture is learned: the process of learning one"s culture is called enculturation, transmitted through ideas and/or observations. Culture patterns behavior: the process of culture setting rules of how we should behave, happens conscious and unconsciously. Egocentric: viewing themselves as the center of desire and decisions, example: the united states. Sociocentric: view themselves according to the social context, example: japan. Collectivistic: a society that is holistic and sociocentric. 2 basic kinds of culture according to clyde kluckhohn.
