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The document discusses definitions of culture. It provides an everyday definition referring to appreciation of fine arts, classical music, literature and travel. The textbook definition refers to material objects, ideas and attitudes shared between generations. Culture is learned from the environment and influences biology. It includes economic, marriage, education and political systems. All cultures exhibit ethnocentrism and must be viewed as integrated wholes to be fully understood.

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Sept 9

The document discusses definitions of culture. It provides an everyday definition referring to appreciation of fine arts, classical music, literature and travel. The textbook definition refers to material objects, ideas and attitudes shared between generations. Culture is learned from the environment and influences biology. It includes economic, marriage, education and political systems. All cultures exhibit ethnocentrism and must be viewed as integrated wholes to be fully understood.

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CULTURE

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• There are hundreds of definitions!

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Everyday use of the term
culture
Someone is “cultured” if they
appreciate:
Fine art and food
Classical Music
Literature
Exotic travel

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Textbook definition
Material Objects (Things people have).
Ideas, values and attitudes (Things
people think).
Expected patterns of behaviour
(Things people do).
THAT IS SHARED AND PASSED
FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE
NEXT
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Other definitions
A map.
A set of solutions to solve problems
that people encounter in their
everyday lives

It’s shared and passed down from one


generation to the next.

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Some important points to
note about all cultures

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1. Culture is learned from
the environment.

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example
• Some people may look different
because of their physical appearance.
But they may have been raised in the
same culture as you.

• http://www.upworthy.com/a-perfect-
answer-to-a-super-duper-annoying-
question-2?g=2

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2. Culture Influences
Biology

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Mursi Tribe in Ethiopia

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e.g. culture and body size

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• Victoria Beckham

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• Angelina Jolie

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Taylor Swift

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• Marilyn Munroe

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• Sofia Loren

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• Elizabeth Taylor

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Lydia Shum (“Fai-Fai”)

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Why do women live
longer than men???
• In Hong Kong, of nearly 40,000 people in
private elderly homes, about three in five
residents are female.

• Hong Kong women live longer than anyone


else in the world at 90.8 years, according
to department statistics released last
year.

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20 per cent of men smoke, but only
five per cent of women do.
Men are more likely to be overweight
6.2 per cent of all male deaths are
alcohol-related, compared to only 1.1
per cent of female deaths.

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• Men are more likely to get into fights
• Men are more likely to drive
dangerously
• 19.2 per cent of women have regular
medical check-ups but only 14 per
cent of men do.
• Source:http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1197234/why-
women-live-longer-men

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3. Cultural Universals

• Economic Systems
• Marriage and family systems
• Social Control Systems
• Supernatural Beliefs
• Education system
• Political Systems

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4. All Cultures Display
Ethnocentricism

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What is wrong with this
map?

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5. CULTURES ARE
INTEGRATED WHOLES
• A culture can look irrational if we
only focus on one particular part of it
without seeing its relationship to the
whole.

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e.g. Polygamy
Is it rational?

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