Understanding the Complexity of Culture Definitions
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According to British anthropologist Edward B. Tylor, culture is defined as:

  • A complex whole including knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and other acquired capabilities and habits (correct)
  • The common way of life shared by a group of people
  • The complex whole that consists of everything we think and do
  • A cumulative creation of man

    • How did B. Malinowski define culture?

  • As the cumulative creation of man (correct)
  • As a complex whole including knowledge and beliefs
  • As the common way of life shared by a group of people
  • As the system of learned behavior shared by a group

    • Robert Bierstedt views culture as:

  • The complex whole consisting of everything we think and do (correct)
  • The moral, intellectual, and spiritual discipline for advancement
  • The collective heritage learned by individuals and passed through generations
  • The common way of life shared by a group of people

    • Culture serves as a medium through which man achieves his ends, according to:

    <p>B. Malinowski</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does culture encompass beyond nature and biology?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is culture transmitted among the members of a group?

    <p>By individual learning and passing from one generation to another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Edward B. Tylor defined culture as 'a simple whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society'.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture is solely defined by anthropologists and not sociologists.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    B. Malinowski regarded culture as the product of nature rather than the creation of man.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Robert Bierstedt views culture as only consisting of material possessions.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture encompasses only biological aspects and excludes moral and intellectual disciplines.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture is not transmitted among the members of a group.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture is a system of unlearned behavior.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Culture is not a collective heritage passed from one generation to another.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Culture' has consistent meanings across different disciplines.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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