Understanding the Concept of Culture in Anthropology and Sociology
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According to Edward B. Tylor, culture can be defined as:

  • The sum total of knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns (correct)
  • A cumulative creation of man
  • A way of thinking, feeling, and believing
  • The group's knowledge stored up for future use

Bronislaw Malinowski viewed culture as:

  • A cumulative creation of man (correct)
  • A way of thinking, feeling, believing
  • The sum total of knowledge shared by a society
  • The group's knowledge stored up for future use

How did Clyde Kluckhohn define culture?

  • A complex whole including art and law
  • As a way of thinking, feeling, and believing (correct)
  • As the sum total of knowledge and behavioral patterns
  • The handiwork of man

What is one facet revealed by representative definitions of culture?

<p>Culture as a way of thinking, feeling, and believing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Anthropologists have been precise and consistent in their usage of the concept of culture. (True/False)

<p>False (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline highly relies on the concept of culture?

<p>Anthropology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Edward B. Tylor consider culture to be?

<p>A complex whole encompassing various aspects like knowledge, belief, and customs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which anthropologist saw culture as 'the handiwork of man' and the medium through which he achieves his goals?

<p>Bronislaw Malinowski (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Bronislaw Malinowski view culture?

<p>As a dynamic creation of individuals in a society (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of culture did Clyde Kluckhohn emphasize in his definition?

<p>The group's collective ways of thinking, feeling, and believing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Alfred L. Kroeber's main focus when defining culture?

<p>The shared knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns within a society (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what ways have anthropologists been inconsistent with their usage of the concept of culture?

<p>Their definitions of culture are often vague and imprecise (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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