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There is no cultural instinct as such. Unlearned behavior, such as closing the eyes while sleeping, the eye blinking reflex and so on, are purely physiological and not cultural. Similarly, wearing clothes, combing the hair, wearing ornaments, cooking the food, drinking from a glass, eating from a plate or a leaf, reading a newspaper, driving a car, enacting a role in a drama, singing, worshipping, etc. Culture does not exist in isolation. Neither is it an individual phenomenon. It is a product of society it originates and develop through social interactions.
It is shared by the members of society. No man can acquire culture without association with other human beings. Man becomes man only among men. It is the culture which helps man to develop human qualities in a human environment. Deprivation of company or association of other individuals to an individual is nothing but deprivation of human qualities.
Culture in the sociological sense, is something shared. It is not something that at individual along can opposes. For example, customs, traditions, beliefs, ideas values, morals, etc.
Culture is capable of being transmitted from one generation to the next. Parents pass on culture traits to their children and they in turn to their children, and so on.
Culture is transmitted not through genes but by means of language. Language is the main vehicle of culture. Language in its different forms like reading, writing and speaking makes it possible for the present generation to understand the achievements of earlier generations. But language itself is a part of culture. Once language is acquired, it unfolds to the individual its wide field.
Transmission of culture may take place by imitation as well as by instruction. Culture exists as a continuous process. In its historical growth it tends to become cumulative. A culture, in its development has revealed a tendency to be consistent. At the same time different parts of culture are interconnects. For example, the value system of a society is closely connected with its other aspects such as morality, religion, customs, traditions, beliefs, and so on.
Though culture is relatively stable it is not altogether static. It is subject to slow but constant changes. Change and growth are latent in culture. We find amazing growth in the present Indian culture when we compare it with the culture of the Vedic times.
Culture hence dynamic. Culture is responsive to the changing conditions of the physical world. It is adaptive. It also intervenes in the natural environment and helps man in his process of adjustment. Just as our houses shelter us from the storm, so also does our culture help us from natural dangers and assist us to survive.
Few of us, indeed, could survive without culture. Culture provides proper opportunities and prescribes means for the satisfaction of our needs and desires. These needs may be biological or social in nature. Our need for food, shelter, and clothing on the one hand, and our desire for status, name, fame, money, mates, etc. Culture determines and guides the varied activities of man. In fact, culture is defined as the process through which human beings satisfy their wants.
A flag is an example of a physical symbol, and bows and curtsies are examples of non-physical symbols. Language is used for communication. It can be written or spoken. Even when a culture uses the same basic language as another culture, differences in terminology and inflection create new meanings. Values help define acceptable behavior within the society. Values can be different for each group to which a person belongs.
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