Culture is learn or inherited?

Is culture learned or inherited?

• Learned

• Inherited

• Neither

• Both

How do we learn customs and traditions according to Rogers?

• Genetics

• Schools

• From others (parents, grandparents)

• Personal experience

What are the two arguments about biology and culture?

• Biological constraints and cultural freedom

• Strong constraints and weak constraints

• Natural selection and genetic drift

• Evolutionary stability and cultural adaptation

What is Darwinian fitness?

• Physical strength

• Ability to survive harsh environments

• Genetic contribution to future generations

• Survival of the species

What is Social Darwinism?

• Promoting strongest individuals, like natural selection

• All cultures are equal

• Rejects Darwin’s theory

• Culture evolves separately from selection

What do weak and strong constraints on culture mean?

• Weak: no impact; Strong: limits culture

• Weak: significant; Strong: irrelevant

• Weak: minimal biological influence; Strong: significant influence

• Both: cultural flexibility

What are labile and conservative traits?

• Labile: fixed; Conservative: adaptable

• Labile: sensitive to environment; Conservative: resistant to change

• Labile: genetically inherited; Conservative: learned

• Labile: socially inherited; Conservative: biological

When is culture adaptive?

• When fitness is lower with culture

• When unrelated to fitness

• When fitness is higher with culture

• Never

Why is human culture considered adaptive?

• Helps survival; driven by natural selection

• Separate from natural selection

• No role of natural selection

• Result of genetic drift

Which aspect of culture helps shape our personality and behavior?

• Genetics

• Observing others.

• Technology

• Laws and social norms.