Culture

what makes human societies different from other groups of social animals a way of life a system of beliefs and feelings that unify a group and gives it an identity as a society awareness of this system may vary hence the concept of subculture a group that has maintained a distinct cultural heritage despite the changing times is considered an ethnic group

Culture is learned
we learn culture through humans capacity to use symbols enculturation the process by which the child learns his or her culture learning takes places either consciously or unconsciously through interaction, observation.

Culture is shared

culture unifies people by providing us with common beliefs

Culture is symbolic
originated when our ancestors used symbols to give meaning to things, events and appreciate them can be verbal or nonverbal

Culture is all-encompassing

includes those that we consider as trivial

Culture is integrated
connected with one another trains individuals to follow certain personality traits or core values