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Lesson 14:Functional concepts of Rural Sociology

Characteristics of culture

• Culture is learned through process of socialization, communication and training.
  
• Culture is transmitted from generation to generations and it is learned from parents and through to children.
  
• Culture is universal and unique- there is culture everywhere, but every society has its own culture.
  
• Culture is static as well as dynamic- it has permanence, but at the same it changes over the years.
  
• Culture is integrative- different aspects of culture may pull in different directions. Still there is consistency and integration so that the society is held together.
  
• Culture builds conformity-the patterns of behavior in a culture are considered as ideal towards which people are expected to strive.
  
• Culture is relative- there is nothing like good culture or bad culture. It is interpreted according to a person or society’s own experience.
  
• Culture is diverse- culture varies from country to country and different areas in the same nation. Ecological diversity is an important source of cultural difference.