1. Chapter 3.1
Culture

2. What is culture? Knowledge Language Values Customs Physical objects
Passed from generation to generation

3. How does a culture differ from a society?
A society is a group of people
This group lives in a defined territory
The group shares a culture

4. What role does biology play?
Instincts = unlearned patterns of behavior
Humans not controlled by instincts alone
Reflex = reaction to physical stimulus
Drive = impulse to reduce discomfort
THESE DO NOT CONTROL HUMAN BEHAVIOR

5. Sociobiology Studies biology as basis for human behavior
Behaviors are biologically based and passed on through genetics
Critics say:
people classified based on biology (superior race)
too many factors are not biologically based (social contacts)