Essentials of Understanding Psychology
Essentials of Understanding Psychology
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260194500
Author: FELDMAN, Robert
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Introduction: The study of the way by which culture reflects and shapes the psychological process of their members is called cultural psychology. The cultural psychologists studies the way by which the cultural practices and institutions affect people and societies.

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Correct answer: Culture comprises the learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that characterize an individual society or population.

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Culture consists of the beliefs, learned behaviors, and attitudes that are the features of an individual society or population. The culture is transferred from the one generation to the next generation in both spoken and written form. Culture also comprises the creations of people like music, art, architecture, and literature. Culture shapes and reflects the behavior of the society, attitudes, values, and understanding of the world.

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