Question

When studying culture using an anthropological definition of culture, you would explore:________

Answer 1

Answer:

A). Systems of shared meaning among people.

B). Symbols that have been passed down from generation to generation.

Explanation:

Anthropology is associated with the holistic scientific as well as social study of humans, their behavior, culture, and society as a whole(including the past and present). While studying or viewing culture in the anthropological framework, one can prospect that culture is a system that shares meaning, ideas, values, etc. both implicitly and explicitly. It views that 'symbols, rules, or concepts passed from one generation to another' that permits a group to perpetuate social organization and function itself. It views the culture as a whole system comprising of several elements like morals, beliefs, customs, etc. Thus, options A and B are the correct answers.