What Distinction Does Kottak Draw Between Culture and Society

question 34

Multiple Choice

What distinction does Kottak draw between culture and society?

• A)Culture is the result of higher education, whereas society is shared by all people.
• B)People share society-organized life in groups-with other animals, but culture is distinctly human.
• C)Culture is genetically programmed, whereas society is transmitted through social learning.
• D)People attain culture through international travel but society is the social environment of their native land.
• E)Society rests more upon certain features of human biology than culture does.

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