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The collective experiences of a group of people comprises what we call culture. The commonality of their experience gives the objects around them and their relationships commonality of meaning. After comparing a number of definitions from anthropology, Rohner (1984) proposed a definition of culture: “the totality of equivalent and complementary learned meanings maintained by a human population, or by identifiable segments of a population, and transmitted from one generation to the next.” (pp. 119-120) Rohner emphasizes the beliefs and values held in common by a group.
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Webb, R.C. (1999). Culture and Family Influences. In: Psychology of the Consumer and Its Development. The Plenum Series in Adult Development and Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4763-1_11
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