MODES OF ACQUIRING

CULTURE

Imitation
Indoctrination
Conditioning
 By Example and Imitation
• importance of socialization
• imitation by child of things,
language, and behavior
• acquisition of the values of family

process of imitation is possible

through examples in the social
environment
Indoctrination or Formal Training
• formal teaching or training
• happens anywhere an individual
interacts with others
• takes into account cultural components
of the society
Conditioning through a system of
Rewards and Punishments

• through social norms, beliefs, values,

behavior, and actions are acquired
• system of reward and punishment in a
cultural system reinforces process of
acquiring beliefs, values, behavior, and
actions