Cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static is learned, (not inherited). It is shared, and symbolic. Culture includes beliefs, customs, traditions, ritualsthe prescribed order of performing a ceremony or act, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or church; rituals are usually collectivistic behaviors and most often include a specialist overseeing the activity or activities, arts, etc. of a particular societya group of people who are all interdependent and interconnected by their cultural connections; they live in patterned ways and their behaviors in various circumstances are well established; for instance in the Western world most people adhere to lines (cue) at bus stops, or movie theaters, or when checking out at a grocery store; patterned and regular ways of doing things are expected and accepted, group, or place. Anthropologist, Conrad Phillip Kottak, explains how, “. . . culture is an attribute not of individuals per se but of individuals as members of groups. It is transmitted in society by, “observing, listening, talking, and interacting with many other people.” (Mirror for Humanity, page 44.)
