Culture and Socialisation — Sociology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Culture includes behavioural products of others who preceded us. It indicates both substantial and abstract particulars that have prior existence in one form or another. Thus, culture is already there as we begin life. It contains values that will be expressed and a language in which to express. It contains a way of life that will be followed by most of us who grow up in that context. Social and cultural contexts within which human development takes place vary widely over time and place. For example, some twenty years ago children in India would not have known several products that are now part of a child's world. Similarly an Adivasi living in a remote forest or hilly area would not have "pizza" or "sandwich" as breakfast.