It is what makes people similar to one another and unites them as a group, overcoming individual differences in personality. Culture is acquired behavior; it is learned rather than inherited genetically.
Culture is passed on from one generation to the next through the process known as socialization.
Although the methods of teaching children the appropriate behavior patterns may vary from one society to another, all societies engage in some form of child training.
It is assume that early childhood experiences will last effect on an individual, and insofar as the same basic experiences are shared by most children in a society, a general personality pattern will be shared among most adults in that society.
Culture and Definition
