Presentasi Culture 89-91

              Universality

•Cultural universals are those traits that distinguish Homo sapiens from other species

•Biological Universals

•Psychological Universals

•Social Universals 

•Certain practices, beliefs, and the like may be held commonly by more than one culture, but not be universal; these are called “generalities.”

•Diffusion and independent invention are two main sources of cultural generalities.

•The nuclear family is a cultural generality since it is present in most, but not all societies.