Which one of the following is NOT a harbinger of cultural change?

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  1. Contact with other cultures
  2. Cultural conditioning
  3. Revolution
  4. Spread of cultural traits

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Option 2 : Cultural conditioning
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Important Points

  • Culture includes beliefs, values, norms, folkways, traditions, arts, artifacts, religion, language, and everything that we acquire as human beings. 
  • Culture is learned behavior and transmitted from one generation to another and cannot be acquired by men in isolation from society. 
  • Culture is of two types: material and non-material culture. 
  • Material culture includes all the visible and tangible aspects of culture. For example, technology, arts, artifacts, etc.
  • Non-material culture includes all the abstract and non-tangible aspects of culture. For example, traditions, beliefs, values, etc. 
  • Cultural conditioning is the process of cultural socialization where we learn the values, traditions, norms, language, and religion of our culture. 

Additional Information

  • Cultural change is the process through which changes in the existing culture occur. 
  • Cultural change takes place when there is contact with different cultures due to various reasons like trade and commerce, wars, colonization, etc. 
  • Revolution can also be one of the reasons for cultural change. For example, the French revolution and Industrial Revolution brought lots of cultural change in our society.
  • The spread of cultural traits can also be one of the reasons for cultural change. For example, when the Britishers colonized India, there was a lot of exchange of cultural traits between Indians and Britishers which led to cultural change. 
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