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Basic Ideas of Patterns of Culture

Through unconscious selection, some cultures select some traits to focus on, while others ignore them.

These traits interweave to form a cohesive pattern, a cultural configuration.

lt is the "personality," the particular complex of traits and attitudes, of a culture that defines the individuals within it as successes, misflts, or outcasts.

American anthropologist whose theories had a profound influence on cultural anthropology.

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Ruth Benedict https://britannica.com/biography/Ruth-Benedict via @britannica