Why is the understanding of family heritage important? Select all that apply:
1. Knowing the methods of socialization passed down among families can explain social behaviors today.
2. It can provide answers to questions regarding why family members behaved as they did.
3. New traditions can be discovered and incorporated into daily life.
4. Health practices can be altered as a result of understanding heritage.
1, 2
Explanation: 1. Drawing attention to ethnocultural traditions within a family heritage can explain familial behaviors today, as socialization practices were passed on by parents or other significant family members.
2. Many answers about family behaviors are obtained through exploring family heritage.
3. New traditions can be discovered through exploration of heritage, but heritage is explored more to understand why certain behaviors and practices are done.
4. Health/HEALTH practices may be understood better within the context of understanding heritage, but not necessarily for the purpose of change.
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