Within a culture, the world becomes predictable and coherent for its inhabitants. This predictability has been defined as:
A) habituation.
B) normalization.
C) stereotypical.
D) desensitization.
Ans: A
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Culture is habituated; it reflects a usual way of doing things that people learn through socialization as they may mature and become deeply involved in different subcultures. Cultural habituation is advantageous.
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