V CLARK WISSLER ± was one of the

earliest anthropologists to deal explicitly

with the so called universal pattern in
the culture namely: speech, technology,
art, mythology, science, political,
religion, medicine, family and society,
property system, and warfare.
V áhe human being learned his language
just as he learned his culture.

V Language is a special system of

communication that is specifically oral
and symbolic.
V áools are devices for transforming, or
storing energy.

V áechnologies of people refer to manmade

elements in culture that have a physical
existence of their own.
V Art is a universal feature of human
culture.

V Its primary function, especially

primitive art, is to communicate the
value scheme of the culture.
V —yths are ways in which the institutions
and expectations of the society are
emphasized and made dramatic and
persuasive in narrative form.
V áhere is no evidence for any theory of an
origin of religion in time or place, and
most anthropologist have ceased to take
their bearings in the study of religions
from any religion practiced in their own
society.

V
V which is the belief in spirit beings, is the
most basic and universal component of
religious ideology.
V is a belief in the supernatural attributes
of person and things which are not
ascribed to the presence of spirit beings.
V are both aspects of supernaturalism.
áheir difference lies in the attitudes of
the religious and magical practitioners
V áhe process of curing must be prefaced
by a ceremony of divination. áhis is the
means of finding the cause of the
difficulty.
V Organization of a complementary
division of labor between spouses

V áhe establishment of relationships

of descent and affinity.
V áhe institutionalization of mating
and the establishment of legal
parents for a woman¶s children.

V Nurture and enculturation of the

young
V ëroperty operates to keep use and
enjoyment and disposal in expected
channels.

V ëroperty is thought of most immediately

in connection with such tangible goods
as tools, automobiles, houses, and land.
V ëolitical institutions clearly appear,
however, in many tribal societies;

V áhere is a chief who has the power to

decide issues or to lead in the making of
decisions.
V Warfare is that one which has political
consequences. It both destroys and
constructs societies.