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Culture is a uniquely human form of adaptation. Some theorists view it as a body of knowledge that developed to provide
accurate information to people that helps them (a)
adjust to the many demands of life, whether that means obtaining food and shelter, defending against rival outgroups, and so on. Culture also tells us how groups of people work together to achieve mutually beneficial goals, and how to live our lives so that others will like and accept us―and maybe even fall in love with us. So if adaptation to physical and social environments were all that cultures were designed to (b)
facilitate, perhaps cultures would always strive toward an accurate understanding of the world.
However, adaptation to the metaphysical environment suggests that people do not live by truth and accuracy alone. Sometimes it is more adaptive for cultural worldviews to (c)
reveal the truth about life and our role in it. Some things about life are too emotionally (d)
devastating to face head on, such as the inevitability of death. Because overwhelming fear can get in the way of many types of adaptive action, it sometimes is adaptive for cultures to provide “rose-colored glasses” with which to understand reality and our place in it. From the existential perspective, the adaptive utility of accurate worldviews is tempered by the adaptive value of anxiety-buffering (e)
illusions.
*temper: 경감하다 **buffering: 완화하는
① Culture Offers Us a Dual-Function Lens for Adaptation
② How the Obsession with Accuracy Harms Our Mind
③ Cultural Diversity: The Key to Human Prosperity
④ Adaptation: A Major Cause of Emotional Stress
⑤ Face Up to Reality for a Healthy Social Life!