The term pattern is used for those arrangements or systems of internal relationship which give to any culture its coherence or plan and keep it from being a mere accumulation of random bits.The total system or the ideology of patterning is called a configuration.Kroeber has distinguished two major kinds of pattern:
1. Basic or Systemic Pattern- These are those that have persisted for years and years as coherent organization of traits with functional value ( agriculture,monotheism)
2.Secondary Pattern- These are those that are subject to a great variety and instability( formal social organization,system of thought).
1. Basic or Systemic Pattern- These are those that have persisted for years and years as coherent organization of traits with functional value ( agriculture,monotheism)
2.Secondary Pattern- These are those that are subject to a great variety and instability( formal social organization,system of thought).
