How do cultural traits, cultural complexes, and cultural patterns differ?

Answer:

A culture trait is an individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need, such as using a specific greeting when meeting someone. Individual culture traits combine to form the next level—culture complexes. A culture complex is a cluster of interrelated traits. The game of football is a culture complex that involves a variety of traits. Culture complexes combine to form larger levels called culture patterns. A culture pattern is the combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelated whole. For example, the separate complexes of baseball, basketball, and other sports combine to form the American athletic pattern.