Cultural Differences in Worldviews: American Cultural Patterns

Question 1

Evoked culture

Answer 1

•Certain environment evoke a response from people.

Question 2

Transmitted culture

Answer 2

• Idea’s socially transmitted

* e.g: parents teach their children to show attention by looking at people in the eye.

Question 3

What are the 4 components to how cultural ideas spread & evolve?

Answer 3

1. Communicate
2. Spread through social networks
3. Has to have an emotional impact (has to matter)
4. Has to make sense

Question 4

Genetically Deficit Model

Answer 4

• Minority populations percieved to have deficiencies & undesirable attributes that were biological in nature and cannot be fixed

Question 5

Culturally Deprivation Model

Answer 5

• 1960’s
• Compared to non-white groups
• Need to be fixed

Question 6

Culturally Diverse Model

Answer 6

• No right or wrong
• People are just differend
• Guideline #2 from APA - increase cultural knowledge

Question 7

Race/ethnic - based paradigm

Answer 7

• Maintains that racism continues