Cultural Studies

Question 1

What is culture

Answer 1

the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs,
values, and knowledge, which constitute
the shared bases of social life

Question 2

Knowledge

Answer 2

provides information to shape our
perceptions of reality, our belief systems and moral codes as well as hypothesis we form for research

Question 3

direct knowledge

Answer 3

expiremental

Question 4

indirect knwoledge

Answer 4

second hand
stereotypes
superstitions

Question 5

superstitions

Answer 5

beliefs in chance or magic

Question 6

sterotypes

Answer 6

are commonly known public beliefs
about a certain social group or a type of
individual

Question 7

4 concerns of cultural knowledge

Answer 7

1.)Loss of cultural knowledge as the distinctions among cultures become blurred
2.) Loss of many languages (at present – 6,000
languages;1000 or fewer languages by 2050)
3.) The impact of culturally gained knowledge on a person’s belief system is declining
4.) Authoritarian knowledge is replacing cultural knowledge and is viewed as the most relied source of information.

Question 8

Ethnos

Answer 8

ethnic group

Question 9

world view

Answer 9

cognitive orientation of a society, a subgroup, or even an individual

Question 10

first expirences

Answer 10

maternal nurturing, gravity, colours, hunger, cold

Question 11

universal experiences

Answer 11

abstract images
human body
sickness
death

Question 12

High context cultures

Answer 12

Emphasize nonverbal
communication
body language
eye contact

Question 13

low context cultures

Answer 13

emphasize verbal communication
say what you mean, mean what you say

Question 14

linear time

Answer 14

performing one major activity at a
time

Question 15

flexible time

Answer 15

performing several activities
simultaneously

Question 16

cyclic time

Answer 16

activities are performed in a
circular, repetitive (allows events to unfold
naturally) manner

Question 17

paramount reality

Answer 17

s reality of shared everyday meanings and
practices that we normally engage in

Question 18

discourse

Answer 18

an important factor in the creation of a social group

Question 19

ethnoscience

Answer 19

study of ways in which different cultures organize domains of knowledge

Question 20

taxonomy

Answer 20

s an arrangement of terms in a hierarchy from most inclusive to least inclusive

Question 21

cognition

Answer 21

is the set of all mental abilities and processes related to knowledge: attention, memory, comparison, reasoning, production of
language, etc.

Question 22

concept

Answer 22

is a unit of knowledge, an abstract idea, or a
mental symbol.

Question 23

englishness

Answer 23

the quality of being English or of having characteristics regarded as typically English

Question 24

cynicism

Answer 24

an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest and egoism; skepticism

Question 25

attitude

Answer 25

is a stable, long-lasting, learned predisposition to respond to certain things in a certain way

Question 26

identity

Answer 26

encompasses “the aspects of an individual’s self-concept that derive from one’s knowledge of being part of categories and groups, together with the value and emotional significance attached to those memberships

Question 27

nation

Answer 27

Refers to the population within the state, sharing a common culture, language, and ethnicity with a strong historical continuity. T