Culture Definitions

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

Shared behaviors, beliefs, and values that characterize a group and its members

Question 2

Enculturation

Answer 2

The process of adopting or internalizing schemas of your own structure.

Question 3

Acculturation (and 4 points of it)

Answer 3

When adopts the norms and behaviors of a culture that they come in contact with.

SEPARATION: maintains their own culture and minimize contact with the new culture,
ASSIMILATION: abandons their original culture and adopts the cultural behaviors and values of
their new culture.
INTEGRATION: interest in adopting the behaviors and values of the new culture, while still maintaining the original culture
MARGINALIZATION: not possible to assimilate into the new culture.

Question 4

Etic approach

Answer 4

Cross cultural research approach that focuses the research based on the specific culture, emphasizing context specific meaning.

Question 5

Emic approach

Answer 5

Cross cultural research approach that analyzes behavior from the perspective of one culture, using universal concepts.

Question 6

Cultural dimensions

Answer 6

Describes the behavioral trends of a culture.

Question 7

Gender schema

Answer 7

Cognitive framework that organizes information about gender roles based on cultural norms.

Question 8

Socialization

Answer 8

The process through which individuals learn and adopt the behaviors, values, and norms of their culture or society