MODULE 3 Flashcards
Each culture has its distinct features
and characteristics.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
occurs when cultural traits are logically consistent with one another, or simply
neutral to another.
CULTURAL INTEGRATION
, the process of change in artifacts, customs, and beliefs that result from the contact of two
or more cultures. The term is also used to refer to the results of such changes.
ACCULTURATION
It refers to the free borrowing and modification of
cultural elements and occurs when people of
different cultures maintain contact as well as
political and social self-determination.
INCORPORATION
It occurs when one group establishes dominance
over another through military conquest or political
control; thus, imperialism is the most common
precursor to directed change.
DIRECT CHANGE
s a foreign culture which does not necessarily make you disloyal or less nationalistic to your home
country.
ASSIMILATION
globalized worldview all lumped together paving the way for redefining
Filipino cultural identity. How to preserve one’s cultural heritage amidst globalization is now a challenge posed
to each and every one of us.
AMALGAMATION
it is essential to note that all
cultures share patterns or traits that are quite common to all societies across the globe.
CULTURAL UNIVERSALS
basically pertains to the belief that one’s native culture is superior to or the most natural
among other cultures. An ethnocentric person sees and weighs another culture based upon the values
and standards of his/her own.
ETHNOCENTRISM
There are even cases where a person imposes his/her own culture upon another person with intentions
to help him/her detach from what the former thinks is an essentially inferior culture.
CULTURAL IMPERIALISM
has an opposite relative or the belief that one culture is inferior to another. A xenocentric
person usually has a high regard for other cultures but disdains his/her own or is embarrassed by it
XENOCENTRISM
attempts to judge behavior according to its cultural context. The principle that a
person’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture.
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
