NUSC WEEK: 1

Question 1

The Omnivore’s Paradox

Answer 1

Humans eat food to survive,. They also experiment with different foods, while also preferring familiar ones.

Question 2

What are the symbolic uses of food?

Answer 2

Economic status: ex. white bread= wealth, Safety: ex. sailors bringing bread to see to prevent shipwreck, Health: Ex. Eating whole wheat bread

Question 3

What is food stereotyping?

Answer 3

Judging/ assuming what a person is based on the food that they eat.

Question 4

Define Etiquette

Answer 4

Appropriate use of food and behaviors associated with eating

Defined by cultural affiliation

Question 5

What is commensalism?

Answer 5

It is when society regulates who could dine together
Examples:
Men: Eating separately from women and children
Servants eating in the kitchen
Segregation in restaurants prior to the Civil Rights movement

Question 6

First Gen Immigrants Are:

Answer 6

Emotionally connected to their culture of origin. Usually adapt into a different society by adopting their values and practices, but are still surrounded by their cultural background through friends and family

Question 7

Bicultural

Answer 7

Complementing rather than competing with an individual’s ethnicity

Question 8

Assimilation

Answer 8

the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of an embracing culture.

Question 9

What is an acculturation of food habits?

Answer 9

It is when culturally based food habits are changed as they continue to adapt to different cultures.

Question 10

Define Enculturation

Answer 10

The passing of a culture from generation to generation

Question 11

What is cultural membership defined by?

Answer 11

Ethnicity

Question 12

Ethnicity

Answer 12

Social identity associated with shared behavior patterns such as:
Food habits, dress, language, family structure, religious affiliation
Members of same ethnic group- common heritage
Participate together w/ other cultural groups in larger social system
Different status of power/ status
Diversity

Question 13

What are the levels of acculturation?

Answer 13

Micro: Individual change in attitude, beliefs, and behaviors
Macro: Group changes that may be physical, economic, social, or political

Question 14

What are some characteristics of culture?

Answer 14

Values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices accepted by members of a group or community

Learned, not inherited