PPS

Question 1

Define Culture

Answer 1

Culture is a socially transmitted pattern of shared meanings by which people communicate, perpetuate and develop their knowledge and attitudes about life

Question 2

Define individual culture

Answer 2

Identity may be based on heritage, as well as individual circumstances and personal choice, and is a dynamic entity

Question 3

Define acculturation

Answer 3

Adapting to a new culture

Question 4

Define ethnocentrism

Answer 4

Evaluating other groups according to the values and standards of one’s own cultural group, especially with the conviction that one’s own cultural group is superior.

Question 5

Define stereotype

Answer 5

Generalisations about ‘typical’ characteristics of members of a group

Question 6

Define discrimination

Answer 6

Actual positive or negative actions towards the object of prejudice