Unit 3 Chapter 7 Vocabulary Flashcards
Acculturation
The process by which people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distinct culture
Assimilation
a category of a acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost all of the customs, traditions, language, and other cultural traits of the other culture
collectivist cultures
a culture in which people are expected to conform to Collective responsibility within the family and to be obedient to and respectful of Elder family members
Intersectionality
an approach to research that focuses upon mutally constitutive forms of social opression rthater than on single axes of difference
contagious diffusion
The process by which an idea or cultural Street spreads rapidly among people of all social classes and levels of power.
Creolization
The blending of two or more languages that may not include the features of either original language
Diffusion
the process by which a cultural trait spreads from one place to another over time
cultural convergence
the process by which cultures become more similar to interaction
cultural appropriation
the act of adopting elements of another culture
cultural divergence
the process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs or other barriers
hierarchical diffusion
the spread of an idea or treat from a person or place of power or authority to other people or places
cultural hearth
an area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse
expansion diffusion
the spread of a cultural trait outward from where it originated
lingua franca
A common language used among speakers of different languages
Multiculturalism
A situation in which different cultures live together without a assimilating
