Unit I - Culture

Question 1

Enculturation

Answer 1

• Cultural transmission
• Children learn from adults

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Adapting to and integrating characteristics of the dominant culture as one’s own.

Question 3

Acculturation

Answer 3

• Adapting to one’s culture
• Accepting majority groups culture as one’s own
• Language, customs, religion, tradition adapted from one culture to another

Question 4

Subculture

Answer 4

• Minority groups characterized by specific norms, beliefs, and values that coexist with a dominant culture
• Street gangs, mountain folk

Question 5

Multiculturalism

Answer 5

• Many subcultures coexisting within a given society
• No one dominates
• Acceptance of most people

Question 6

Ethnic

Answer 6

• Share a cultural heritage
• Nationality, language, values
• i.e. Hmong

Question 7

Race

Answer 7

• Common genetically transmitted physical characteristics
• Skin color, bone structure, other genetic traits
• Black, white, asian

Question 8

Sterotyping

Answer 8

• Generalizing all individuals in a group are the same
• PRO - provides a frame of reference reguarding people from other cultures
• CON - can lead to misunderstandings and miscommunications

Question 9

What are the four cultural groups?

Answer 9

1. Raciel
2. Ethnic
3. Religious
4. Social

Question 10

What are some cultural differences?

Answer 10

• Communication
• Hygiene
• Space
• Time
• Social organization

Question 11

Culture

Answer 11

Patterns of behavior and thinking that people living in social groups learn, develop, and share.