Unit Three: Culture Flashcards

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Nature

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The belief that human traits come from there nature and genes

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Nurture

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The belief that human traits come from the world around them

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Enculturation

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Learning ones culture through experiences, instructions, and observation

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Ethnocentrism

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False belief that one’s culture is better than another

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Xenophobia

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Fear of strangers which leads people to imagine unfavourable things and distorts reality for them

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Marginalization

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Is a form of rejection in which the individual is denied the opportunity to play a significant role in the affairs of a group/exclusion

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Acceptance

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Is a group process where the individual is included, given a role and some significance in the groups affairs

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Race

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Categorization I have groups of people based on genetics physical traits etc.

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Racism

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But a leaf that race is the leading factor in human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inferior security. It is a combination of stereotyping and prejudice and discrimination

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Prejudice

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An attitude forms without just friends or significant knowledge directed against an individual, group, or released based on their supported characteristics

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Stereotype

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A generalization used to define a group of people

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Discrimination

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The action people take based on stereotypes and prejudice

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Blatant discrimination

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A form of discrimination that can be clearly seen

Example refusing a person employment because of his or her race

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Hidden discrimination

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Something that is hidden

Unwritten policy of not hiring an individual based on race

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Prejudice examples

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It is sometimes assumed that someone who is physically disabled is also mentally disabled.
Not renting a home to a gay couple
Assuming someone is gay based on the way they act

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Stereotype examples

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All blondes are dumb
All women should be in the kitchen
All men like hockey

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Discrimination examples

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Killing a black person based on there race
Refusing someone employment based on there race
Unwritten policy in a workplace to not hire people of different genders

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Socialization

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the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

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Social Contract

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an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection

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Acculturation

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Ethnic groups with different cultures who live with one another in a single community house to learn to adjust to each other’s ways they can do this through four different ways. One annihilation to segregation three assimilation for accommodation

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Aboriginal people

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First people in Canada in
Intensely spiritual world view
Used hunting and gathering to stay alive
Had their own way of governing themselves

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The French

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First came to Canada along the St. Lawrence river in 1600
Developed their own unique language religious to traditions and economic and political systems
Gained rights in the quebec act
Founding nation of Canada
Second largest group in Canada

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The loyalists

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British presence began in 1670 and took power in 1759
These people believed in the British way of ruling
Came from many European countries but mostly from Europe
Created a way of life based on British traditions moulded to fit the realities of Canadian environment

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The great migration

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1800s to 1850
Caused by European economy suffering and political unrest
Population grew by 2 million people in this time
Most came to Atlantic Canada
Rest populated all over the country

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Post confederation immigration

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  • free land was offered
  • police force and railway were created
  • campaign started in Europe to target people with a agricultural background
  • Prairies became the most culturally diverse area in Canada
  • created very unique identities for future generations
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Postwar immigration

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  • after ww two Canada experienced a large immigration from. Europe
  • recently most immigration is from southeast Asian countries, Middle East and South America