Portfolio - Exercise#3

What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

 

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	False, with muliple set of values
A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False, represented by assimilation
Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, learn about countries

 

 

Define in your own words:

1.“Melting Pot”: a place were everyone many cultures gather to have one culture.

2.“Salad Bowl”: different types of people live together with respect of everyone's culture.

3.“Assimilation”:a place where people inhabit with new culture and forget their culture.

4.“Acculturation”: the process when people gain another culture.

5.“Enculturation”: the process of learning the content of traditional clothing.

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to _culture_, _customs_and _social institutions_, as well as changes in food, _clothing_ and _language_.

 

Give a synonym:

Varied	Diverse	Respect	regard	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	Central	Crucial	Interacting	Interrelating
specific	particular	represents	Signifies	Adopt	Accept

 

Give the opposite:

Varied	standardized	Respect	Disrespect	Gradually	Rapidly
Multiple	Few	Common	Refind	Dominant group	Weak group
specific	vague	Contrasted with	Agreed	Adopt	Reject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology.

Answer these questions about that section:-

 

         1. Define “Anthropology” in your own words.

              The study of the human’s origin, behavior, social, and physical cultural development.

         2. Define “movement” in this context:

    It means the field of learning.

          3. What do you understand by “socialization of children”Give an example.

    I believe that all adults have the same behavior. but adults need to get with the children and also treat them as adults

         4. Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

   

         5. Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

    

6. Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.