Week 4 - Quiz

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

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

 

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	False, Multiple
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False, Assimilation
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, Of the host country

 

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” Forgetting your old culture and totally adopting to the new one.

2.       “Salad Bowl” People live in new country with keeping their home tradition.

3.       “Assimilation” The blending of minority groups into the dominant society.

4.       “Acculturation” Is a process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs, behaviors, habits and language of the dominant group. 

5.       “Enculturation” Behavior and beliefs reflect home country culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to          Culture           ,                    Customs                         and

    Social                  , as well as changes in food,                        Clothing                       and

              Language.

Give a synonym:

Varied	different	respect	Honor	Dominate	Control
Multiple	many	central	Main, major	Interacting	dealing
Specific	Certain	represents	Shows	Adopt	Take on

 

Give the opposite:

Varied	Same	respect	Disrespect	Gradually	Suddenly
Multiple	Single	common	Uncommon, rare	dominant group	Minority group
Specific	General, unspecific	contrasted with	Compared with	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

To study the behavior on the culture diversity point of view.

2.      Define “movement” in this context

Area of study.

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

Teach the children how to talk, eat and respect.

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.”

·        Children should be seen and not heard.

·        Children never gave their opinion.

·        Children mustn’t answer to a person older than them.

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.”

Strongly agree.

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.

Yes, for example in my country or culture people like to talk with another people to be helpful and friendly because that what we rose on, but in another countries or cultures people don’t like to talk to another because the raised to be lonely and don’t talk to somebody you don’t know.