Exercise # 3

Quiz 2 – 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.	Flase
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
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” Different cultures melting into one.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Having a society with a base culture and people from different cultures living in it and affecting it.

3.       “Assimilation” Adopting another culture as if it's your own.

4.       “Acculturation” Have another culture but still hold on your own.

5.       “Enculturation” Learning your first culture.

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	admiration	dominate	control
multiple	Many	central	middle	interacting	contact
specific	exact	represents	denotes	adopt	accept

Give the opposite:

varied	same	respect	hate	gradually	suddenly
multiple	few	common	Unique	dominant group	Minor group
specific	inexact	contrasted with	Exact with	adopt	refuse

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 human behaviors and development

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

The environment children are raised in. For example a kid raised in the U.S will interact in a different way from another raised in the U.A.E.

3.       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.”

If you take a Chinese child and raise it in another country he will interact in manners of the country he was raised in not the Chinese way.

4.       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.”

I totally agree with it because children minds when born are the same its shaped differently by the people and the place its taught in.

5.       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 there is a link between my personality and my culture because whenever I interact  I consider my traditions and religion first which will lead to some actions while someone with different culture will take another actions.