Monday, March 24, 2014

Exercise #5

Exercise #5

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Portfolio exercise #4

Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4

Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053


Name:  Mohammed Al Ali                             ID#   H00269485     


With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:
a.       Stereotyping : is an extravagant belief  image or unclear fact about a person or group .
b.      Prejudice : its an think or opinion about some people or a person .
c.       Bias : is an opinion or attitude about a group or person .
d.      Discrimination : to divide a part from another part .
2.      Give an example of each.

Definition :
Example :
Stereotyping
Labeling , making assumptions .
Prejudice
He was prejudiced to give her the job solely on her looks .
Bias
I bias  on the bowling .
Discrimination
Divide blow eyes from the black eyes .



Watch  Class Divided
ΓΌ Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

                     In 1950, primary school in grade 3 classroom  

2.      Describe the experiment.

   Its was by different of the eye color and the teacher divide the student in two group  the firs one brown and the second is blue then she say you are smart than the other group and vice.  
3.      What were the results?

Each of them don’t like each other and they don’t cooperate together .
4.      How successful do you believe it was?
They  will not divide something's  in them life's and they will not forget the idea .

Going Deeper 
In groups of four, discuss the following:

  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

my friend and I went to china  and one old man saw us and he say you are from UAE we say yes because  the idea ( KANDORA) he take from us .
  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else

some local in UAE don’t like the Indian people  and we saw in our community a lot of discriminated type in the daily life .
a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about
 it

when some manager in the company caked one of the staff because he don’t work will and if you talk with him he told you its not you responsibility .  
  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it

one day I was in abu dhabi and I saw I teacher separate the student by the emirate student from the other nationalities and I call the teacher and I advise the teacher then he make them together .  



Monday, March 17, 2014

Reflection #1 - Emirate Film

Reflection #1


I learned from this video project a lot of thing . The first major thing is to be responsible , for example, I am not the leader but I should help my leader and be in one hand and this what I have and did it with my leader Ghanm. The second important thing is that , to work in a group , when we was in the filming site we was work in group and each one of us have something to do . the final significant thing is that , I learned some 
new artifacts from my culture I wasn't now it.

I have some problems in the filming site . the firs problem was the weather , its was too hot and sunny day 
also my group and I was so tired. The second problem was there were traffic people in the filming site . the final problem was from my group they were late because we told them be one time but they came late . 

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism Assimilation and Acculturation? Exercise 3

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?
Exercise 3
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 – describe as a society with a different set of values  
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 – with salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.
 False – that means  enculturation 



Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” : mixing every thing like the people when they come from other countries and make one culture  .
  2.       “Salad Bowl” : mix of people  live together but with different culture and values .

       3. Assimilation: a group of how gradually adopt patterns of the dominate culture .

4.       “Acculturation: acclimate with a new culture or new group of people .

5.       “Enculturation: the process when the people now about them culture .

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to culture and customs  , as well as changes in food, clothes  and language .

Give a synonym:

varied
 Diverse  
respect
 honor
dominate
 Control
multiple
 Various
central
 major
interacting
 Reacting
specific
 Particular
represents
 Characterize
adopt
 Accept



Give the opposite:

varied
 Same
respect
 Disrespect
gradually
 Quickly
multiple
 Single
common
 Rare
dominant group
 Recessive
specific
 General
contrasted with
 Conforming
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
Study of human in general ( culture , tradition , customs and his daily life ).

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example
Haw the children grow up in the social life and haw the parent improve their rearing their children . ex : when the children do what the father do like he respecting the old man .  

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.
The British parent different than Pakistani parent in crating children personality. For example : British's parents learn them children a lot of cultures and values and behavior but the Pakistani parent learn them children only one of each.      

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 agree with this sentence

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.
There are a lot of my behavior came from my grandfather but I cerate my personality, also my   childhood mix my behavior and customs and tradition because I was play with different people from different countries .