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 .