Aspects

Aspects	Me	James
Race	Tan	Black
Ethnicity	Suni	Catholic
Language	Arabic	English
Religion	Muslim	Christian
Disability
Class	Middle	Middle
Gender	Male	Male
Age	10-20	20-30
Educational-background	Under Graduate	High School

UAE Diversty

Quiz 2

 

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, assimilation society can be described as society with a single 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, Cultural Diversity can be represented by a Salad bowl.
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, Explains the process of Cultural and Psychological changes

 

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1.       “Melting Pot”

The society that contains different people living in one place with a single set of values

2.       “Salad Bowl”

When in a country the different cultures combine but each one of them retaining its own values     

3.       “Assimilation”

Blending many different groups with different gods and values in society

4.       “Acculturation”

The process of culture and the result of meeting other cultural 

5.       “Enculturation”

Describing the first culture learning

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	Different	respect	honor	dominate	Control
multiple	Diverse	central	Focal	interacting	Reacting
specific	given	represents	Perform	adopt	Foster

 

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied	Similar	respect	Impolite	gradually	Rapidly
multiple	Divide	common	Logistic	dominant group	Waste group
Specific	General	Contrasted with	Identical with	Adopt	choose

 

 

 

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 science of studying people and humans

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

Helping children’s in school to shape their emotions and thought’s

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.”

Some other cultures dose not shape the people of their community so they don’t affect their behavior or thoughts and emotions

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.”

All humans are the same when born

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 is link between my culture and personality , because it affect the way of my thoughts and behaviors and how I think