Portfolio 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.	False / it is described as a society with 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 / Salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	false / Customs and beliefs of a second culture

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” : Different culture mixed together Creating 1 unique culture.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Different culture mixed together but keeping their own culture

3.       “Assimilation” Forgeting your old culture and adapting the new culture

4.       “Acculturation”  to learn about and adopt your new countries culture.

5.       “Enculturation”to learn your birth countries 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	Different	respect	Honor	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Major	interacting	Cooperating
specific	limited	represents	Show	adopt	Accepts

Give the opposite:

varied	homogeneous	respect	Disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	Single	common	Rare	dominant group	Minority group
specific	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

- The study of human Behavior in view of cultural diversity

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

-Culture raise children Ex : Talking Toilet training

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 children will experience his social life from the Area or the environment that his parents raise them .

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 all people are same when they  born and it depends on the parents and society to change them , Also the culture tell the parents how to raise their own children .

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 a Very strong link between my culture and my personality because it affect the way behaviors .