Quiz 2

 

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, many sets of value
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, by a "salad bowl"
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, of different culture

 

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1.       “Melting Pot” Is a multicultural country where the diverset cultures adapt to each other but they don’t keep their tradtion

 

2.       “Salad Bowl” Is a multicultural country where the diverset cultures adapt to each other but they  keep their tradtion

 

3.       “Assimilation” a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

 

4.       “Acculturation”where a kid adapt to another culture

 

5.       “Enculturation” is the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire values and behaviours appropriate or necessary in that 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	Rule
multiple	Numures	Central	fundamental	interacting	relating
specific	Exsactly	Represents	symbolized	adopt	embrace

 

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied	homogeneous	Respect	disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	Uniculture	Common	uncommon	dominant group	minority
specific	Unspecific	contrasted with	similar	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 Is a science that examining the characteristics and behaviors of the human

 

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example . when they play in the playground.

                                                                                                   

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.” For example in yeman they raise their children to help them in work. But in developed countries they raise their kids to graduate from college to become an important person in the future.

 

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 all of because we are all the same when we are born we don’t think all we do is eat and cry, but every parents raise their children differently, that is why we have different personality as we get older.  

 

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.

Dissimilar between Arabic culture and western culture is that Arabic persons work as a group, otherwise the western work separately.

 

H00247357       Khalifa Ali

H00205079      Abdullah Ali

H00258468      Faisal Ali