A devil's
advocate is someone who, given a certain argument, takes
a position he or she does not necessarily agree with, for the sake of debate. In taking this
position, the individual taking on the devil's advocate role seeks to engage
others in an argumentative discussion process. Wikapedia
Lower level students
- please check your understanding of the situation. When I demonstrated the
word ethnocentric in class by being
an obnoxious British person who looked down on French culture - this was only
an act to make you think. I love French culture!
I heard a student say "Why Frankie hate French people?"
1.A Multicultural society can be described as a society
with a single set of values.
2.A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate
cultures.
3.One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting
different cultures.
4.Cultural Diversity can be represented by a
“melting pot”
5.Acculturation means learning the culture of
your birth country.
Define in your own
words:
1.“Melting
Pot”
2.“Salad
Bowl”
3.“Assimilation”
4.“Acculturation”
5.“Enculturation”
Complete the
sentence with words from the text:
Acculturation often results in
changes to ____________________, _______________________and
___________________________________, as well as changes in food, ____________________
and __________________________________.
Give a synonym:
varied
respect
dominate
multiple
central
interacting
specific
represents
adopt
Give the opposite:
varied
respect
gradually
multiple
common
dominant group
specific
contrasted with
adopt
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
2.What
do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example
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.”
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.”
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.
In a political
context the term is used for a wide variety of meanings, ranging from the
advocacy of equal respect
to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural
diversity. A common aspect
of many such policies is that they avoid presenting any specific ethnic,
religious, or cultural community values as central.[3]
Multiculturalism is often contrasted with the concepts of
assimilation and has been described as a
"salad bowl"
rather than a "melting pot."[4]
Look at the two diagrams
above. Which one represents “multiculturalism” and which one is “assimilation”?
2) Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to
render similar") may refer to:
Cultural
assimilation, the process whereby a minority group
gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture
and customs.
Think of the word “similar”
which will help you remember “assimilation”.
3) Acculturation
Acculturation explains the process of cultural and
psychological change that results following meeting between cultures.[1]
The effects of acculturation can be seen at multiple levels in both interacting
cultures. At the group
level, acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social
institutions. Noticeable group level effects of acculturation often include
changes in food, clothing, and language. At the individual level,
differences in the way individuals acculturate have been shown to be associated
not just with changes in daily behavior, but with numerous measures of
psychological and physical well-being. As enculturation is used to describe the process of
first-culture learning, acculturation can be thought of as second-culture
learning.
Acculturation is a process in which members of one cultural
group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group. Although acculturation
is usually in the direction of a minority group adopting habits and language
patterns of the dominant group, acculturation can be reciprocal--that is, the
dominant group also adopts patterns typical of the minority group. Assimilation
of one cultural group into another may be evidenced by changes in language
preference, adoption of common attitudes and values, member- ship in common
social groups and institutions, and loss of separate political or ethnic
identification.
What is the
difference between assimilation, and acculturation?
Assimilation
means to become the same as the main mass (you cannot be distinguished from
anyone or anything else).
Acculturation is getting used to the way people are, but not become
just like everyone else. You keep some of your original uniqueness yet
(ideally) fit in as part of the total mix.
4) Culture and Personality in Anthropology
(By Petrina
Kelly,Xia Chao, Andrew Scruggs, Lucy
Lawrence, Katherine Mcghee-Snow)
The
culture and personality movement was a core of anthropology in the first half
of the 20th century. It attempts to find general traits repeating in
a specific culture to lead to a discovery of a national character, model
personality types and configurations of personality by seeking the individual
characteristics and personalities. The field of personality and culture gives
special attention to socialization of
children and enculturation. Theorists of culture and personality school
argue that 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
study of culture and personality draws many of its constructs from
psychoanalysis and social development as applied for social and cultural
phenomena. Freud’s psychoanalysis states that all humans
are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes
deviations in behavior and personalities from each other. According to this perspective, the scholars
of culture and personality school study distinctive personality types in particular societies and
attribute the traits to different child-rearing practices such as feeding,
talking and toilet training. This concept is demonstrated in the work of
anthropologists, such as Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, Barbara Rogoff and
Shirley Brice Heath.
an·thro·pol·o·gy(nthr-pl-j)
n.The
scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and
cultural development of humans.