Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation

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 – multi
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 – garden salad
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False – other country

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” : mixing a variety of cultures and over time they will all be the same

2.       “Salad Bowl” : The salad bowl concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures

3.       “Assimilation”:  the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society

4.       “Acculturation”: explains the process of cultural and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures

5.       “Enculturation” used to describe the process of first-culture learning, acculturation can be thought of as second-culture learning.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to culture, custom and social, as well as changes in food, clothing and language

Give a synonym:

varied	Diverse	respect	Matter	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Main	interacting	Relating
specific	Exact	represents	Signifies	adopt	Accept

Give the opposite:

varied	Unvaried	respect	Disrespect	gradually	Quickly
multiple	Single	common	Different	dominant group	Subordinate Group
specific	General	contrasted with	The same	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

Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present that draws and builds upon knowledge from social and biological sciences.

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

The way behavior children with others. Example: talk with an adult.   

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.”

Depending on how they are raised and treated they will face different qualities.

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.”

They born naturally but in different behaviors and potentials on certain things.

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.

Yes and no doubt about the relationship between the culture and the personality, however it stands on the way that we are raised and felling trustfully about your self and your potentials.  Example: Pakistan trustful in there work and that is related to their culture and knowledge.