Portfolio Exercise #3

3. Quiz 2 – Portfolio Exercise #3

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, Multicultural mean more than one culture society.
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, its better to be represent by " salad bowl " because it shows beautiful look and shows that  the culture diversity have a good result same as the delicious taste in the salad.
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, Acculturation means to learn a different culture from your own culture

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” a country which has a mixed cultures and many different nationality.

2.       “Salad Bowl” means that when the cultures mixed all them stay on their own tradition. 

3.       “Assimilation” absorption the idea

4.       “Acculturation” to learn how to respect the cultures

5.       “Enculturation” its mean the culture that you get I from another culture and you add it to your culture

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to __culture_________ , ___customs______, _______________________and _______________social____________________, as well as changes in food, ____clothing________________ and _______language___________________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	many	respect	honor	dominate	control
multiple	doubled	central	major,	interacting	reactive
specific	particular	represents	appear	adopt	embrace

Give the opposite:

varied	contempt	respect	disrespect	gradually	promptly
multiple	celibate	common	particular	dominant group	weak group
specific	common	contrasted with	similar with	adopt	ignore

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

Studying tradition and human history

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

Teach the children the basics of the life for example responsibility and respecting

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.”

Childrearing need special care from the parents because its effect on the child personality

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “allhumans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.” I agree

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.

I’m so happy to be from this country and environment and specially in this culture and tradition which all has hobbies like horse riding and diving