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Heritage Biological heritage: innate, born with it Cultural heritage: what we’ve learned, grown up with “American”
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Intro. to Culture
Notes and Definitions
Ethnicity The identification with others who
have the same ancestral background A sense of peoplehood Considered part of one’s biological
heritage
Heritage Biological heritage: innate, born with
it Cultural heritage: what we’ve learned,
grown up with “American”
Culture Learned behaviors, traditions, and
way of life created by a group of people Learned Shared Adaptive Changing
4 parts of Culture
Learned: not born a culture; made up of learned behaviors (brushing teeth)
Shared: culture binds people together as an identifiable group (music)
4 parts of Culture Adaptive: it develops to
accommodate environmental conditions and available resources (Eskimos)
Changing/Dynamic: constantly changing (technology/clothes)
Class Goal:
To help students value cultural differences while realizing that individuals across cultures have many similarities
Similarities: All people have the same
psychological and biological needs (Maslow’s Hierarchy)
Can you list some shared needs?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Level 1: physiological needs Level 2: safety needs Level 3: love and belongingness
needs Level 4: self-esteem needs Level 5: self-actualization needs
Differences How we go about meeting or fulfilling
our needs is different Depends on resources available,
environment of region, and the groups relationship to dominant society
American Culture Can you think of some examples of
things that are part of/unique to American culture?
Ethnocentric This term mean’s that one’s own
culture traits are viewed as natural, correct, and/or superior to those of another culture whose traits are perceived as odd, amusing, inferior, even immoral.
Ethnocentric cont. We view the world through a cultural
lens.
What are your opinions of the following? Arranged marriages Eating dog or pork Women not shaving Wearing disks in one’s lips
Culture Notes – Day 2 How does an individual learn to
become a functioning adult in his/her society? Enculturation – process of learning the
characteristics of a given culture and becoming fluent in its language
Socialization – learning to function as a member of society by learning social roles (mom, husband, student, child)
RememberWe are not born a culture …
we are encultured and socialized to a culture
Multicultural An individual who can operate
successfully in 2+ different cultures Mastered the knowledge and necessary
skills to feel comfortable and communicate effectively
Cultural Relativism An attempt to understand other
cultures in their own terms; not judging on the basis of your own cultural beliefs How?
learn/know own culture learn others culture Experience another culture
How do we all live together?
Assimilation the process by which one individual
gives up or forgets his/her own culture to become part of a different culture and is accepted by the dominant culture
How do we all live together? Acculturation
merging of cultures a s result of prolonged contact; adapting to or borrowing traits form another culture
examples: Anglo Conformity Theory (WASP), Melting Pot Theory, Salad Bowl Theory
Living Together, or not Cultural Pluralism
Refusing or not being permitted into the dominant American culture
Ethnic Enclavean isolated area of a minority culture w/in a dominant cultureCan you think of some examples?
Examples Reservations Chinatown Little Italy The Amish Harlem Barrios San Francisco
Macro/Micro Culture Macro : National culture that is shared
by most of its citizens
Micro: traits not common to all “Americans” but common among other, smaller identifiable units of society (peer, gangs, occupations)