UD_EC_W2_S1_Characteristics_of_Culture_GW

INPUT:The Characteristics of Culture. URL:<http://savior.hubpages.com/hub/Characteristics-of-Culture>

Characteristics of Culture. URL:<http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_2.htm>

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G1 ____________________________________

1. What does the word culture mean to you? 2. How do you think you learned this definition?3. Would you say that your idea of culture is different from that of your parents? Why?

G2 ____________________________________

1. What different cultures and subcultures do you belong to? 2. What do you think makes you belong to these?3. Which specific subcultures do you disapprove of? Why?

G3 ____________________________________

1. What do you think clearly defines Colombian culture? 2. Which other (foreign) cultures do you think are somehow similar to ours?3. In which specific aspects are they similar?

G4 ____________________________________

1. What do you think clearly defines American culture? 2. Would you say that your perception of American culture is more positive than negative?

Why? Explain.3. Would you say that the way you feel about Americans is shared by most Colombian?

Explain. G5 ____________________________________

1. What do you understand by culture shock? 2. Have you ever experienced it? When? Where? What happened? What did you see…?3. Which aspects of the Colombian culture would you say are more likely to cause culture

shock to Americans? Why? Explain.

Characterize (in both a positive and a negative way) the following group:

Paisas Rolos Costeños Opitas Pastusos Vallunos Llaneros

Based on what you said / wrote for the above; would you say that Colombians are culturally ethocentric or relativistic. Explain.

Based on what you read in the texts (Characteristics of Culture), and based on the Colombian culture, give examples of the ways in which culture is:

shared learned symbolic compulsory cumulative a group product

patterned & integrated