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 A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a multiple set of values.
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 Assimilation can be represented by a “melting pot”
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False Acculturation means learning the culture of your host country.

Define in your own words:

     1.“Melting Pot”: When people of different culture immigrate to a place to form an integrated society.

     2. “Salad Bowl”: When people of different cultures immigrate to a place but keep their own cultural traits.

     3.“Assimilation”: To come together with the dominant society.

     4. “Acculturation”: For cultural traits to rub off on an immigrant from a different culture in time.

     5. “Enculturation”: To instill from a child’s birth the surrounding and accepted culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

   Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs and social institutions, as well as changes in food, clothing and language.

Give a synonym:

varied	diverse	respect	honor	dominate	control
multiple	many	central	main	interacting	collaborate
specific	exact	represents	Show	adopt	accept

Give the opposite:

varied	similar	respect	disrespect	gradually	instantly
multiple	single	common	rare	dominant group	Minority  group
specific	random	contrasted with	Similar with	adopt	abandon

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

The study of humankind relating to cultural and social behaviors.

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

To instill children with the accepted social behaviors of the culture

      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.”

The simplest example is that during infancy in our society to try and talk Arabic.

Another example is that a child is born in our culture for the mother with child to stay with family as much as possible to familiarize as much as possible and respect their elders

      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.”

I agree to an extent but I have to say everyone is an individual and develop their own sense of individuality and freedom from each other and also a child gets traits that are already written in their DNA, but I wouldn’t be sure because I cannot try this theory.

      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.

Of course I can relate myself to my culture in like how the feeling to be close to my family and respect my elders no matter the reason to name a few. But if for example I was born in American society I would have been encouraged to leave home the time I am able to support myself and depend on myself no matter to family if you could not .