CHANGE IN ONE PART OF CULTURE MAY LEAD TO CHANGES IN OTHER
PARTS OF CULTURE
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EXAMPLE:
COMPUTERS AND CHANGES IN OUR LANGUAGE
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Know what acculturation, assimilation and accommodation means
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Acculturation – when there is a lot of contact and one culture becomes “used to” the other.
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Accommodation – when the larger culture allows the smaller culture to retain its own
identity.
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Assimilation – when the smaller culture is absorbed into the larger culture losing its own
identity.
What are Cultural Universals?
TRAITS COMMON TO EVERY KNOWN CULTURE
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THE FAMILY
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ASSIGNMENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR YOUNG AND THE CONTROL
OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
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FUNERAL RITES
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COMMUNITY BONDING WITH CLOSURE, COMFORT, AND CONTINUITY FOR
THE LIVING
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SMILING AND HUMOR
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OUTWARD SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SAFETY VALVE FOR SOCIAL
TENSIONS
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DEVIANCE
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A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE BEHAVIORAL LIMITS FOUND IN A GIVEN
SOCIETY WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALITY AND NON-COMFORMITY
Chapter 3
The definition of the "self":
Self- one’s sense of identity and awareness of self, awareness of being human
A developmental process occurring between the stimulus and response
The definition of Socialization
The process which people learn the characteristics of their group- the knowledge, skills,
attitudes, values,norms and actions though appropriate for them
Functions of Socialization
Personality development
Feral, Isolated and Institutionalized Children
Feral- Wild Children that could not speak; they bit, scratched, and growled, and walked on all
fours. Never got cold, and would devour animals uncooked.
Isolated-
Isabelle was mentally impaired. She was unable to progress through the usual stages of
development after they take care of her she learn the language.
Without language, there are no
relationships. Without intimate relationships,there are no bonds can be mad with others. Human
contact is how people become members of the human community.
Institutionalized-:
The skeels/Dye experiment ; Orphanages have low IQs “ common sense”
.About 6 months the children have been taken care of such as , change diapers or bedding.etc.
The result, the IQs of the poor children have average 28 IQs and the others who remained in the
orphanage lost 30 points . *
Orphanage research in India :
the same experiment and the same
