Research the following and type your answers on this document:

1. Define the term culture.

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively

2. Using the following link, answer the following questions:

http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm
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a. According to the article, what are 2 definitions of culture?

The appreciation of good literature, music, art, and food. / The full range of learned human
behavior patterns.
b. What are the 3 layers of culture?
the body of cultural traditions, subculture, and cultural universals
c. What is a subculture?
A smaller cultural group found in a complex multi-ethnic culture.
d. List the cultural universals.
communicating with a verbal language consisting of a limited set of
sounds and grammatical rules for constructing sentences
2. using age and gender to classify people (e.g., teenager, senior citizen,
woman, man)
3. classifying people based on marriage and descent relationships and
having kinship terms to refer to
them (e.g., wife, mother, uncle, cousin)
4. raising children in some sort of family setting
5. having a sexual division of labor (e.g., men's work versus women's
work)
6. having a concept of privacy
7. having rules to regulate sexual behavior
8. distinguishing between good and bad behavior
9. having some sort of body ornamentation
10 making jokes and playing games
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11. having art
12. having some sort of leadership roles for the implementation of
community decisions

e. What is the difference between culture and society?

Cultures are complexes of learning behavior patterns and perceptions while societies are
groups of interaction organisims.

3. Define the term stereotype.

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
4. Using the following link, answer the following questions:
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring02/chandler/what-is-stereotyping-page.htm
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 a. What are some different categories of stereotypes?
Sex, race, age, sexual orentation, religion and physical ability
b. What is one of the stereotypes youve heard of that is listed in the 1992 gender study?
Males were typically characterized as adventurous, powerful, and independent while females
were characterized as sentimental, submissive and superstitious.
c. Why is mass media considered significant to stereotyping?
Stereotyping is a product of culture, therefore, mass media have a strong influence in
supporting and tearing down stereotypical characteristics
d. Why are stereotypes functional?
As audience members we are bombarded with much more information than we can process.
Our tendency is to reduce complexity to simplicity. We trade-off for simplification, which can
lead to inaccuracy and we are often unaware of this deduction.
e. What is the most influential factor in stereotyping? Why?
Prejudice. Our perceptions are highly subjective, and many people subscribe to derogatory
descriptions of ethnic groups.

5. Define family dynamics.

Family dynamics are the patterns of relating, or interactions, between family members.
6. According to this definition, what are your family dynamics?

On my moms side were all playful about everything and take everything as a joke. On my dads side
everything is serious and it has to be perfect of he will spaz out.