Research the following and type your answers on this document:

1. Define the term culture.

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./ Full range of learned human behavior patterns
b. What are the 3 layers of culture? Subculture, cultural universals, cultural traditions
c. What is a subculture? In complex, diverse societies in which people have come from many
different parts of the world, they often retain much of their original cultural traditions. As a result,
they are likely to be part of an identifiable subculture
d. List the cultural universals. 1.
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
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?
While cultures are complexes of learned behavior patterns and perceptions, societies are
groups of interacting organisms
3. Define the term stereotype.
is defined as an "oversimplified, usually pejorative, attitude people hold toward those outside one's
own experience who are different.
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 orientation,
religion and physical ability are various categories which exist in stereotyping
 b. What is one of the stereotypes youve heard of that is listed in the 1992 gender study?
typically characterized as adventurous, powerful, domineering and independent. Females, on the
other hand, 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? Our perceptions are highly
subjective, and many people subscribe to derogatory descriptions of ethnic groups. Unfortunately the
selectivity of a person's perception result in people seeing what they expect to see when they come in
contact with members of an ethnic group they view with prejudice

5. Define family dynamics.

is the way in which members of a family interact with each other in relation to their individual goals
and preferences. Although the family is a unit, people are individuals.
6. According to this definition, what are your family dynamics?
All my family is talented