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| the process through which an individual acquires new approaches, beliefs, and values by coming into contact with other cultures. |
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| a trait that enhances survival and reproductive success in a particular environment. |
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| accumulated changes in the culture, occupations, friendship patterns, marital patterns, and identities of those who are not Americans, as they become Americans. |
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| a belief in supernatural forces. |
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| a term used by Edward Tyler to describe a belief in a dual existence for all things (a physical visible body and a psychic, invisible soul) |
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| the study of differences and similarities, both biological and cultural, in human populations. |
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| The general process through which newcomers to a group are transformed from outsiders into full members of a group or society. |
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| cultural conventions concerning true or false assumptions, specific descriptions about the nature of the universe and humanity’s place in it. |
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| An inclination of preference, especially one that interferes with impartial judgment |
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| Prejudice carried to the extreme of overt hatred, often carried to the point of violence |
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| a gift of goods or money given to the bride’s family by the groom and/or his family at or before the wedding. |
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| A loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn by some Muslim women |
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| Any attitude or institutional practice which subordinates people due to income, occupation, education and/or their economic condition. |
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| a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. |
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| focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationship among ideas, the soundness of evidence and the differences between fact and opinion. |
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| a group’s patterned way of thinking and giving meaning to what happens in the physical and social environment. . It influences t what individual members of the group think, how they act towards one another, and how they use the material world. |
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| The ability to function effectively in a society of culture variation. |
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| The ideological control over beliefs and values by one dominant group |
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| This term is used to describe structured group work in which students work together and direct his or her own learning; the teacher acts as a facilitator of learning. Students are frequently assigned roles within their group. |
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| the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. |
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| a sense of confusion and uncertainty sometimes with feelings of anxiety that may affect people exposed to an alien culture or environment without adequate preparation. |
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| category of things and ideas that identify the most profound aspects of cultural influence (e.g. schools, government, music, theatre, language) |
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| a variety of a language spoken in a particular area or by a particular social group. |
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| Unmarried partners who share living quarters. |
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| the most powerful group within a society. |
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| the attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be viewed within the context of that society’s opportunities and problems |
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| a transfer of goods or money from the bride’s family to the bride |
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| the process of communicating a group’s culture from generation to generation. |
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| a distinctive economic formation characterized by the spatial concentration of immigrants who organize a variety of enterprises to serve their own ethnic market and general population. |
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| a group or category of people whose inclusion in the group or category is based primarily on similarities of nationality, religion, language, or other aspects of a person’s sociocultural heritage. |
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| a connection with a group who is classed according to nationality, race, religion, language, etc |
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| the belief that your cultural traditions and assumptions are superior to others. |
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| the marriage of a woman to two or more brothers at one time. |
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| all the myths, legends, folktales, ballads, riddles, proverbs and superstitions of a cultural group. These can be transmitted orally but can also be in written form. |
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| the process by which social institutions becomes international or starts operating at an international scale. |
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| A person who is emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted or committed to members of the same sex. |
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| a general term used to designate all social processes that lead to the merger of a minority group with the majority group. |
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| The process by which a member of an oppressed group comes to oppression: accept and live out the inaccurate myths and stereotypes applied to the oppressed group. |
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| A common and acceptable word for female homosexuals only. |
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| A place where immigrants of different ethnicity or culture form an integrated and homogenous society. |
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| marriage, habitation or sexual intercourse between a white person and someone from a different race. |
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| They are much stronger norms than folkways. |
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| refers to an approach that studies many aspects of a multifaceted system. |
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| The irrational fear of homosexuals, homosexuality, or any behavior, belief, or attitude of self or others, which doesn’t conform to rigid sex-role stereotypes. |
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| The co-existence of many distinct cultures within a given context, such as community or nation. |
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| a standard or pattern, especially of social behavior, that is typical or expected of a group. |
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| The process of assigning meaning to sensory information and experiences. |
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| prejudging someone before you know all the facts or background of the person. |
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| a group or category of people whose inclusion in the group or category is based primarily on inherited physical characteristics such as skin color, hair and facial features. |
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| an unfavorable attitude/action toward people who are members of a particular racial or ethnic group. |
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| the extent to which a society has accepted and practiced racial discrimination as an unwritten but major element of everyday living. |
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| a five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving group. |
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| How a person feels about him or herself; pride in oneself. Self-esteem is linked to family traditions, language, social customs, economic background, and other aspects of one's cultural environment. |
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| A system of beliefs or attitudes, which relegates women to limited roles and/or options because of their sex. |
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| a group of people who occupy a particular territory and speak a common language not generally understood by neighboring peoples. |
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| words, images, gestures, and expressions that represent thoughts, beliefs, ideas and feelings. |
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| shared, but not necessarily correct, beliefs concerning the characteristics of members of different racial or ethnic groups compared with reference groups. |
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| the patterns f culture that emerge within an ethnic group as the old country ways are transplanted and modified through contact with the host country’s culture. |
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| orbidden for moral reasons |
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| the policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort. (as to desegregate) |
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| standards by which members of a society define what’s good or bad; desirable or undesirable; holy or unholy |
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| cognitive process in which we take into account another person’s thoughts, feelings, values, background and perspectives. |
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| the development through the direct and indirect influence of parents and others, of children’s patterns of behavior that conform to cultural expectations. |
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| various beliefs and cosmologies about the nature of reality. |
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