FRHD 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Enculturation, Acculturation, Ethnocentrism
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Definition: many definitions, set of shared values, beliefs and practices that is created by a group of individuals and this guides their social relationships and affects their developmental ways, social construction. Important features of definitions: learned behaviour, uses sets of symbols. Integrated into a logical manner: materials are share by members, adapts and change over time. Two types of culture: personal culture, psychological domains. Influence our attitudes, judgments, emotions, practices, and perspectives. Influences of culture: culture affects the way we operate. Enculturation: focusing on shared content and meaning without further clarification, common understanding of things, shared meaning of content, putti(cid:374)g fi(cid:374)ge(cid:396) to (cid:373)outh (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:858)(cid:271)e (cid:395)uiet(cid:859, we understand meaning behind this. Multicultural competence: knowing that other cultures are there and may not be the same as yours, some people celebrate christmas, others hanukkah, knowledge about and comfort with the implications with cultural difference. Cultural humility: demonstrating humility as we work and relate to persons of other cultures.