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 full range of learned human
behavior patterns
b. What are the 3 layers of culture? Body of cultural traditions, Subculture and Cultural
universals
c. What is a subculture? Diverse societies in which people have come from many different parts
of the world, they often retain much of their original cultural traditions
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. 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? Stereotypes are functional,

Stereotypes are results of selectivity in social perception, and Prejudice.
b. What is one of the stereotypes youve heard of that is listed in the 1992 gender study?
Prejudice
c. Why is mass media considered significant to stereotyping? Mass media in turn plays a
major role in determining the content of our culture
d. Why are stereotypes functional? As audience members we are bombarded with much
more information than we can process
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? Tradition between families