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Cultural Diversity and Conformity Guided Reading

Section 3

READING THE SECTION

DIRECTIONS In your own words, write the definition of each term.

1. personal achievement: __________________________________________________

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2. progress and material comfort: ___________________________________________

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3. work: _______________________________________________________________

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4. individualism: ________________________________________________________

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5. efficiency and practicality: ______________________________________________

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6. morality and humanitarianism: ___________________________________________

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7. equality and democracy: ________________________________________________

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8. freedom: ____________________________________________________________

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DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the correct
word or phrase.

9. _______________________ is a commitment to the full development of one’s

personality, talents, and potential. (narcissism/self-fulfillment)

10. Some social scientists believe that American values lead to

_______________________, or extreme self-centeredness. (narcissism/

self-fulfillment)

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Section 3 continued Guided Reading

POST-READING QUICK CHECK

DIRECTIONS Look at each set of four terms. On the line provided, write
the letter of the term that does not relate to the others.

_____ 11. a. work _____ 13. a. self-fulfillment

b. individualism b. environmentalism
c. narcissism c. leisure
d. freedom d. physical fitness

_____ 12. a. equality and democracy _____ 14. a. communism

b. progress and material b. nationalism and patriotism
comfort c. science and rationality
c. morality and d. education
humanitarianism
d. relativism

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a

statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.

_____ 15. A narcissism is a long-term and deeply ingrained pattern of socially

unacceptable behavior that is harmful to the person who displays it and to
others.

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_____ 16. Leisure, physical fitness, and youthfulness are values that can be grouped
under the term morality and humanitarianism.

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_____ 17. Social historian Christopher Lasch has written that the American emphasis on
personal fulfillment is evidence of narcissism.

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