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The process in which individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction.
Acculturation
Ethnocentrism
Assimilation
Enculturation
The feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.
Psychological Dissonance
Identify Confusion
Culture Shock
Code Switching
When one culture adopts aspects of another, but remains culturally distinct.
Enculturation
Acculturation
Assimilation
Ethnocentrism
To be absorbed and integrated into a wider society or culture, by choice or force.
Enculturation
Assimilation
Ethnocentrism
Acculturation
The tendency to see, interpret, and judge other cultures based on your own culture and standards - this connects members of a group together but can lead to (or support) the belief that your culture is superior to all others.
Cultural Appropriation
Multiculturalism
Cultural Relativity
Ethnocentrism
The overall perspective from which one sees and understands the world - this is deeply connected to their culture, background & life experiences.
Cultural Relativity
Ethnocentrism
Selective Bias
Worldview
The idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged based on the practices of another culture.
Cultural Assimilation
Moral Relativism
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Relativity
The first evidence of written language was found in modern day...
India (Indus Valley)
Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Egypt
China
Linguists were able to "teach" chimpanzees and apes...
to take care of cats
to use American Sign Language
to vocalize over 50 words in English
to read and write at a 1st grade level
Which nation is known to have the highest degree of language diversity (over 800 languages)?
The United States
Nigeria
Australia
Papua New Guinea
A variation of a language which is distinct to a specific region or social group
Slang
Language Diffusion
Jargon
Dialect
This hypothesis states that children must learn language within a certain time during early development (2-13 years old)
Natural Order Hypothesis
Innate Language Hypothesis
Language Diffusion Hypothesis
Critical Period Hypothesis
Changing the way you speak in front of your friends vs. in front of your boss would be an example of...
dialect assimilation
linguistic profiling
code switching
language mixing
A form of discrimination in which a person in power uses language or dialect to make assumptions about another person
Xenophobia
Linguistic Profiling
Implicit Bias
Cultural Bias
By current estimates, nearly ____ of the world's languages will be fully extinct by the end of the century.
10%
75%
50%
20%
A language that will become extinct in the near future because no children speak it as their first language
Moribund Language
At-Risk Language
Defunct Language
Dead Language
