The process in which individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction.
Ethnocentrism
Assimilation
Acculturation
Enculturation
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The feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.
Identify Confusion
Code Switching
Psychological Dissonance
Culture Shock
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When one culture adopts aspects of another, but remains culturally distinct.
Assimilation
Ethnocentrism
Enculturation
Acculturation
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To be absorbed and integrated into a wider society or culture, by choice or force.
Acculturation
Enculturation
Ethnocentrism
Assimilation
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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 Relativity
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Appropriation
Multiculturalism
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The overall perspective from which one sees and understands the world - this is deeply connected to their culture, background & life experiences.
Ethnocentrism
Selective Bias
Cultural Relativity
Worldview
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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.
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Assimilation
Moral Relativism
Cultural Relativity
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The first evidence of written language was found in modern day...
India (Indus Valley)
Iraq (Mesopotamia)
China
Egypt
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Linguists were able to "teach" chimpanzees and apes...
to take care of cats
to read and write at a 1st grade level
to vocalize over 50 words in English
to use American Sign Language
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Which nation is known to have the highest degree of language diversity (over 800 languages)?
Australia
The United States
Papua New Guinea
Nigeria
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A variation of a language which is distinct to a specific region or social group
Dialect
Jargon
Language Diffusion
Slang
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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
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Changing the way you speak in front of your friends vs. in front of your boss would be an example of...
linguistic profiling
code switching
dialect assimilation
language mixing
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A form of discrimination in which a person in power uses language or dialect to make assumptions about another person
Linguistic Profiling
Xenophobia
Implicit Bias
Cultural Bias
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By current estimates, nearly ____ of the world's languages will be fully extinct by the end of the century.
50%
75%
20%
10%
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A language that will become extinct in the near future because no children speak it as their first language