Understanding Culture

4. Who am I? I don't necessarily think my culture is the best. I may believe another culture does things better than mine.
5. It studies language and its relationship to culture and human life.
8. This anthropologist is associated with the definition of culture used in our class
12. The learned and socially shared ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a group or society.
15. Two people interpret the same gesture, silence, or communication style differently because of their cultural expectations. What might this create?
16. A researcher asks, “How do the people themselves explain what they are doing?” Which perspective is being used?

1. Instead of immediately judging an unfamiliar practice, we try to understand its meaning within its own cultural context. What approach is this?
2. A researcher compares communication patterns in several societies using analytical categories. Which perspective is this?
3. These are smaller communities, subcultures, or interest-based groups within a broader society that may develop their own practices, identities, and norms.
6. The visible and easily observable aspects of culture, such as food, clothing, music, celebrations, language, and gestures.
7. The discipline that studies human beings across cultures, places, and time.
9. Communication between people whose cultural backgrounds may influence how they express, interpret, and negotiate meaning.
10. “People from that culture have strange customs. They should do things the way we do.” What concept does this illustrate?
11. This metaphor represents culture as something with a small visible portion and a much larger, less visible portion beneath the surface.
13. A child learns how to greet adults, what foods are appropriate, and when to use tú or usted by observing and participating in everyday life. What process is this?
14. When cultural traits move between societies, the process is called: