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Culture (Key Ideas (Concepts of Progress, Competitiveness, Choice/Personal…
Culture
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Vocab
Assimilation: A process of conforming to the ways of the dominant or majority culture for the sake of uniformity. The absorption of one's cultural and ethnic heritage into the dominant society.
Ethnocentrism: The practice of judging another culture using the standards of one’s : is the practice of judging another culture using the standards of one’s
Enculturation: Immersion in our own culture to the point where we assume that our way of life is “natural” or “normal”
Ethnorelativism: The acquired ability to see many values and behaviors as cultural rather than universal. It assumes that one’s own culture is no more central to describing and evaluating reality than any other -regardless of one’s strongly held preferences
Examples
Competitiveness: In American individualism, people can show that they have valued characteristics–such as mastery of certain skills or being able to perform under pressure–by competing with and doing better than others. From the perspective of many collectivist cultures, however, Americans are often considered too competitive and focused on material rewards
Shame and Guilt: People are likely to feel shame or guilt if they do poorly in competition or behave in ways that others criticize. Fear of failing or losing may keep people from tackling a challenge or entering a competition.
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I felt like I could relate to the competitiveness and shame/guilt sections in the reading. I am personally a very competitive person, which I express in track. I am definitely focused on material rewards, and a lot of my friends say I take competitions a little too far. That corresponds to the Shame and Guilt section because I feel shameful when I do poorly, when I know I could have done better. Also, in track I am somewhat 'afriad' of doing events that I usually don't do because of a fear of preforming badly in them.