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