Ovando & Combs - Ch. 5 - Culture - Vocab

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

Adoption of the dominant group’s culture patterns by a new or oppressed group.

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

process by which groups adopt or change to the dominate culture.

Question 3

Biculturalism

Answer 3

when a person has the capacity to negotiate effectively with two different cultural systems; does not mean giving equal time to both cultures in terms of behavior

Question 4

Cultural deficit theory

Answer 4

Called the deficit model that suggests ethnic minorities fail in school because their cultures are inadequate in some way.

Question 5

Cultural relativism

Answer 5

he idea that a person’s beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another. This implies that there are no universal norms by which all cultural groups should be judged.

Question 6

Culture

Answer 6

Socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling, and acting, within a group. These patterns are transmitted from one generation to the next.

Question 7

Ethnocentrism

Answer 7

View that one’s cultural group is superior to all others.

Question 8

Ethnography

Answer 8

The scientific description of the customs of individual people and cultures. It is a vital tool for the construction of culturally sensitive learning environments for language minority students.

Question 9

Marked and Unmarked Culture

Answer 9

Distinguishes the different degrees of status assigned to a particular culture. A marked culture has less social status and political power in the United States. In the U.S., the unmarked culture is associated with the white, middle class, non-ethnic,
2English-speaking groups. It is unmarked because it reflects a mythical generalization of the way the typical “American” is “supposed” to be.

Question 10

Marked and Unmarked language

Answer 10

Distinguishes the different degrees of status assigned to a particular language. A marked language has less social status and political power in the United States. In the U.S. then unmarked language is English.

Question 11

Melting Pot

Answer 11

he concept of assimilation, in which individuals assume the cultural patterns of the dominant culture.

Question 12

Multiculturalism

Answer 12

n educational concept that addresses cultural diversity and equity in schools. It incorporates the different cultural groups to which individuals belong, with an emphasis on the interaction of race, ethnicity, class, and gender in students’ lives.

Question 13

Stereotyping

Answer 13

Application of generalizations, many of which are negative, about a group without consideration of individual differences within the group.