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MCOM 304 Final Exam Rated A+6 regulators of human life - ANSWER-Religion
Nation
Class
Gender
Race
Civilization
6 regulators: Civilization - ANSWER-the most significant determinant of identity
6 regulators: Class - ANSWER-Important at times (communism, caste system, upper
class), but less so now, though still exists and used to assign differences to others; can
lead to conflict
6 regulators: Gender - ANSWER-Fundamental differences between genders? Valued
differently?
6 regulators: National Identity - ANSWER-Superseded religion as a criteria for identity
as nations formed and basis of conflict "which often begins with the judgement that how
others live their lives is in some way less perfect that how we live our own."
6 regulators: Race, skin color - ANSWER-Skin color does not define race; not a single
"race-defining" gene - there are many brown, black, white races
6 regulators: Religion - ANSWER-Oldest source of human identity and conflict;
regulated/s the way people live their lives and their sense of identity
Acculturation or cultural adaptation - ANSWER-an immigrant's learning and adopting
the norms and values of the new host culture.
Argot - ANSWER-primairly used as a secret language among memebers of the
subgroup only
Assimilation - ANSWER-giving up one's original cultural identity and moving into full
participation of the new culture.The person identifies with the country and not the ethnic
group. This is a long-term and sometimes multi-generatinal process
Assimilation in the U.S. - ANSWER-History:
Forced separation: slaves
Forced assimilation: Germans of the 1700-1800s
Forced segregation: Citizens of Japanese descent during WWII
Today:
Acceptance of the maintaining of important aspects of one's culture.
, Australia - ANSWER-The Europeans occupied coastal hunting grounds and disturbed
sacred sites of local Aboriginals. Population was decimated as settlers moved in and
resulted in an inequality in health, income, living standards and life expectancy.
2013 - Australia passed a reconciliation act to recognize the Indigenous people.
Brazil - ANSWER-largest African-heritage population outside of Africa. Much of its
culture is African. Brazil is also home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan.
Has immigration from many countries.
Highest degree of intermarriage in the world.
Class distinctions: European descendants (upper and middle classes); African,
indingenous and multiracial descendant (lower classes).
Portuguese is the official language.
Many people from the U.S. went to Brazil to escape the Civil War and/or to run cotton
plantations where slavery was still legal on land given by the government.
Cant - ANSWER-the specialized vocabulary of created words or adopted words used by
nonprofessional subgroups
Categories of those who adopt new ideas: - ANSWER-1) Innovators
2) Early Adopters
3) Early Majority
4) Late Majority
5) Laggards
Chicano - ANSWER-born in the US, but ancestors came from Mexico
Civilization - ANSWER-the broadest level of cultural identity that people who are distinct
from one another can have
Civilizations are rooted far back in the past- - ANSWER-source of conflict today:
religious practices, acceptance of modernity, relationship between the people and the
government
Colonialism via media - ANSWER-Mass media:
-carry important cultural values
-can impact culture
-#1 U.S. is entertainment
-Hollywood gets 50% of its revenue overseas
-flow of U.S. media can influence other peoples goals and aspirations
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