EDF 2555 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 2023

Schooling - Answer- formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers Culture - Answer- Socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling, and acting within a group that are transmitted from one generation to the next Ethnocentrism - Answer- the view that one's cultural group is superior to all others Dominant Culture - Answer- the values, norms, and practices of the group within society that is most powerful (in terms of wealth, prestige, status, influence, etc.) Meritocracy - Answer- A system based on the belief that an individual's achievements are based on their own personal merits and hard work and that the people who achieve at the highest levels deserve the greatest social and financial rewards. Dominant Ideology - Answer- a set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests Enculturation - Answer- The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations Cultural Capital - Answer- Endowments such as academic competence, language competence, and wealth that provide an advantage to an individual, family, or group. Prejudice - Answer- negative attitudes about a group of people Discrimination - Answer- the arbritary denial of the privileges and rewards of society to members of a group Theories of Assimilation - Answer- anglo conformity, melting pot theory, separatism or insular pluralism, and cultural pluralism Anglo-conformity - Answer- demands immigrants to renounce their culture in favor of the dominant or core culture Melting Pot Theory - Answer- get rid of diversity by creating a new culture that takes the best of all the different cultures Separatism or Insular Pluralism - Answer- maintain diversity and values it by different cultural groups being separated Cultural Pluralism - Answer- different ethnic groups maint