TE 150 EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Invisible Parts of Culture - ANSWER Less obvious aspect of culture that aren't
distinguishable by sight such as values gender roles, expectations, and social status
Visible Parts of Culture - ANSWER Obvious Aspects of culture such as clothing, flags,
food, performing and visual arts - are often essential to culture and are well worth
celebrating, as happens during International Day and other school festivals.
1. Time and its control - ANSWER Americans are the most time sensitive people and we
are the ones who put emphasis on time. People in other cultures have a more relaxed
view of time. Ex: Hospitals and how they are forever rushing
2. Task vs Relationship- - ANSWER People in American culture are more concerned with
getting a task done as opposed to getting to know the person they're performing the
task for. In other cultures, people focus on building relationships first.
Change - ANSWER because American culture is new, Americans Link Change to
progress Development and growth and are always looking for something New and
Improved. Other cultures are reluctant to accept change.
4. Personal Control Over Destiny - ANSWER Americans believe that they have control
over what happens to them as oppose to in other cultures where they believe your life is
pre-written and things like illness and unfortunate circumstances. Fait and Carma
5. Self-Sufficiency - ANSWER To succeed without depending on others shows supreme
self-determination, self-reliance, and self-confidence. The concept of being
self-sufficient, however, doesn't translate into all languages and the trait is not valued in
many other cultures. People from Hispanic and Asian cultures, who have strong
attachment to families and communities, emphasize a skillful use of the bonds between
families and friends when making decisions and getting things done.
6. Status- - ANSWER Americans' insistence on collapsing social hierarchy leads to our
preference for informality in social interactions, demonstrated in a well-known tendency
to use first names when we address others, even with strangers. This degree of
informality can make people from some other cultures uncomfortable, especially when
there is a perceived status difference between people, as in patient/family/doctor
language - ANSWER Americans are low context communicators, so the words we speak
are expected to deliver everything that's important during verbal interaction. We pay far
less attention to factors such as body language and the context of what is being said. In
high context cultures, gesture, body language, eye contact, pitch, intonation, word
stress, and the use of silence are as important as the actual words being spoken in
conversation.
8. Individualism - ANSWER The belief that each individual's interests takes precedence
, over that of the groups. American Culture people are more concerned with being the
one bright shining star, As opposed to others where people want to be one of seven
stars that make up the big dipper.
Race - ANSWER Grouping of humans based on physical or social qualities into
categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
2. Ethnicity - ANSWER State of belonging to a social group that has a common national
or cultural tradition.
minority group - ANSWER category of people who experience relative disadvantages as
compared to members of a dominant group
achievement gap - ANSWER - State of belonging to a social group that has a common
national or cultural tradition.
prejudice - ANSWER Unfair Judgement about a group of people. Based on beliefs
actions or emotions.
Bias - ANSWER prejudice preference or action
Stereotype - ANSWER cognitive Schemas that- process information about others,
beliefs about traits characterizing typical group members, influence emotional response
to group members, imply a lot of information about people.
Discrimination - ANSWER - behaviors and actions towards others. Unequal treatment
toward categories of people. Maintaining dominance of one group over another.
Gender Roles - ANSWER Shaped by biology, treatment by adults/peers, socialization
with toys and play styles.
1. Gender Identity - ANSWER Sense of self as male or female or neither as well as the
beliefs one has about gender roles and attributes
Counter Stereotypic Imaging - ANSWER Abstract (Smart Black People), Famous
(Barack Obama), Non-Famous (a personal friend)
3 sexual orientations - ANSWER internal mechanism directing one's sexuality. Separate
from gender identity; distinct aspect of development. 4% of adolescence identify as gay
lesbian or bisexual.
4. Gender Bias- - ANSWER Different views of males and families often favoring one
gender over the other.
5. Ways of preventing gender bias: - ANSWER - Represent males/females equally and
Defy gender stereotype
- Know how to avoid gender bias in teaching- Successful learning for everyone; pros and
cons to gender segregation approaches. No boy-specific or girl-specific teaching
strategies.
Invisible Parts of Culture - ANSWER Less obvious aspect of culture that aren't
distinguishable by sight such as values gender roles, expectations, and social status
Visible Parts of Culture - ANSWER Obvious Aspects of culture such as clothing, flags,
food, performing and visual arts - are often essential to culture and are well worth
celebrating, as happens during International Day and other school festivals.
1. Time and its control - ANSWER Americans are the most time sensitive people and we
are the ones who put emphasis on time. People in other cultures have a more relaxed
view of time. Ex: Hospitals and how they are forever rushing
2. Task vs Relationship- - ANSWER People in American culture are more concerned with
getting a task done as opposed to getting to know the person they're performing the
task for. In other cultures, people focus on building relationships first.
Change - ANSWER because American culture is new, Americans Link Change to
progress Development and growth and are always looking for something New and
Improved. Other cultures are reluctant to accept change.
4. Personal Control Over Destiny - ANSWER Americans believe that they have control
over what happens to them as oppose to in other cultures where they believe your life is
pre-written and things like illness and unfortunate circumstances. Fait and Carma
5. Self-Sufficiency - ANSWER To succeed without depending on others shows supreme
self-determination, self-reliance, and self-confidence. The concept of being
self-sufficient, however, doesn't translate into all languages and the trait is not valued in
many other cultures. People from Hispanic and Asian cultures, who have strong
attachment to families and communities, emphasize a skillful use of the bonds between
families and friends when making decisions and getting things done.
6. Status- - ANSWER Americans' insistence on collapsing social hierarchy leads to our
preference for informality in social interactions, demonstrated in a well-known tendency
to use first names when we address others, even with strangers. This degree of
informality can make people from some other cultures uncomfortable, especially when
there is a perceived status difference between people, as in patient/family/doctor
language - ANSWER Americans are low context communicators, so the words we speak
are expected to deliver everything that's important during verbal interaction. We pay far
less attention to factors such as body language and the context of what is being said. In
high context cultures, gesture, body language, eye contact, pitch, intonation, word
stress, and the use of silence are as important as the actual words being spoken in
conversation.
8. Individualism - ANSWER The belief that each individual's interests takes precedence
, over that of the groups. American Culture people are more concerned with being the
one bright shining star, As opposed to others where people want to be one of seven
stars that make up the big dipper.
Race - ANSWER Grouping of humans based on physical or social qualities into
categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
2. Ethnicity - ANSWER State of belonging to a social group that has a common national
or cultural tradition.
minority group - ANSWER category of people who experience relative disadvantages as
compared to members of a dominant group
achievement gap - ANSWER - State of belonging to a social group that has a common
national or cultural tradition.
prejudice - ANSWER Unfair Judgement about a group of people. Based on beliefs
actions or emotions.
Bias - ANSWER prejudice preference or action
Stereotype - ANSWER cognitive Schemas that- process information about others,
beliefs about traits characterizing typical group members, influence emotional response
to group members, imply a lot of information about people.
Discrimination - ANSWER - behaviors and actions towards others. Unequal treatment
toward categories of people. Maintaining dominance of one group over another.
Gender Roles - ANSWER Shaped by biology, treatment by adults/peers, socialization
with toys and play styles.
1. Gender Identity - ANSWER Sense of self as male or female or neither as well as the
beliefs one has about gender roles and attributes
Counter Stereotypic Imaging - ANSWER Abstract (Smart Black People), Famous
(Barack Obama), Non-Famous (a personal friend)
3 sexual orientations - ANSWER internal mechanism directing one's sexuality. Separate
from gender identity; distinct aspect of development. 4% of adolescence identify as gay
lesbian or bisexual.
4. Gender Bias- - ANSWER Different views of males and families often favoring one
gender over the other.
5. Ways of preventing gender bias: - ANSWER - Represent males/females equally and
Defy gender stereotype
- Know how to avoid gender bias in teaching- Successful learning for everyone; pros and
cons to gender segregation approaches. No boy-specific or girl-specific teaching
strategies.
