What is culture?!

Cultural norm

Attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal, typical or average within that group of people

Custom

Practices/Rituals followed by the people of a particular cultural group

Cultural Imperialism

The dominance by force of one culture over another., like a colony

Culture

A total way of life held in common by a group of people, including language, ideology, behavior, technology and government.

Ethnicity

A group of people who share a common identity

Adaptation (cultural)

Cultural adaptation is the process and time it takes a person to integrate into a new culture and feel comfortable within it.

Assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process by which a person's or group's culture come to resemble those of another group. ... Full assimilation occurs when new members of a society become indistinguishable from members of the other group.

Cultural Extinction

Cultural extinction includes the loss of language, traditions, habits, and customs by war, disease , acculturation or all three

Intercultural Sensitivity

Cultural sensitivity is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value - positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong.

Ethnocentrism

Evaluating other cultures according to a prejudice originating in what is acceptable in one's own culture.

Multiculturalism

Having to do with many cultures; several distinct culture or ethnic groups within a society

Ethnorelative stages

Set of stages in the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) that involve being comfortable with many standards and customs and who can adapt his/her behavior and judgments to many settings.

Acculturation

The adoption of cultural traits , such as language, by a group who is being influenced by another group

Cultural trait

The specific customs that are part of everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, social institutions and aspects of popular culture.

Acceptance (cultural)

The thinking that says " I accept other cultures but I may not agree with some aspects of other cultures" ; Level 4 on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS); an ethnorelative stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPMMSKfKZQ

Integration (cultural)

The thinking that says " I easily move in and out of different cultural worldviews" ; Level 6, the highest level on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS); an ethnorelative stage

Denial (cultural)

The thinking that says " My cultural experience is the only valid one"; little thought/concern about "others"; Level 1 on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS); an ethnocentric stage

Minimization (cultural)

The thinking that says "What we have in common across cultures is most important - differences don't matter"; thinking that tends to minimize, romanticize, or deny differences; Level 3 on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS); an ethnocentric stage

Defense (cultural)

The thinking the says "My way is the best way"; what is strange might be labeled as "stupid"; Feeling threatened and being highly critical of another culture or group of people; Level 2 on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) ; an ethnocentric stage

Transculturation

a term created by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures; spreading of cultural traits

Nationality

distinctive national or ethnic character; the status of belonging to a particular nation (citizenship)

Universal

of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; something that applies to all