What is culture?
Define the word "Culture"
The ideas, customs, and behaviors of a particular group of people or society
Where do children learn culture from?
Parents
School
Friends
Media
How are language and culture connected?
Language helps us express the ideas that we will need in order to survive in our particular culture.
Define confirmation bias.
It is our tendency to seek out information that we agree with.
Define explicit bias.
Explicit bias are attitudes, beliefs, and associations that we are consciously aware of. Explicit bias is intentional, deliberate, and controllable.
Define observable culture and give 3 examples.
Observable culture is the part of culture we can see. Examples include:
Clothing
Food
Music
What is informal cultural learning?
A child learns culture through observation.
Give an example of the connection between language and culture?
Inuit have many words for snow
Chinese has many words for family
English has many words for time
Define implicit bias.
Implicit bias is bias that we are unaware of, it is unintentional.
Give an example of explicit bias.
An employer doesn't want to hire female employee's because of a fear they will get married or have a child.
Explain the "iceberg" analogy of culture.
Culture is like an iceberg because it has both parts we can and cannot see. Above the water is things like food, clothing, art, etc. Below the water is the parts we can't see such as attitudes, preferences, values.
What is technical learning?
This is the kind of learning we do in school. It includes things like:
How we should behave
How to get along with others
How to hold a pencil
How does language help to pass on culture?
language allows us to share culture with the next generation and to learn what our ancestors knew.
What is categorization?
Our tendency to place things (and people) into manageable categories.
What is the IAT test?
It asks participants look at a face flashing quickly across the screen and to choose a positive or negative word to go with that face, to categorize words, or to categorize words and symbols.
Which parts of culture are we consciously aware of and which are we not aware of?
We are consciously aware of observable culture- our clothing, food, language...
Our attitudes, values, and beliefs are outside of our awareness.
What is the purpose of the 3 forms of learning?
It helps people adapt to and function in their society.
Give an example of cultural symbol.
Flag
Give an example of implicit bias
A school wants to hire teachers from Britain and America, despite the fact that there are English speakers in South Africa, Ireland, and many other countries.
What was the example the author gave of her own experience with bias?
After moving from a mostly black school to a white school, she had difficulty telling her classmates apart.
Give at least 2 specific examples of non-observable culture.
How should children be raised?
What does it mean to be beautiful?
Body language
How do you make friends with someone?
Give an example of all three forms of cultural learning
A child watching their family eat
A child being taught about table manners by their parents
A child learning about manners in school
How do children learn implicit bias?
From the reactions of family and friends.
Explain the story of the purse snatcher.
Middle aged or elderly Asian were targeted by thieves because of a perception that they were less likely to fight back and that they would have difficulty recalling details about the thief.
The victims began to associate all young, black men with crime.