1. Dashelle’s _______________ identity includes the information that she is 19, African American, and a college student at UNLV; her ______________ identity is fun-loving, optimistic, and a fan of country music.
a. personal; social
b. social; personal
c. cultural; social
d. social; cultural
2. In the ethnic-cultural typological model, an individual who identifies strongly with the larger culture and weakly with his or her own ethnic identity is operating from which of the four options?
a. Bicultural identity
b. Ethnic-oriented identity
c. Assimilated identity
d. Marginal identity
3. In Edgar’s Latin American family, he and his family accept their lives’ circumstances and do not try to make too many major changes in them. This reflects which characteristic or theme of a Latino/a American family?
a. Personalism
b. Fatalism
c. Familism
d. Spiritualism
4. _________________ refers to the process whereby people are socialized into and internalize the primary cultural values of their birth country.
a. Acculturation
b. Enculturation
c. Adaptation
d. Assimilation
5. Damek has moved from his native Hungary to the United States. He is going through the process of viewing himself as a Hungarian to incorporating a new identity, that of a U.S. American. What is this process of identity change called?
a. Acculturation
b. Enculturation
c. Ethnic identity salience
d. Cultural identity salience
6. The ___________ family system emphasizes communal meanings, ascribed roles and statuses between parents and child, and family rule conformity.
a. extended
b. blended
c. positional
d. personal
7. In a(n) _________society, immigrants are often expected to conform quickly to local cultural practices while in a(n) __________ society, immigrants are given more leeway to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to adapt to the new culture.
a. assimilationist; pluralistic
b. pluralistic; assimilationist
c. enculturated; acculturated
d. acculturated; enculturated
8. Donatello and his family emigrated to the United States from Italy. Donatello was fortunate to have had English classes in Italy in which he learned about verbal and nonverbal styles of U.S. communication. What kind of knowledge is this?
a. Personal
b. Value content
c. Interaction-based
d. Enculturated
9. __________ identity can be based on national origin, race, religion, or language.
a. Cultural
b. Ethnic
c. Social
d. Personal
10. Danine emigrated with her family from Taiwan to Canada. She feels a strong affiliation with Canadian culture. In other words, she feels strong cultural identity ___________.
a. hierarchy
b. value
c. salience
d. tradition
11. An individual who identifies strongly with both ethnic traditions and the cultural practices of the larger society is said to be a bicultural individual.
True
False
12. Enculturation occurs when a person moves to a new culture or country and stays there for one year.
True
False
13. In a society which is culturally pluralistic, there is little or no tolerance for immigrants who practice their ethnic traditions and customs.
True
False
14. Democratic decision making is the dominant method of making decisions in the personal family system.
True
False
15. Some of the “pull” factors for which immigrants have uprooted themselves are religious and political persecution.
True
False
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