Tuesday, 25 March 2014

exercise 5

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Thursday, 20 March 2014

The Flim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Xea-vjI8M&feature=youtu.be

Reflection 1

Ibrahim Khamis Salim H00247334 CEB Reflection 1 When i arrived in heritage village i go first to the tourist, this tourist back to 4000 year before. I chose this tourist because it's very important to our culture. Then i speak about the visitors and I'm very happy to have many visitors from difference country came to know a bout our culture and some of them take some picture of as. After that i do interview with women from USA and she tell me some thing she learned from our culture like where they live before , about camel and tourist Also she tell me about some thing famous in his country like some of hotel and mountain and she tell me she need learned more about our culture and it's nice about student help as to know the culture. I find the film it's very important because it help as to show the traditional and the culture of UAE.

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

exercise #4

Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4 Course:​Cultural Diversity​Code: LSSS N2053 Name: Ibrahim Khamis ID# H00247334 With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you. 1. Define: a. Stereotyping: is having a bad idea and thing about people. b. Prejudice: un reason able opinion formed without enough knowledge. c. Bias: the action of supporting a particular person in an unfair way. d. Discrimination: to treat people differently especially in a worse way from the way in which treating other people. 2. Give an example of each. 1. stereotyping :all Emirates are rich , all Emirates are lazy, like to eat and fats 2. prejudice :she is strictly prejudice but yet honest. 3. bias: the lawyer had a clear evidence of a strong bias against the killer. 4. discrimination :rich people discriminate poor people and thin people discriminate a fat people. Watch Class Divided  Understanding With partners, answer the following: 1. Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place? In 1950 and the experience took place in school grade 3 witch is about greed 7 or 8 age. 2. Describe the experiment. The instructor said in the first day that the blue eye students are clever and much better than brown eye students. the day after ,she said that students with brown eyes are supervisor and much better than blue eyes students. The goal of this experience is to teach them about discrimination practically. 3. What were the results? the students are pessimistic because they can't gather with each other. 4. How successful do you believe it was? it was an effective experiment because the children what does discrimination means. Going Deeper In groups of four, discuss the following:  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination one day I entered a elevator with a lady, and there was a maid behind me but she pushed her out.  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else there was a man treating the people working with him bad because they were from India.  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it there was a boy shouting at the cashier in the coup but his mother didn't interfere about him.  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it There was a white student always fighting with his classmate because he was black , and their teacher talked to him and stopped him.

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Exercise 3

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer. 1. A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values. f 2. A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures. t 3. One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures. t 4. Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot” f 5. Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country. f Define in your own words: 1. “Melting Pot” a place where different cultures meet 2. “Salad Bowl” a representation of the idea that cultures can mix but stay separate and unique 3. “Assimilation” to become part of the main body 4. “Acculturation” to learn about and adopt your new countries cultures 5. “Enculturation” to learn your birth countries culture Complete the sentence with words from the text: Acculturation often results in changes to __culture__________________, ____customs___________________and __________social_institutions________________, as well as changes in food, _________clothing___________ and ____________________language______________. Give a synonym: varied assorted respect honor dominate command multiple varied central main interacting communicating specific certain represents display adopt accept Give the opposite: varied single respect disrespect gradually immediately multiple singular common unique dominant group minority specific general contrasted with Contrasted with adopt ignor Culture and Personality in Anthropology Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:- 1. Define “Anthropology” in your own words The study of human history and culture 2. What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example This is where your culture tells you how you raise your children 3. Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.” Consider bed time in different cultures some Emirati families do not have a set bed time for the children 4. Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.” I totally agree with this statement 5. Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples. My own personality is best reflected by the fact that I am a very laid back person. Im not one who rushes around like a crazy person, because in m culture impatience is not a good thing.