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Unit 3
Customs around the world
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Culture | Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. |
| Cultured | Showing good taste or manners |
| Belief | The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another: " My belief in you is as strong as ever." |
| Ethics | A system of accepted beliefs which control behavior, especially such a system based on morals. |
| Values | Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something). "He has very conservatives values" |
| Civilization | The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization |
| Cultural specificities | It's interesting to learn about cultural specificities of other countries. |
| Culturally acceptable | t isn't culturally acceptable in some countries to blow your nose in public places. |
| Cultural conflicts | We should try hard to avoid cultural conflicts as they are a result of a misunderstanding. |
| Cultural stereotypes | A fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong. Cultural stereotypes make our understanding of other cultures difficult. |
| Cultural diversity | The fact or quality of cultures of being diverse or different. Cultural diversity should be considered as a source of enrichment rather a source of conflicts. |
| Cultural uniqueness | Culture/customs which make a country distinctive/different from other countries. |
| Cultural misconceptions | Mistaken thoughts, idea, or notion; misunderstandings about a culture. These are false ideas about a culture resulting from misunderstanding rather than from reality. |
| Cultural shock | A condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a person suddenly exposed to an alien culture or milieu. "The first time she went to Japan, Isabel got a huge culture shock." |
| Racial behavior | A behavior resulting from a belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others (racism or racialism.) |
| Local culture | Local culture refer to the culture developed at the local level. |
| Global culture | Global culture refer to the culture developed at the global level through the new information technologies. |
| Global village | The entire world and its inhabitants.The world thought of as being closely connected by modern communication and trade and thus eliminating borders. |
| Globalization | Globalization in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. |
| Stereotype | A generalized perception of first impressions. Stereotypes, therefore, can instigate prejudice and false assumptions about entire groups of people, including the members of different ethnic groups, social classes, religious orders, the opposite sex, etc. |
Created by:
Orlando Valle
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