MCE FINAL EXAM (Multicultural Education)

1. Which of the following concept of culture change refers to the retention of the common practices and beliefs among minority groups while participating in the society with a separate, dominant culture?

• Assimilation

• Pluralism

• Diffusion

2. An OFW working in the land of White Americans resembles the practices, values and behaviors in the society of the majority group. What trait of culture change is depicted in the given scenario?

• Diffusion

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

3. Due to modernization, children from a certain group of Mandaya has eventually learned speaking the language of majority group resulting to the passing of their own language and old culture. What can be viewed from this scenario?

• Technology developments contributed to the alteration of the common identity of minority groups.

• Most minority group adapted to the mainstream culture of the society over time.

• The essence of being identified as ethnic has long been forgotten, hence, there is culture loss.

4. Ethnic groups are no longer identified belonging to their group due to the absence of their traditional dresses and clothing. They wear streamlined clothes which allow them to blend in the society. However, they still maintained their ancestral practices and beliefs. Which of the following can be best described to the scenario?

• culture change

• culture loss

• culture is learned

5. Which of the following refers to the treating all patterns of culture as equally valid?

• culture assimilation

• cultural relativism

• cultural loss of pattern

6. Which of the following collective identity is being defined as the formation of one’s component of intrapersonal connection to life experiences?

• social identity

• personal identity

• cultural identity

7. Which of the following collective identity pertains to externally organized relationship through membership?

• social identity

• personal identity

• cultural identity

8. Which of the following refers to an individual's formation of collective identity which may change often through new experiences as it arises to new interests and gains?

• cultural identity

• social identity

• personal identity

9. Joe's interest in online video game leads him to becoming a member of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game community. Which collective identity is developed and gained by the individual?

• social identity

• cultural identity

• personal identity

10. George Smith has lived half of his life in India, hence, he has essentially learned and used the codes which other groups within the community recognized. What specific collective identity did Smith acquired?

• communal identity

• social identity

• cultural identity