Innate, born with it. can't change without surgery or other medical procedures (eye color, hair color/texture, skin color)

A subculture that shares common traits, behaviors, and values not common to all "Americans" but common among members of that group (social groups, gangs, occupations)

A society that contains multiple cultures

A group of people who are classified together on the bases of common history, nationality, or geographical location. And ethic group that assumed biological/physical attributes that are believed to be characteristics of that group. (Hair type, skin color, etc...)

When culture develops to accommodate environmental conditions and available resources

The identification with others who have the same ancestral background (not based on race) based on shared cultural practices, perspectives, and distinctions that set one group apart from another. A shared cultural heritage.

A person who can operate successfully in tow or more different cultures.

When culture constantly changes due to the many variables that contribute to it.

When a culture is made of behaviors and transmitted to its members

The merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact; adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

National culture that is shared by most of its citizens

Different cultures mix and interact but retain original culture

An isolated area of a minority culture w/in a dominant culture.

The belief that one’s own culture traits (such as behaviors, values, and standards) are considered natural, correct, or superior to those of another culture.

Conforming (losing native culture) to the dominant White Anglo Protestant Saxon (WASP) culture of the U.S.

When culture is developed to binds people together as an identifiable group.

Customs, beliefs, and expectations we’ve learned over time (how to be an “American,” hygiene habits, manners, food, fashion, etc)

Process of learning the characteristics of a given culture and becoming fluent in its “language”

The process by which one individual gives up or forgets his/her own culture to become part of a different culture in order to be accepted by the dominant culture.

An attempt to understand other cultures in their own terms without judging on the basis of one’s own cultural beliefs

Learning to function as a member of society by learning social roles: mom, husband, student, child.

Condition in which minority groups fully participate in the dominant culture, yet maintain their own cultural differences.

A variety of races and cultures blend together by exchanging cultures and becoming a more assimilated, homogenous culture.