The Concept Of Culture: Enculturation And Socialization

1. According to David M. Newman, “a hypothesis is a researchable prediction that specifies the relationship between two or more variables. A variable is any characteristic, attitude, behavior, or event that can take on two or more values or attributes” (38). When building a hypothesis, there is an independent variable that causes a change or changes to a dependent variable (Newman 38). An example of building a hypothesis would be fist to pick an independent variable. An independent variable I would pick would be higher education. For the dependent variable I would pick careers. So, people who receive higher education increase their chances at gaining a better career. The type of research I would use would be the analysis of existing

“It explains that culture is an abstract organization of ideas and behaviors that has an endless shared pattern of symbolize meaning passed down by the generations through the process of enculturation and socialization” (Deutsch). Shared patterns would be the interaction with the society we live in and the laws that upheld views or beliefs that society has. For example, holding open doors for people or asking how is you are ways our culture presents being polite (Deutsch). Enculturation and socialization are learned things about a culture and the practices and values that said culture has. An example is how, and where we eat and whom we eat with because those are things we have learned to do through are culture (Deutsch). Symbolic meanings that a culture would have would be the language that is spoken and the gestures and/or body language

This meaning that with the statuses you have there are certain roles that you have within each status. For example, the status you have is a doctor. The role you have is to take care of patients with illness and etc. Sometimes though there are thing that will get in the way from you fulfilling your role. These are called role strain and role conflict (Newman 16). Role strain is where the person or people in a certain role lack the qualities to maintain the demands of the role. An example would be parents that do not have the necessary funds to raise and take care of their children (Newman 16). Role conflict is when people are trying to fulfill the demands of more than one role and the demands of these roles clash each other. An example would be when you are expected to make a trip somewhere because of a position that you hold but you do not have the necessary amount of funds to go (Newman