Essays on Enculturation

Overview of the Case Study

The case study is about the Pacific Island families. It was conducted on several Pacific children born in Auckland, which is an island in New Zealand. The study is an analysis of the relationship between maternal acculturation and the maternal health risk indicators. The analysis on maternal acculturation was achieved through gauging an abbreviated form of general ethnicity survey. The outcome of the study revealed that infants who are strongly inclined to the pacific culture had substantially better infant as well as maternal risk factors when compared to those who are less inclined to the culture. When the findings ...

Question I:

The use of social categories to rationalizing or justifying the treatment of one group over another In America before the 1880, social categories were the norm. They found use in rationalizing and justifying the treatment of one group over another. An excellent example of this is evident in slavery, as well as, the slave trade that thrived during this period. Social categories were used to justify the need for Africans drawn from Africa into the new world. It is estimated that about 10 to 11 million African slaves were drawn from Africa and brought to the new world in ...

Provide a realistic and detailed example that illustrates the problem of enculturation.

Enculturation is the process of cultural diffusion whereby previously existing customs, accumulated information, educational behaviors, morals and beliefs are handed down and learned from one creation to another (Scudder, 1985). Enculturation is important in the development of cultural preservation and continuity, but it cannot account for the formation, growth, or progress of fresh mechanism of culture (Scudder, 1985). In Indian society, they mostly covered news which were all about their culture for example, sports and entertainment. This made Das and Patel to push for more international coverage of events around the world. They wished the programs reflected real ...