Ch.3Culture
Some questions related to culture:
1. How are you different because of the culture you were raised in? What did your
culture give you?
2. What are some examples of how technology (e.g. ipods, internet, etc.) changed
culture?
3. Why is it important to understand people’s cultural differences? How can it help in
international and business relations, or personal relations?
4. If you came to America, how is American culture different from what you expected?
5. What would be an example of “culture shock” that you may have experienced?
6. What in American culture would seem strange to someone from another culture?
7. What T.V. programs, or video games support our cultural values of money,
competition, beauty, youth, individualism and self-expression?
8. How have items such as cell phones, credit cards, internet, computers etc. changed our
culture and our way of life?
9. What judgments do you make about someone who may have tattoos, piercings, Goth
dress and hair style, or gang symbols (e.g. MS13) that may indicate they are in a
subculture or counterculture you are not part of? How did you make these judgments?
10. Should a culture ever make a decision not to use technology, such as cloning or
electronic eavesdropping?
11. How does culture support inequality?
12. How could electronic information chips put into driver’s licenses and passports
(which is currently being done) effect our culture? How would it change our culture if
these chips could allow you to be tracked on the internet anywhere you do?
What if they were implanted in your arm? Would it reduce crime? Would you be willing
to give up your privacy?
13. Do you see evidence of a global culture emerging? If so, is this good or bad? What
is gained and what is lost?