Understanding Multiculturalism:
Cultures and Values

Table of Contents

Definitions of Culture 1

Definitions of Culture 2

Definitions of Culture 3

Definitions of Culture 4

Cultural Universalism

Cultural Relativism

Misleading Assumptions in a Multicultural World 1

More Appropriate Assumptions in a Multicultural World 1

Misleading Assumptions in a Multicultural World 2

More Appropriate Assumptions in a Multicultural World 2

Misleading Assumptions in a Multicultural World 3

More Appropriate Assumptions in a Multicultural World 3

Misleading Assumptions in a Multicultural World 4

More Appropriate Assumptions in a Multicultural World 4
 

Definition of Ethnic Group

Contrasting Cultural Values

How Cultural Values Are Formed

Dimensions of Values (Lustig 1988)

How Personal Values Are Formed

Instrumental Values

Moral Values

Competence Values

Terminal Values

Interpersonal Equation

Similarity in Perceptual Orientation

Similarity in Systems of Belief

Similarity of Communicative Styles

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