INTRODUCTIONS

Everyone “has a culture;” in fact, most people switch easily among many cultural codes. Please fill out the following questionnaire before your first discussion section meeting. Tear it out of this book and turn it in at your section meeting. It will be the basis for discussion.

Please provide all the following information:

Name __________________________________ Sex (circle) M F Age ___________

Major ____________________________ Religious affiliation _____________________

Home __________________________________ No. of years in that locale ___________

Parents’ ethnic background: Mother __________________ Father __________________

Mother’s mother ___________________ Mother’s father _________________________

Father’s mother ____________________ Father’s father __________________________

Fill out only the items you are comfortable completing.

How would you identify yourself in terms of ethnicity?

When you meet another young person for the first time (such as in the residence halls, sports event), what would you expect the topics of conversation to be?

What would you not talk about?

When you meet one of your parents’ friends, what would you talk about?

What would you not talk about?

What movies and TV shows do you watch?

What music do you listen to?

How much experience do you have with other cultural groups?

What does it mean if you look at a man directly in the eyes?

What does it mean if you look at a woman directly in the eyes?

How much physical space do you like to have between you and another person?

When you pass an acquaintance on campus, what do you do?

Do you acknowledge (smile, speak) strangers you pass?

Define “culture.”