CHAPTER 3 Cultural Conformity and Adaptation

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CHAPTER 3 Cultural Conformity and Adaptation

• SECTION 1American Values

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Traditional American Values

• Personal Achievement
• Individualism
• Work
• Morality/Humanitarianism

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Traditional American Values

• Efficiency/Practicality
• Progress and Material Comfort
• Equality/Democracy
• Freedom

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Other Core Values

• Nationalism and patriotism
• Group superiority
• Education
• Religion
• Love

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Changing Values

• Environmentalism
• Entertainment
• Hollywood, Sports
• Self-fulfillment
• leisure, physical fitness, and youthfulness
• Maladaptation is called narcissism

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Assignment

• Answer the following question
• Are the changing American values beneficial /
  detrimental to our society?
• 3 examples