Exam 13: Subcultures

Maria Gomez is thrilled to be in the United States.After spending her childhood years in Mexico,she is looking forward to the freedom given to teenage girls in the United States."I can wear shorts,pantsuits,and even halter tops and no one will think badly of me," says Maria.Maria is in the process of ________.

Define a subculture.

An age ________ consists of people of similar ages who have undergone similar experiences.

An age cohort that describes kids who were born in the late 1990s to early 2000s is ________.

Japan is a very tightly knit culture with rich history and social identification.In this culture,people tend to infer meanings that go beyond the spoken word.This classifies Japan as a ________ culture.

People born between 1946 and 1964 belong to ________.

An ethnographer would be interested in studying the process of acculturation in an immigrant community.

Gen Z is the most diverse generation in American history.

Asian Americans as a whole tend to be an easy target to communicate with because of their cultural similarity to one another.

Asian Americans' median income is 28% higher than the U.S.average,and they are almost twice as likely to have graduated from college.

Gen Y individuals are also included as ________.

Peggy Simmons has a tough assignment.She is to live in Japan for the next five years and successfully introduce her company's line of cosmetics to Japanese women.Her company's management hopes that living in an average neighborhood,commuting to work every day,eating native food,and speaking Japanese will help Peggy involve herself in the society more quickly than if she stayed separate from her hosts.The company's management wants Peggy to use the ________ model.

Nearly 60% of the Hispanic American population are of ________ descent.

The ________ Generation includes people who were born between the two World Wars.

Members of which of the following age cohorts are part of today's senior market?

Briefly explain how teens have been found to use ridicule to exchange information about consumption norms and values.

The lack of marketing information about religion is primarily due to ________.

Green bagels and green beer on St.Patrick's Day are both examples of de-ethnicization.

Several processes and outcomes come into play as immigrants adapt to their new surroundings.List these processes and outcomes and create an example that demonstrates the linkage between them.

Explain the term "Boomerang Kids."