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Sapir-Whorff theory: The idea that people see and understand the work through the cultural lens of language. ex.) In one episode Mitchel and Cameron have a strange "nieghbor" they make friends with his name is Barry and he knows a lot about messages and how to give people positive energy. So one day Mitchel has a sore back and asks him if he could help him out so Barry does. Barry had a lot of termonology for the different types of messages and Mitchel just asked for a message, so from this conclusion Barry values messages more than Mitchel because Barry has more words or language for the topic of messages.

Norms: Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members. ex.) A norm would be wearing shoes when you are leaving to go somewhere, this was tested when Luke and Phil both thought they were ready to leave but they both forgot to put their shoes on so Claire reminded them because it would be out of the norm.

Technology: Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings. ex.) An example of technology in Modern Family would be when Phil was trying to teach Claire about their new remote which had a button for everything and there were certian ways to use it. Claire thought it was to complicatied and Phil wanted to prove a piont that it wasn't by teaching their daughter Haley how to use it because she has a persona that isn't the smartest.

Culture Shock: Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. ex.) In one episode Jay plans to own a cript for himself and Gloria for when they pass away. Gloria finds this abnormal because she believes that God won't find them, so she wants to be married in the ground.

Cultural transmission: The process by which one generation passes culture to the next. ex.) Even though Jay is Manny's step-dad, Jay will always help Manny out and tell him about being a man. In one episode Phil is getting walked all over by other people at the mall and Jay tells him to man up, for instance when Phil is waiting for a car to pull out of a parking spot, and a sports car takes his spot. Phil is fine with it, but Jay tells the boys to not let anyone just take your spot without saying something.

Multicultualism: A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions. ex.) ﻿﻿The family accepts diversity within each other because Lily is Asain and Mitchell and Cameron adopted her into their family. Also, Manny and Gloria are Colombian which Jay is married and a step-dad to Manny, and the rest of the family is fine with their marriage.