Latice Castro
In the article “Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet” by Liza Dalby, an anthropologist’s experienced several mistakes while staying with her host family. The cultural values that where linked to her mistakes were collectivism vs. individualism, power distance, and nurturing vs. achievement. In this paper I will discuss the different ways she could have avoided her mistakes applying communication competence skills such as involvement, empathy, and cognitive complexity. Collectivism vs. individualism, collectivism culture feels loyalties and obligations to an in-group, compared to individualism culture view their primary responsibilities as helping themselves according to Ronald Adler et al (2016, pg. 45) “Interplay”. This was …show more content…
46) “Interplay” describes the degree to which members of a society accept an unequal distribution of power. The researcher talking to people from the village was by far the worst thing she could have done. In the village it seems that you would have needed to get permission to talk to other people from the other village, this is an example of a high power distance. The researcher coming from a low power distance she didn’t feel the need to get permission to talk to other people, she has little regards to what is happening in the village. If she used cognitive complexity which means the ability to construct a variety of framework for viewing an issue. The researcher would have notice or viewed that no one else in the village she was visiting would go and talk to other people from the other village. In the article “Culture and Conflict” by Michelle Lebaron is an example of power distance. The reason is because it reflects how different cultures work, how you should respond to important role changes. Cultural involves recognizing and acting respectfully from the knowledge of the community. If the researcher paid more attention the culture and the way the people acting to the other people this mistake could have been avoided, which brings me to my final …show more content…
achievement according to Ronald Adler et al (2016 pg. 48) “Interplay”. Achievement culture describes societies that place a high value on material success and a focus on the task at hand, whereas nurturing culture is a descriptive term for culture that regards the support of relationships as an especially important goal. The researchers mistake was leaving without saying good-bye, she didn’t care about having a long term or even building a relationship with her host family. If the researcher valued a relationship she could have gained just by leaving on better terms. My daughters other side of the family are from Guatemala and I had the pleasure of staying with them for a week. It is custom to sit at the table with the whole family to have dinner with them. I didn’t know this and every night I would come and have dinner in my room. Finally her grandfather Mr. Castro had enough and gave me a mouth full. He made me aware that I was being disrespectful not having dinner with the family. Instead of me taking offense to how he addressed me I explained to him that my intentions was not to be disrespectful in any way, I apologize and ate dinner with the family for the rest of my stay. I used empathy a competence skill I learned about in the book “Interplay” which means understanding another’s
In the article “Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet” by Liza Dalby, an anthropologist’s experienced several mistakes while staying with her host family. The cultural values that where linked to her mistakes were collectivism vs. individualism, power distance, and nurturing vs. achievement. In this paper I will discuss the different ways she could have avoided her mistakes applying communication competence skills such as involvement, empathy, and cognitive complexity. Collectivism vs. individualism, collectivism culture feels loyalties and obligations to an in-group, compared to individualism culture view their primary responsibilities as helping themselves according to Ronald Adler et al (2016, pg. 45) “Interplay”. This was …show more content…
46) “Interplay” describes the degree to which members of a society accept an unequal distribution of power. The researcher talking to people from the village was by far the worst thing she could have done. In the village it seems that you would have needed to get permission to talk to other people from the other village, this is an example of a high power distance. The researcher coming from a low power distance she didn’t feel the need to get permission to talk to other people, she has little regards to what is happening in the village. If she used cognitive complexity which means the ability to construct a variety of framework for viewing an issue. The researcher would have notice or viewed that no one else in the village she was visiting would go and talk to other people from the other village. In the article “Culture and Conflict” by Michelle Lebaron is an example of power distance. The reason is because it reflects how different cultures work, how you should respond to important role changes. Cultural involves recognizing and acting respectfully from the knowledge of the community. If the researcher paid more attention the culture and the way the people acting to the other people this mistake could have been avoided, which brings me to my final …show more content…
achievement according to Ronald Adler et al (2016 pg. 48) “Interplay”. Achievement culture describes societies that place a high value on material success and a focus on the task at hand, whereas nurturing culture is a descriptive term for culture that regards the support of relationships as an especially important goal. The researchers mistake was leaving without saying good-bye, she didn’t care about having a long term or even building a relationship with her host family. If the researcher valued a relationship she could have gained just by leaving on better terms. My daughters other side of the family are from Guatemala and I had the pleasure of staying with them for a week. It is custom to sit at the table with the whole family to have dinner with them. I didn’t know this and every night I would come and have dinner in my room. Finally her grandfather Mr. Castro had enough and gave me a mouth full. He made me aware that I was being disrespectful not having dinner with the family. Instead of me taking offense to how he addressed me I explained to him that my intentions was not to be disrespectful in any way, I apologize and ate dinner with the family for the rest of my stay. I used empathy a competence skill I learned about in the book “Interplay” which means understanding another’s