Cultural
The cultural perspective has had a large impact on my life and is exhibited in numerous
theories, such as conformity, internalize commitment, post conventional, individuative-reflective
and the democratic style. According to Ask.com, the “Cultural perspective refers to the way that
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individuals are shaped by their environments, plus social and cultural factors. Such factors
include a person 's nationality, race and gender” (Ask.com). In short, it is how one’s ethnology
In fifth grade, I began attempting to conform to the dominant society, since it was the
majority of my school’s population. Conforming is when one “identif[ies] closely with dominant
society” (Daniels, 2015). I conformed by listening to an epitome …show more content…
I was free to form my own decisions. It gave me the assured feeling to know,
that even if others might disagree with me, I could still have an opinion and do what I desired.
On balance, through masterminding my own plans, I gained a sense of freedom and assurance.
Growing up, my mother believed in the democratic style. After my parents attained a
divorce, they were granted joint custody; so pretty much, my siblings and I had no control, over
anything. A democratic style, is described as “slow in decision making and sometimes confusing,
but frequently proves to be more effective because of strong cooperation that generally emerges
with participation” (Daniels, 2015). In what I believe was an attempt to give my siblings and me
some control, my mother allowed us to vote on many occurrences and be extraordinarily
opinionated. The item we chiefly voted on was food. For example, when I was a child, I hated
plain applesauce, so my family voted and now we only buy cinnamon. This sculpted my fruition,
being that, today, I tend to be democratic with everything I participate in, especially group
projects. In group projects, I endeavor to make sure that everyone is included in the
The cultural perspective has had a large impact on my life and is exhibited in numerous
theories, such as conformity, internalize commitment, post conventional, individuative-reflective
and the democratic style. According to Ask.com, the “Cultural perspective refers to the way that
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individuals are shaped by their environments, plus social and cultural factors. Such factors
include a person 's nationality, race and gender” (Ask.com). In short, it is how one’s ethnology
In fifth grade, I began attempting to conform to the dominant society, since it was the
majority of my school’s population. Conforming is when one “identif[ies] closely with dominant
society” (Daniels, 2015). I conformed by listening to an epitome …show more content…
I was free to form my own decisions. It gave me the assured feeling to know,
that even if others might disagree with me, I could still have an opinion and do what I desired.
On balance, through masterminding my own plans, I gained a sense of freedom and assurance.
Growing up, my mother believed in the democratic style. After my parents attained a
divorce, they were granted joint custody; so pretty much, my siblings and I had no control, over
anything. A democratic style, is described as “slow in decision making and sometimes confusing,
but frequently proves to be more effective because of strong cooperation that generally emerges
with participation” (Daniels, 2015). In what I believe was an attempt to give my siblings and me
some control, my mother allowed us to vote on many occurrences and be extraordinarily
opinionated. The item we chiefly voted on was food. For example, when I was a child, I hated
plain applesauce, so my family voted and now we only buy cinnamon. This sculpted my fruition,
being that, today, I tend to be democratic with everything I participate in, especially group
projects. In group projects, I endeavor to make sure that everyone is included in the