Reflection On Three Dimensions Of Culture

Application 2 Being born in the United states has really let me grow around many diverse people and cultures. My experiences and the people I have encountered have really helped me shape my perspectives on three dimensions of cultural values; individualism versus collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and achievement versus nurturing. These three dimensions appealed to me because I want to see where I fall into place in each one. The dimension, individualism versus collectivism, I feel like I am more in the middle between the two. A quote that explains individualism versus collectivism is, “Members of an individualistic culture view their primary responsibility as helping themselves, whereas communicators in collectivistic cultures feel loyalties and obligations to an in-group: one’s extended family, community, or even the organization one works for (Triandis, 1995)”. I was born and raised …show more content…
A quote that describes achievement versus nurturing is, “The term achievement culture describes societies that place high value on material success and a focus on the task at hand, while nurturing culture is a descriptive term for cultures that regard the support of relationships as an especially important goal”. I was raised with more of an achievement culture than nurturing culture. My parents and family from Mexico look highly to achievements and especially material success. The more older you get you realize what traits you want to keep from your parents and family and what traits not to keep. A trait that I do not want to keep is always look for material success as the indicator of how I value someone. For instance, I have a friend who dated this guy just because of material success. That relationship did not go well from the start and it ended badly. I think it is amazing when people get awards and fancy cars, but for the people who do not have those things it does not make me think any less of