Cultural studies

Summary Researcher Harry Triandis conducted countless studies in an attempt to discover the impact of culture on human behavior. Although numerous cultural factors make it difficult to find solid conclusions, Triandis has worked to attribute distinct characteristics of behavior to different cultures. Through three main studies, he has found that certain behavioral and personality traits can be associated to either a collectivist or individualist culture. A collectivist culture values the goals…

Introduction The introduction of the study explores the idea that television engagement has negative effects on Australian adolescent weight, flaws contained within the introduction are • First sentence was supported by nonexistent source, questioning study reliability and credibility • Comparison of Australian and American BMI, without taking into account cultural differences • Hypothesis do not predict the outcome of the study and multiple unnecessary secondary hypothesis (can be compacted) •…

people who have been exposed to multiple cultural views organize their experiences. One such theory, is referred to as blending. Blending is defined as “[t]he tendency for bicultural people to evince psychological tendencies in between those of their two cultures…” (Heine, 2012, p. 405). The theory of blending suggests that individuals develop feelings and thoughts that represent a merger between the characteristics of their heritage and host cultures. In Cultural Psychology, Heine (2012) also…

Nurses encounter different cultural backgrounds on a daily basis. Transcultural Nursing Theory helps guide nurses to care for patients with various cultures. However, nursing scholars are beginning to explore that cultural education in nursing is not addressing the power relations and therefore, there needs to be a shift to a critical approach to teaching culturally safe care. The purpose of this paper is to explore transcultural theory and Maureen Campesino’s perspective of that theory. As…

According to Dowling & Welch (2004) defined cross-cultural training as a planned intervention designed to increase the knowledge and skills of expatriates to live and work effectively and achieve general life satisfaction in an unfamiliar host culture. Cross-cultural training is generally seen by researchers as necessary to increase the probability of success on foreign assignments. The training should differ according to different phases of the foreign assignment and depending on the…

Cultural competency is defined as a, “recognized and popular approach to improving the provision of health care to racial/ethnic minority groups in the community with the aim of reducing racial/ ethnic health disparities” (Truong, n.d., para 1). Cultural competency for an organization means, “creating practices and policies that will make services more accessible to diverse populations, and that provide for appropriate and effective services in cross-cultural situations” (Olsen, Bhattacharya &…

returned home, he began to study the works of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus (21). The studies he read were about wild fancies of the writers. He had…

For Bourgois the creative aspect of street society is ‘the concentration of socially marginalized populations into politically and ecologically isolated inner-city enclaves has fomented an especially explosive cultural creativity that is defiance of racism and economic marginalization.’ (Bourgois, 2008:8) With this in mind, we look at how inner-street culture had exploded as a ‘new fad’ in America as Hip hop and rap were becoming more popularized and implemented…

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Since the 1960s, many marketers have used countercultural ideas for attracting customers to efficiently sell their products. In his essay, “Commodify Your Dissent”, Thomas Frank insists that consumerism is "no longer about 'conformity' but about “difference.” Thomas Frank based on the idea of counterculture that is one of the groups which has a responsibility for breaking existing rules of the society. In my opinion, I think his assertion is right because to stimulate, people to buy the…