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50). Basically, ethnocentrism is judging another culture as inferior to one’s own based upon the values set in one’s own cultural group. Thus, people from one culture might judge those of another culture in such aspects as behavior, religion, and language. I experienced a typical example of ethnocentrism on my trip back home last Christmas. A friend of mine decided to join me…

The Power of Words Language has been an important part of human evolution since its creation. In many cases, it is inferred that language contributes to the genius of the human mind. This is because language is what allows us humans to think and imagine everything in the world. Therefore, every word we say to refer to anything; is a metaphor that our mind creates to refer to things in existence. The complexity of all this is that language evolves when the meaning of words change. This can…

countries that have different cultures, it is vital to focus on the definition of culture and to indicate the distinctions between western and non-western cultures. In particular, culture has two different meanings. The first definition refers to the learned knowledge that is passed on from people of a certain culture. The second definition refers to a group of people who have similar ideas, practices, beliefs and so much more that is particular to a certain culture (Heine, 2012). There are main…

between Japanese and India INTRODUCTION Culture is a group of people has the same characteristics like values, religion, norms and beliefs. All cultures have different behavior, thoughts and attitudes so in this era the cultures can know about other cultures how they live or behave or work .Moreover, the most import thing is it know how those cultures can understand and communicate with each other .Therefore In this essay, I will compare two cultures Japan and India through five points:…

1. Explain the ways that culture regulates human behavior and identity. a. Culture regulates human behavior and identity through the means of religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization (p.4). Religion is often a regulator of human interactions, personal identity and beliefs (p.4). Moreover, the nation-state is a very significant concept of culture that regulates human behavior and identity (p.5). It is widely identified as another definition of cultural identity. The nation-state…

people.' An ethnography is a written description of a particular culture - the customs, beliefs, and behaviour - based on information collected through fieldwork.” - Marvin Harris and Orna Johnson (2000) Introduction An ethnography is a form of research that brings insight to specific issues that would be hard to understand as an outsider looking into a certain culture. Ethnographies enlighten others and give reasoning to a cultures beliefs, practices and mannerism. Cop in the Hood by Peter…

part of culture that can either signal initiation into a society or a changing event or to celebrate an important event. Rituals are things that can be created to honor a particular event or to cap of a ceremony. Rituals are interesting to folklorist because they have so much information within them to provide information. Typically, rituals are habitual and have symbols or meaning that relates to a culture. Rituals also contain a set of virtues that are important to a society or culture.…

(Belhoste and Monin, 2013: 1532) He describes culture as second nature in which he also defines as collective programme of mind. Hofstede is the most cited author, despite his dimension conducted how values in workplace influenced by culture, yet the values that distinguished over 70 countries. Although each dimension clarifies how each society’s deals the same situation differently. For instance chines culture are seen as collective society which implies high rate of loyalty…

community. Cultural competence is the capacity to change one’s attitudes, values and behavior so as to be open and flexible with other cultures and has become increasingly crucial for individuals to survive in our globalized 1 The phenomenon of globalization has opened the possibility to decrease cultural diversity through the means of technology and social media. “Culture is a learned system of meanings that fosters a particular…

group experience. Insensitivity to other cultures can cause patronising communication. In my group work I felt that because my group members could not understand my cultural background they…