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To start off with, what is culture? Culture is a particular set of customs, morals, codes, and traditions from a specific time and place. Without culture, everyone would be the selfsame and unoriginal. Some examples of culture would be ethnicity, religion, social class, and family identity. But, does your culture affect the way you view others? Many people don’t think about it daily but their cultures do affect the things they do. Culture constantly informs the way one views others and the world…

wrong. Culture is made up of everything we share as the members of a society. In more detail culture is consist four major building blocks: symbols, language, values and norms. Culture as a whole can be divided into two separate entities and they are material culture and non-material culture. Both of these entities of culture are made up of values, beliefs and behaviors. Now to direct the attention towards a more in depth look at what material culture consists…

class, we read an article about culture values where it gave us a description of Indian values and non-Indian values. A culture’s values are the beliefs of a person or social group, in what is good or right, fair and just. However, sociologists disagree in the conceptualize values. That it’s more than a conflict theory, that it is based on how culture values change between groups within a culture. In contrast, functionalism is more based on the share values within a culture. In fact,…

Integrity is when a person is honest through their actions, behavior, and words. A person with integrity would do everything in their power to do the right thing and if they ended up failing to do the right thing they would do everything in their power to fix their mistake. A person with integrity would pick up someone else’s wallet from the ground and only open it to find more information about the owner in order to return it. Integrity is important in the sense that, without it, chaos and…

what society tells them such as laws, but what makes us different is we each have our own code of honor to live by as well. This code of honor is our morals and values set in place to define how we make decisions. As Alice Waters once said, “ The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way”. A few of the values I try to embody are being able to work as a team, being loyal to those I love, and living in a Godly way to make sure I am not causing others to stumble…

Culture is a thing some people don't like to talk about. Some people don't like their cultural heritage because, of how other people treat other not of their own race. Some might look at others as outcast or aliens. It is clear, when reading "An Indian Father's Plea" , "Two Kinds, and "Everday Use" that culture impacts a person in more than then one way. "Legal Alien", they we're speaking of how "You may speak Spanish but, you're not like me". In some people's eyes we may be…

A quote by Dr. Felipe Korzenny “Culture is a cluster of intangibles and tangible aspects of life passed down from generation to generation.” This quote is true; culture affects the way people see the world because it has been shown and taught. In addition to the argument, culture has been around since day one, and there are some pieces to show it. Some pieces that were “Everyday Use” and “An Indian Father’s Plea”. Culture has made an impression since Birth. In the Letter “An Indian Father’s…

“Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness”(Henry Cloud). Integrity equals wholeness. While reading Integrity I found that being honest, having character, and being a good person is the sole make up of Integrity. There are multiple aspects behind it. You can tell that an organization has integrity when it posses these three things. Below I will talk about how Judson University has integrity, how I have integrity and where I might need…

Cultural perspectives, whether perceived as how individuals are shaped by the environment or how they react differently to similar situations incorporates attitudes, values and beliefs commonly found in a certain cultural group. It is the point of view in which individuals understand things from, affecting their decisions and ability to communicate. These insights are evident in Amy Tan’s novel ‘Joy Luck Club’ which explores the differences between Chinese and American culture, revolving…

After finishing the value exercise the results outcomes were that I valued my health, religion, love and loyalty. While I was doing the exercise I did not know what might be the outcome. But after I was done with the exercise I was struck by how true the results were to my personality. These were some of the values that I was raised on. My parents always tried their best to raise their kids to always love and respect themselves and others around them. The agency that I am placed at is called…