CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Birth of Pioneer: Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata: was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari‚ a small town in South Gujarat. Nusserwanji Tata was the first businessman in a family of Parsi Zoroastrian priests. He moved to Bombay and started trading. Jamshetji joined his father in Bombay at the age of 14 and enrolled at the Elphinstone College. He was married to HirabaiDaboo while he was still a student. He graduated from
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The cultural influence of difference in focus and categorization In the research article‚ “The influence of culture: holistic versus analytic perception” provided by Richard E. Nisbett and Yuri Miyamoto‚ there is evidence that perceptual processes are influenced by culture. The research found that Western cultures focus on salient objects and use rules and categorization for purposes of organizing the environment‚ whereas‚ East Asian cultures focus more holistically on relationships and similarities
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Social Identity Theory- Henri Tajfel: Father of the theory‚ French‚ jewish was part of the holocaust. Social identity theory seen as a way to explain the holocaust and how one group could turn on another Tajfel : “social identity will be understood as that part of the individuals’ self-concept which derives from their knowledge of their membership of a social group (groups) together with the value and emotional significance attached to that membership. not concerned with individual identity
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preferences among learners. Bruner offered considerable detail about structuring knowledge. Understanding the fundamental structure of a subject makes it more comprehensible. Bruner viewed categorization as a fundamental process in the structuring of knowledge. (See the section below on categorization.) Details are better retained when placed within the contest of an ordered and
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classification needs to be researched in order to provide an overall framework and perspective of mobile business. In this research‚ a mobile business classification scheme and an analysis framework are suggested based on both wireless service categorization schemes and research on an Internet business model classification. For B2C models‚ analysis by each model is also suggested. Choon Seong Leem Hyung Sik Suh and Dae Seong Kim The authors Choon Seong Leem is a Professor‚ Hyung Sik Suh is
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Theoretical background Personal identity‚ Social identity and Social categorization Following early psychologists study‚ such as Freud’s three-level model of self-structure( )‚ ego psychology(Harmann‚ 1958)‚ and self psychology (Kohut‚ 1907)‚ Erik Erikson(1950;1968) developed the concept and theory of personal identity by linking individual biological changes and the sociocultural environment‚ thereby rejecting both absolutism of psychosexual development and the omnipotence of socialization(Janos
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Iwill examine Alexandrian school’s affirmations in order to respond to a quoted sentence of Kwak Pui-lan‚ postcolonial theologian. Kwok Pui-lan noted in her writing‚ “The space between Jesus and Christ is unsettling and fluid‚ resisting easy categorization and closure.” What is the space she mentions? How Alexandrian school answers to Kwok Pui-lan? In addition‚ we will also examine its weak point or limitation of Alexandrian school.
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discuss the barriers to intercultural communication for interaction with the ‘Other’ and how to overcome these barriers. There are issues surrounding the problem of intercultural communication and I have chosen to include culture‚ ethnocentrism‚ categorization‚ stereotyping‚ prejudice and the representation of the ” Other” in my analysis. Interpersonal communication
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Stereotypes Against Asian-Americans The concept of stereotype is defined as “a belief that associates a group of people with certain traits” (Kassin‚ Fein‚ & Markus et al.‚ 2008‚ p. 133)‚ which can influence a person’s thinking process and perception of others as well as the world. Stereotypes are related to other concepts‚ such as prejudice and discrimination‚ which strengthen the distortion of people’s reality. Another component of a stereotype includes the concept of outgroup homogeneity
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Through sustained exploitation‚ humans inflict enormous suffering on nonhuman animals. Humans justify this exploitation with animal categorization and the use of derogatory animal metaphors. These linguistic habits are rooted in “speciesism‚” the assumption that nonhuman animals are inferior to humans and do not warrant equal consideration and respect. Like sexism or racism‚ speciesism is a kind of objectification. Speciesism cannot survive without lies‚ and standard English usage supplies these
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