Introduction to Cross – Cultural Psychology Josie Quezada PSY/ 450 Instructor: Desiree’ Deshay January 29‚ 2015 Psychology has many different branches that concentrate on different areas; one of the branches that focus on how cultural influences human behavior is cross – cultural psychology. Cross – Cultural psychology helps an individual understand the behavior‚ emotions‚ and the ability of connecting with different people from different cultures. It is not only an effective branch in psychology
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language and culture highlight the importance of being able to communicate effectively with colleagues in the new international workplace‚ where the only possible and quite limited lenience in multi-cultural communication is that of technology. Due to the rapid spread of globalization‚ effective cross-cultural communication is crucial if any business hopes to be successful in the international marketplace. Globalization in terms of international business is defined as “the process by which the whole world
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communication skills and relationships within a single culture is often challenging. Bridging the gap between different cultures makes building communication skills and relationships even more difficult. I will discuss some of the challenges of cross-cultural communication and the pieces necessary to build effective working relationships. Typically‚ some of the basic assumptions we make when communicating with people from our own culture must be questioned and modified when communicating with people
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and Looking Closely at Plate 3.1.9‚ what do these sources tell us about fifteenth – and sixteenth- century cross-cultural encounters? This assignment will discuss the nature of a cross-cultural encounter in the 15th and 16th centuries between the Portuguese traders and the people of Benin‚ leading to Portuguese figures depicted in Benin art and furthermore our understanding of cross-cultural encounters in general The plaque under consideration (plate 3.9.1) is of three forward facing warriors‚ dressed
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Family The Amish idea of family has been continuous since the 17th century. Amish communities place a high value on family‚ forming the key foundation of their society. Amish families are exclusively patriarchal. A typical Amish family comprises of a mother‚ a father and a few children. The extended family usually lives in close proximity and provides dependable support. Grand-parents are respected and are seen as knowledgeable‚ providing valuable advice. Our society doesn’t place such high
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Case Study: Solartron (B) Mapping: * Strengths: First of all‚ the Uncertainty Avoidance of Marcil and Beida are quite similar (respectively 48 and 52). This contributes to their winning of the 500 units tender as they both agree to what extent they can take risk. Then‚ Marcil impressed Beida‚ and this contributed to his involvement in the joint-venture. Marcil has a 52 rate of Masculinity. He cares about ambition‚ competitiveness‚ and outcome. The Canadian entrepreneur is a successful
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Cross Cultural Communication Issues in International Business Executive Summary Aims and Objectives A research is not just the study of facts and figures; it is rather a systematic investigation of facts to answer various questions that has been unanswered. It is a systematic quest to identify unexplored areas and answer unanswered questions with supporting evidences and facts (Goddard & Melville‚ 2006). Research is also a never-ending process; one research leads to another one. There
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Throughout almost all societies‚ politeness plays an integral role in the effectiveness of social life and interaction within the context of both inter-cultural and cross-cultural communication. Within different cultures the definition of politeness may vary substantially and as a result may be appropriated in ways that are largely misunderstood within the context of other cultures. It is for this reason that scholars such as Brown and Levinson have derived theories on politeness and its use within
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Successful Strategies for Global Projects By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on August 23‚ 2012 7 2 0 No doubt installations in other geographies come with their own inherent set of challenges. Currency fluctuations; centralized versus local procurement; languages; time zones. And those are even before considering difficulties due to the particular technology being deployed‚ or the source of spare parts‚ or infrastructure in the country. This discussion aims to introduce a technique which can help
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Cross-cultural comparison of the structure of WISC-III Valentin Bucik Department of Psychology‚ Faculty of Arts‚ University of Ljubljana‚ Ljubljana‚ Slovenia Abstract WISC is one of the best-known and most frequently used intelligence tests for children. The WISC-III version was issued in USA more than a dozen years ago and since then many different language versions of the test were issued in different cultures. When translating the intelligence test from one language and/or cultural milieu
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