Cultural Misunderstandings Darcy Lingg PSYC3540 – Culture‚ Ethnicity & Diversity Capella University March 2014 My example of a cultural misunderstanding is between a doctor and a Chinese patient. Are you drinking plenty of fluids? < Patient thoughts: I wonder why he is asking me that‚ what it is with these people and water > I don’t like the water here. It’s too cold. I don’t know what’s wrong with people here that they drink that. Really??? And what happens when you drink the
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Interview a Senior Citizen PSYCH/600 September 22‚ 2014 Interview a Senior Citizen The most rapidly growing age group in the United States is the elderly‚ or those individuals age sixty-five and older (Wood‚ Wood‚ & Boyd‚ 2011). Late adulthood stretches from age 65 to the end of the lifespan (Laura E Berk‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Or it can be called gerontology which is the study of the aging processes and individuals as they grow from middle age through later life. ("Association For Gerontology
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issues of cultural intelligence and how we can better promote cultural intelligence in the workplace‚ the team conducted an intensive research on this issue through various research studies‚ academic journals and book references. In the process of the research‚ we also made several references to numerous videos relating to cultural intelligence. The videos were found mostly on the internet as well as in some movies. Once we felt better equipped with the knowledge of culture and cultural intelligence
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Sample Interview Paper: Intercultural Communication Matthew is a senior at UNC who is studying business. He is twenty-three years old and was born in America. So what ties Matt to a specific culture? From the ages of 6-13 he was a resident of Quito‚ Ecuador‚ a country in South America. Studies have shown that significant growth takes place in early-mid childhood‚ and as Matt was growing up and developing his identity‚ he was embracing the culture specific to Ecuador. Matt and his family traveled
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CULTURAL MEANING The meaning humans give to actions‚ concepts and behaviours is dependent on the cultural milieu and is conditioned to a great extent by the underlying meaning systems‚ values and frames of meaning he/she inherites from the society in general. Socialization plays a direct role in that process. Education‚ effects of peers and the intellectual atmosphere all contribute to what is called cultural meaning or systems of meaning. Cultural meaning conditions our perception and determines
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AdlerIntroduction In today’s global business world‚ great emphases is placed on the demand for managers who are skilled at working in a diverse cultural environment. (Adler‚ 2008) In the following exercise‚ “How well do I know my international colleagues?” I will offer lessons learned based on an interview conducted with a coworker from India. Interview questions are focused on family background‚ career background‚ and culture. For the purpose of this assignment‚ my coworker will be named C.R.K.
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Leadership Interview and Reflection Paper Grand Canyon University LDR-600 Leadership Styles and Development Tiffany Helton April 24‚ 2013 When interviewing a leader in an organization in order to discover their leadership style one must ask critical questions. I had the opportunity to interview Casey Aguirre who is a Team Manager at the Salem Call Center for T-Mobile. Casey has been with T-Mobile for over 11 years. In this interview we discussed her leadership style‚ the steps she took to
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Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E P R O V I D E R S By Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E PROVIDERS © 2001 Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The University of Texas at Austin About the Author Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D.‚ is a clinical associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and past director of Health
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The prescribing health provider I interviewed is a part-time psychiatrist at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. To begin‚ I started the interview by inquiring how she prepared herself to work in the field of psychiatry. For her undergraduate study‚ she stated that her major was in biology at first but‚ after being fascinated to learn about psychological aspects of chronic medical illnesses in her health psychology class‚ she changed her major to psychology. Then‚ she went to medical school to study
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Aspects of Development Patricia Snider Liberty University EDUC 500 Aspects of Development Rules‚ what rules? According to (Slavin‚ 2012)‚ “Society could not function without rules that tell people how to communicate with one another‚ how to avoid hurting others and how to get along in life generally.” In this paper you will not only learn how these children knew these rules but you will learn about the development of four children. You will learn how they develop cognitively‚ emotionally
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