this experiment was to break a cultural norm. In order to achieve this‚ we decided to press all of the buttons in an elevator‚ and gauge the responses of the other passengers. The objective was to see how people would react or respond to this odd act. We believed that people would become irritated and say something to us or other passengers. If we press every button on an elevator‚ then bystanders will be visibly uncomfortable with this deviation from the cultural norm. II. Methods For our experiment
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civilizations through the ideas of cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the exchanging and adaptation of ideas amongst people of the world. It is a constant force that allows us to accept and modify an idea to mold into our own world. Throughout great civilizations of history‚ the idea of cultural diffusion has spread and continues to spread in present time. This idea usually enforces contact between neighboring strangers. McNeill addresses the specific issue of how cultural diffusion came to shape
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Breaching Norms: Personal Space Informal cultural norms play an important role when interacting with the public. “They let us know how to behave around each other and how to feel comfortable in our community” (OpenStax College 2015:63). Personal space is one of the many informal cultural norms most people within our society conform to. To test this norm‚ I went to a popular mall where people from all walks of life can be found and imposed on the personal space of other shoppers. Most people feel
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cultures. Some cultures discriminate and abuse people with disabilities and isolate them from the world because they feel ashamed from them. Therefore‚ culture is a phenomena that control our thoughts and values to some extent. By completing the cultural value worksheet‚ I noticed that my value dimension fall under present‚ task‚ formal‚ modify‚ flexible rules‚
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Brazilian Cultural Awareness Brazilian history is a very broad subject‚ but in order to do so I am going to cover some basic factual information about the physical geography‚ terrain‚ weather and its impact on the country‚ people‚ military‚ and conflict history. This information will be helpful for others to understand more about a piece of Brazilian history as well as present day facts. History is very important matter that will help people understand where things began and why they have become
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Summary: Universal telecom is one of world’s largest telecom networking companies. This case presents a troubled team in that company. Team characteristics: 1. Consist of 4 members. 2. In charge of a really important role in the company. 3. Team members are having difficulty getting along and working together. 4. One of the team members having a personality making things difficult for the team. 5. Firing this member is impossible‚ organizational context making it impossible to hire new member
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Beyond Cultural Competence Context: A talk on training teachers and students that goes beyond cultural competence and intercultural dialogue to avoid work friction and bullying at schools. It is without a doubt that we are now living in and as a global society. With just a look to our left and right‚ we can confirm this fact. Living globally also means the accumulation of more differences amongst us in the society. These differences can be regarding race‚ ethnicity‚ culture‚ traditions‚ sexuality
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Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood What is a Mother? The typical American family as a whole falls under a wide range of descriptions. Families do not always come with two biological parents and biological siblings. Some are blended or are a single-parent household. The age of the mother at the time of birth also plays a role in her nurturing skills and the way she cares for the child. The mother in the typical American household plays a significant role in nurturing‚ guidance and family growth
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Seth Phelps Cultural Self Portraits 2/7/15 For my cultural self portrait I decided to use the traits and surroundings from the Maori tribe in New Zealand. The Maori tribe has very interesting clothing‚ hairstyles‚ and body adornments. Clothing‚ adornments and even hairstyles showed a lot about a person’s status‚ and fine clothes could enhance a person’s’ power and or authority. Traditionally‚ Māori made their clothes and adornments from
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Cultural Artifact Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention getter: When you think of family game night‚ Monopoly‚ Uno‚ and Scrabble come to mind. But when I think of family game night‚ the only game I hope to be playing is Lotería!. B. Revealed object: The cultural artifact that I chose to talk about is the Lotería game. C. Speaker credibility: This game has been something I’ve played with my family and friends since I can remember that still continues to be a tradition at every get-together
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