Cultures across the globe have societal and cultural rules to promote politeness‚ to maintain social order‚ and to have a cultural identity. In the United States‚ societal rules vary greatly with location and nationality‚ but one societal rule that most people follow is a handshake. Handshakes have been a cultural ritual for a large part of human history‚ and is used across the world. The typical handshake is used as a greeting‚ but it has a variety of uses and is used in many social contexts. Some
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imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged to adapt myself to it but the learning process of this new culture has greatly excited me. At the beginning‚ I inevitably experienced a certain amount of cultural shock‚ given the vast difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. Cultural shock is a state of anxiety that results from cross-cultural misunderstanding. One incident that gave rise
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do you think of modeling an entire culture on just four traits? I think the modeling of an entire culture on just four traits can be misleading at times as certain cultural aspects may be missed in the grouping of individualist. Australia scored quiet low (36) on power distance because individuals in societies may not be equal. This expresses the attitude of the cultures towards these in equalities amongst all of us. Hofstede. G. (n.d) states that‚ “Power Distance is defined as the extent to which
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Successful Patient-Doctor Relationships with the Arab Culture Many people have seen the increase of immigrants coming to the United States. “Census 2000 measured a U.S. population of 281.4 million‚ including 1.2 million who reported and Arab ancestry” (de la Cruz and Brittingham‚ 2000). Arab Americans are those people who speak or are descendents of Arabic-speaking populations. As doctors and caregivers continue to provide care to those that speak English‚ communication between them is easy. But
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be honest and give detailed answers to my questions‚ and‚ secondly‚ her perception of the world is somewhat different from other people‚ maybe because she is partly German and it given her an opportunity to consider all cultures critically and from the perspective of another culture. During the interview‚ I wanted her to be relaxed and not distracted by anything‚ therefore I invited her to my home for a cup of tea‚ considering that the best time for a long conversation for Kazakhs is the teatime.
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The controversy over whether Arab Americans can obtain the American dream erupted in 2001 after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. This wasn’t the first time that Arab Americans had felt unsafe in the U.S. hence the Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) along with other advocates. Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ethnic‚ identity or culture‚ who identify as Arab. Today‚ it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million Americans trace their roots to an Arab country. People of every color
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have been greatly influencing the development of Arab-American literature. Political contexts provided an impetus for Arab-American writers to express political beliefs in their works and address the questions of identity‚ ideology‚ and other subjects connected to political actions. Most of the issues considered by writers and researchers of Arab-American literature can also be found in literatures of other “hyphenated” Americans. However‚ Arab-American literature have strongest bonds to the political
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a) Power Distance Index Power Distance Index (PDI) refers to the degree of inequality that exists and is accepted between people with and without power. A high-PDI score indicates that a society accepts an unequal‚ hierarchical distribution of power‚ and that people understand “their place” in the system. A low-PDI score means that power is shared and widely dispersed‚ and that society members do not accept situations where power is distributed unequally (refer to figure 1.1.4). Application: According
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and similar can the Brazilian and American cultures be? Brazil is located below the equator in South America‚ on the other hand‚ The United States of America is located above the equator in North America. Because of the difference in location‚ Brazil speaks Portuguese derived from Latin roots while Americans speak English derived from Germanic roots. Both cultures place emphasis in family. The American culture sees family as less important than a career. Americans have their twenty-four hour day divided
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There are several differences when it comes to the differences between Muslims and Arabs. A Muslim is a person who lives their life according to the laws and traditions of the Islamic faith. Arabs are people whose roots come from the Arabian Peninsula or either a person that speaks the Arabic language; the people in this ethnicity live in the Middle East. There is one important change within the last two years that has been notable by the United States that has made to policies relating to the treatment
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