Culture and its Primary Dimensions Christina Neal West Virginia State University CULTURE AND ITS PRIMARY DIMENSIONS Culture is a learned set of assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs that members of a group have accepted and that affect human behavior (Michael A. Hitt‚ 2012). It’s the characteristics of a group of people‚ defined by their language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music‚ and art. The United States is now largely populated by immigrants‚ so the culture surrounding us is ever-changing
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Structural Fuctionalism The Structural Functionalism looks at society as a whole with small parts that must work together to make society run smoothly. The smaller units are known as institutions‚ these include inequality‚ family‚ education‚ religion‚ politics‚ and the economy. Structural Functionalism assumes that the majority of society shares the same core values and “appropriate” forms of behavior. It looks at how constant patterns of behavior or social structures function to apply society’s
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Dimensions of Religions Religion involves some acknowledgement of the supernatural. Therefore: communism/utilitarianism are NOT religions Various dimensions of religious beliefs -Agentic VS. Communal -Agentic: free agent. -Connection with God on a personal level -e.g. Jesus died for MY sins -Communal -Connection with God on a community level -e.g. Covenant made by God with the Israelites -Catholicism: relatively communal -Catholics have agentic aspects because of the personal connection
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Salvador Minuchin & Structural Family Therapy: Working to Make a Change in Urban Families Some prominent theorists in structural family therapy include Braulio Montalvo‚ Bernice Rosman‚ Harry Aponte‚ and Charles Fishman. The best known is the founder of the theory‚ Salvador Minuchin. In 1959‚ Salvador along with the Minuchin‚ along with Dick Auerswald and Charles King‚ began developing a 3 stage approach to working with low-socioeconomic-level black families: • treatment
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Personality Dimensions Assignment 1. Create a table of the scores on your “Scoring my Personality Dimensions” totals sheet. | InquiringGreen | OrganizedGold | AuthenticBlue | ResourcefulOrange | Picture Cards | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Life Values | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | At Work | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | In Relationships | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Traits and Characteristics | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Final Score | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | My Preferred StyleGold | My Secondary StyleOrange | My ThirdStyleBlue | My hadow/Least
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Structural Unemployment The unemployment has being a big issue for United States since the big recession started in 2008. According to the United States Department of labor the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent for may 2012‚ in others words‚ around 14.000 million of people in USA are unemployed; however‚ and spite of the great necessity of unemployment people for finding a job there are approximately 3.500 million of open jobs that cannot be fill because of the mismatch of labor force’s skills and
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Structural functionalism in India Introduction Functional approach to the study of phenomena emerged at first in biological sciences and later on adopted social sciences. Structural-Functional approach in the study of society emerged from the writings of early thinkers like August Comte‚ Herbert Spencer and Emile Durkheim during the later part of 19th century and became a predominant trend in sociology during the first half of 20th century. Drawing this model from the west‚ Indian sociologist
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COMMENTARY The Silent Dimension Expressing Humanism in Each Medical Encounter UMANISTIC BEHAVior is considered an essential component of professional medical care. However‚ the evidence shows that it is often neglected. Many barriers to the expression of sensitivity to the patient’s concerns and empathy and compassion in the clinical encounter can be identified. Time constraints‚ poor continuity of care‚ appearance of alienating factors between patients and physicians‚ and the “hidden curriculum”
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Trompenaars’s Dimensions Universalism vs. Particularism Universalism is the belief in: rules or laws that can be applied to everyone; agreements and contracts are used as the basis for doing business; rules are used to determine what is right; contracts should not be altered. Particularism is the belief in: placing emphasis on friendships and looking at the situation to determine what is right or ethically acceptable deals are made based upon friendships; agreements are changeable;
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Books by Edward T. Hall THE SILENT L A N G U A G E THE HIDDEN DIMENSION H A N D B O O K FOR PROXEMIC RESEARCH THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN ARCHITECTURE: The Impact of Building on Man’s Behavior (with Mildred Reed Hall) THE DANCE OF LIFE: The Other Dimension of Time HIDDEN DIFFERENCES: Doing Business with the Japanese (with Mildred Reed Hall) BEYOND CULTURE ANCHOR BOOKS EDITIONS‚ 1969‚ 1990 Copyright © 1966‚ 1982 by Edward T. Hall All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
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