A cultural universal (as discussed by George Murdock‚ Claude Lévi-Strauss‚ Donald Brown and others) is an element‚ pattern‚ trait‚ or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide. Evolutionary psychologists hold that behaviors or traits that occur universally in all cultures are good candidates for evolutionary adaptations.[1] Some anthropological sociological theorists that take a cultural relativist perspective may deny the existence of cultural universals: the extent to which these
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Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity ©Kenneth Cushner‚ 1986 Purpose To complete a self-assessment instrument regarding your intercultural experiences. Instructions The following questionnaire asks you to rate your agreement or disagreement with a series of statements. Please respond honestly as there are no correct answers. You will find another copy of this in the last section of the workbook that you can complete at a later time. You can compare your responses from the beginning
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What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? * The United States is a melting pot of many cultures‚ races and ethnicities. I have learned that each group has differences and many similarities. With these differences they have taught me to be tolerant and accepting of them. By embracing the differences through our diverse society‚ I have learned new concepts of living‚ new ways to think‚ and have
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A Cultural Artifact Family Albums‚ “ A Cultural Artifact” Family albums have played an important role as navigators of familial ideology and possessions of familial memory. Most family photograph albums contain a great variety of items‚ both identified and unidentified held together by this collective identity with the family. When family albums are put together we are reminded of our family history and possess sentimental ties within the family. Viewing photographs of deceased loved ones
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Cultural values‚ personal ethics‚ and morality are all topics that usually have a different meaning for every individual. My personal ethics‚ morality‚ and cultural values have developed throughout the many life lessons that I have learned in my 29 years of life. I can still remember a specific Saturday afternoon at my grandparents’ house. I was sitting on my grandpa’s lap watching the Dodger game. In between innings my grandfather asked me the question‚ "Aaron it is time you learn about values
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A Cultural Journey A Cultural Journey The American comedy-drama film Outsourced was directed by John Jeffcoat in 2006. In this movie‚ the main Todd Anderson grudgingly traveled to India to train his replacement because his job and whole department were outsourced. In this foreign land‚ Todd started his new work; saw dingy but distinctive scenery; got a new name‚ Toad; met new people. Beside the living aspect‚ he also have an assignment needed to complete‚ which is to decrease the time of the
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Cultural lag is the thought that culture takes time to catch up to the new innovations and technology. This lag causes social conflicts and it takes a while for society to catch up and adjust. An example of cultural lag in our society is the use of birth control. Birth control is a hormonal material that women take to hinder their ability to become pregnant. Birth control thickens the woman’s uterine making it hard for eggs to fertilize within the uterine walls. There are many choice of birth control
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“Cultural appropriation is a sociological concept which views the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture as a largely negative phenomenon.” Fashion has always crossed boundaries‚ in the case of cultural appropriation has it gone too far? Although cultural appropriation can sound like a simple concept at first such as Chinese food adapting into American culture‚ it’s not that simple. Cultural appropriation can make people stereotype one another and stigmatise
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Yifei Gao Date: 09/26/10 Cultural Identity Cultural identity is something special which distinguishes itself from other cultures. Generally‚ as society develops‚ its certain culture prospers and gradually becomes different from others. When we focus on certain individuals‚ it seems that everyone does have his own cultural identity no matter where he comes from. Culture is a broad term‚ and it’s summed up several different sections. Culture contains not only books from which we have learned culture
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them. There were some parts where I believe we both struggle but other than that it was a great experience and did help me get out of my comfort zone. We did ask each other some questions‚ but at a point we struggled to ask more question about each other because the questions we would come up with would just give us more similarities on each other‚ but it wasn’t hard to listen at the same time as asking question or thinking about more questions. The other reason that made us struggle was that typically
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