PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Individualism, Proverb, Bumper Sticker
10 Feb 2017
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Psych - january 17 2017 - self and culture. Define culture - set of things; roots and norms; values - what we consider positive and negative. No one definition: cultures comprises (1) the human-made part of the environment and (2) the social institutions of the society such as norms, rules, and laws (herksovitis, In some cultures, i would be considered normal - bumper sticker, tulsa, oklahoma. It wasn"t fish that discovered water you don"t know how canadian you are until you leave canada . Universal behaviours; waving; gestures, thumbs up; good job every gesture could mean different things to different people. Universal behaviours; incest is wrong, value honesty, protect your young, eating. There are cultural differences in practicing social behaviours and interpreting experiences ex. Humans are more similar to one another than different (brown, 1991) Independent self self concept interdependent self. In america, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. - express what you want, stand up/out.
