(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Cultural Characteristics

            What are my family values and how do I fit into my family? My name is Josh Thayer; I am the first born into my family and have one other brother, who is four years behind me. I grew up in a small town twenty miles away, in a small cluster of houses in what today is called a sub-division. In today's society my parents and what they believe might be considered "old school" beliefs and traditions. How am I supposed to act and what my roles in the family are, are just some of the things that will be talked about.
             Time is very important to my family and particular my father. He would turn all the clocks five minutes ahead so that there was no way that you would be late. He believed that if you said a specific time it was your responsibility to make it there on time. My family perceives time as being very important in our lives. They don't live their lives by the minute, but are always looking a planning ahead.
             My personal distance usually is determined by the person talking to me. If my parents or grandparents are talking to me usually they get right up to me and if someone that I don't know so well is talking I usually have an arm length bubble around. I would rather have someone stand back then to have them right in my face, which can be discomforting. Another space that is guaranteed to me is my room. That is considered to be my property and my escape from society to just gather my thoughts and relax. When you are younger boys and girls won't go near each other. The last thing that a boy wants to do when he is twelve is to dance with a girl. Then as boys and girls get up the space between boys and girls is drastically reduced until you can't get the two apart. .
             When I was a little boy and I was getting ready for school, I didn't think about what anyone was going to think. When people get older and they are trying to fit in socially they start to revolve their clothes around what people think and what is considered to be "cool".


Essays Related to Cultural Characteristics

1. An Evaluation of The Effectiveness of the Cross-Cultural

Because there are both differences and similarities in various cultures, the task for global marketers is both to adapt to local characteristics and also to take advantage of shared cultural characteristics. ... (Keegan 2003, 132) In order to gain a high portion of market share, global marketers need to be aware of any influencing cultural characteristic related to marketplaces that they are operating in. ... Global marketers need to be aware of certain influencing characteristics of cultures. ... Longer period of time is needed to gradually develop these characteristics. ... Cross-cultural tr...

  • Word Count: 1402
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. An Evaluation of The Effectiveness of the Cross-Cultural

Because there are both differences and similarities in various cultures, the task for global marketers is both to adapt to local characteristics and also to take advantage of shared cultural characteristics. ... (Keegan 2003, 132) In order to gain a high portion of market share, global marketers need to be aware of any influencing cultural characteristic related to marketplaces that they are operating in. ... Global marketers need to be aware of certain influencing characteristics of cultures. ... Longer period of time is needed to gradually develop these characteristics. ... Cross-cultural tr...

  • Word Count: 1402
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Cultural Exchange and Cultural Appropriation

Where do we create the boundary line between "appropriate" arrangements of cultural exchange and the consistent examples of cultural appropriation? ... This concept relates to cultural appropriation and not cultural exchange, the idea of cultural appropriation is unfair and disrespectful to participants of the culture being "borrowed". Cultural appropriation is a social and economic problem. ... This is an example of the offenses of cultural appropriation. ... It is the deed of taking away respect, recognition and strengthens existent characteristics from different cult...

  • Word Count: 603
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. cultural encounters

However, worldwide, there exist diverse ethnic, racial, regional, and national sub-cultures which share characteristics with other sub-cultures, but are defined by their own distinct behaviors. ... She dressed in the traditional Ghana cloth and she learned the language so that she could enrich her cultural experience. ... This united them under a broader, more universal culture which allowed a positive cultural experience. ... Hopefully, the solution to crossing sub-cultures lies in the concept of an ethnic stew, where all the ingredients or sub-cultures retain their distinct characteristi...

  • Word Count: 742
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. Cultural Geography: Cultural Landscape

The five terms are cultural region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural integration, and cultural landscape. ... A formal region is an area within which everyone has one or more common distinctive characteristics, such as language or economic activity. ... Another area to be discussed around cultural landscape is cultural diffusion. ... Cultural integration is the close relationship of various elements of a cultural system. ... This paper has identified and clarified the five terms: cultural region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural integration, and cultural landsca...

  • Word Count: 1318
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography

6. Cultural and Axioms

In this essay I will discuss culture, cultural axioms, and how ethnocentrism relates to culture. I will discuss how people interact with each other in relation to culture, cultural axioms, and how ethnocentrism related to culture. Diana Kendall, in Sociology In Our Times, culture is defined as: "The knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society." (65) Cultures do not always share the same characteristics, they might have a common language for example;...

  • Word Count: 411
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Speech - Cultural Communication of the Vietnamese

Today I'd like to present to you the cultural communication of Vietnamese people. ... To begin with, I'm going to ask you a question, do you know what cultural communication is? Cultural communication is a component of general culture in order to show our educational level. ... These converse characteristics proceeded from two basic particularity which are community and autonomous. ... These characteristics seem like a contradiction, but actually they are not because they are exposed in the different situation. ...

  • Word Count: 511
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Cultural Diferences

Cultural Differences Managers in United States are not prepared to deal with cultural differences in their workplace. If cultural differences are not well understood by managers, they may affect performance, job satisfaction and motivation of those employees with different cultures. ... This paper will focus on Hispanic cultural differences. ... The two key cultural values that are the most likely to influence cultural differences are power distance and individualism. ... Power distance and individualism x collectivism are the bases of a cultural differences studies. ...

  • Word Count: 2979
  • Approx Pages: 12
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SPACES IN THE FUTURE CITIES

Characteristics of successful urban spaces can be deduced from historical examples. Attention to the proportion of open spaces and building masses was an integral part of city building in the great cultural periods of the past. ... That definition is only the clear legibility of its geometrical characteristics. ... Characteristics of successful plazas can be deduced from historical examples. Attention to the proportion of open spaces and building masses was an integral part of city building in the great cultural periods of the past. ...

  • Word Count: 3279
  • Approx Pages: 13
  • Has Bibliography

10. The Effect of Cultural Differences on International Business

The term "cultural relativism- refers to the need to judge any behavior in terms of its own cultural context. ... The cultural environment of the country or region in which an entity wants to expand unto highly effects the operations and/or production of the business. ... The characteristics of the specific market determine the necessary adaptation of the managerial styles, just as they also determine the necessary adaptation of the products to the wants and needs of the public consumers (Blough 34). ... In all facets of business operation, "it is necessary to learn and adapt to the speci...

  • Word Count: 1999
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question