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Cultural Differencies

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Culture is the sum of the values, rituals, symbols, beliefs, and thought processes that are learned and shared by a group of people, then transmitted from generation to generation. We can evaluate culture as the “software of the mind” and it provides a guide for us how to think and behavior. Cultures and cultural values are not static, they are determined and formed by some factors and social processes, such as adaptation, innovation, socialization, acculturation.

Role modeling and imitation of peers are some of the ways of absorbing culture as well.

Role modeling and imitation of peers are some of the ways of absorbing culture as well.

According to the Jewish american personality psycologyst Alfred Adler , envoirmental issues are the main definers of personality establishing. People surrounded by wild nature will only express brutal animalistic motions , untamed traits are the key points of that creature.

By the shed of this psycological facts , we realise culture is combination of chain of historical rituals- emphasized as traditions, the way of social contact-language, a bunch of physical habits- eating, dressing, resting. People consuming much rice utmost has a skinny body shape , thin skin, severe chin and well built bone structure. It is a clear definiton of Vietnamian people as well. It means if we change our eating habits it will transmit that’s even health condition, cause sleeplessness and weary mood.

As a multinational country America exports all its products for inification of the world population, creating mixed but new culture and nationality,like drinking cola watching hollywood movies will dress like asian man but still consider himself as Chinese or Korean.For instance chinese youngsters like to listen modern pop music instead of instrumental ancient chinese music, which consist of historical motives of that land.

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