Lecture 6

Question 1

Culture definition (in article)

Answer 1

“Myriad ways of living exhibited by a particular group of people, ways that are transmitted from one generation to the next and which distinguish that group from others”

Question 2

Decision making definition (in article)

Answer 2

“Commitment to a course of action that is intended to serve the interest and values of particular people”

Question 3

Holistic vs Analytical

Answer 3

Holistic:
-The field - the whole rather than parts
-Interactionism - everything is related
-Cyclic - phenomenons are chaotic
-Naive dialectism - Middleground compromise rather than extremes

Analytical:
-The parts - the parts rather than whole
-Dispositionism - nothing is related
-Linear - Phenomenons move in predictable directions
-Formal logic - extremums are fine if it is logical

Question 4

Promotion/prevention focus

Answer 4

Promotion - focus on pursuing opportunities
Prevention - seek to prevent risks

Question 5

Attention to: holistic vs analytic

Answer 5

Holistic (The field):
The whole, rather than its
parts, should be considered
in order to understand a
phenomenon

Analytical (The parts):
It is more important to pay
attention to the parts than
the whole

Question 6

Causality: holistic vs analytic

Answer 6

Holistic (Interactionism):
Everything in the universe is
somehow related to each
other

Analytic ( Dispositionism):
Nothing is related

Question 7

Perception of change: holistic vs analytic

Answer 7

Holistic (Cyclic):
Phenomenons move in chaotic and unpredictable directions

Analytic (Linear):
Every phenomenon in the
world moves in predictable
directions

Question 8

Contradiction: holistic vs analytic

Answer 8

Holistic (Naive dialectism):
It is more desirable to take the middle ground than go to extremes

Analytic (Formal logic):
Take the side of what is right even if extreme

Question 9

Cultural norm strength meaning

Answer 9

if you behave or do something that is not a cultural norm and get penalized for even a small deviation - tight strength
if you are not penalized for small deviations - loose cultural norms strength

Question 10

The death of experience

Answer 10

when a person integrated in the new culture for too long and lost the original culture

Question 11

The breadth of experince

Answer 11

The amount of cultures is helpful, but if it’s too broad, less helpful