Society and How Your Culture Influenced Who You Are

We start developing and adapting to our culture as soon as our parents or the people who raise us start to introduce us to this. This is known as socialization, and it teaches us more than we learn in school. Our culture determines how we work and play, as well as how we look at ourselves and those around us. It has a huge impact on our values, or what we perceive to be right and wrong. This is how has your culture influenced who you are. However, our decisions have the potential to affect others, both in a negative and positive way, and, as a result, help shape our society.

Culture is a set of ethical, behavioral, and value beliefs shared by the people in a society. Our identity and even our views about our existence is influenced by the place in which we live, and also the people who we surround ourselves with. The type of culture into which a person is born, whether Individualistic or Collective, affects and influences what that person believes and how that person behaves. Even thought a person may move into a different place with a totally different culture their birth culture is the one that influences their lives the most where it be positive or negative. Individualistic thought and behavior are not supported by someone growing up in a tight (Collective) culture where the social norms are strictly enforced. Individuals raised in a loose (Individualistic) society, on the other hand, have more freedom in how they act and what they think. In western nations, such as America, loose cultures are increasingly prevalent. These cultures are based on the notion that a person's life belongs to them, which is in line with the Bill of Rights established by the founding fathers.

Collective cultures, on the other hand, think that a person's first responsibility is to society. They must also put their wants aside for the larger good of the said group of people. A Collective society exists when the laws of thought and behavior are more rigorous. Individualistic and Collectivistic beliefs exist in every society, however, extroversion is valued more in Individualistic civilizations because within an Individualistic society you are expected to show self-expression and interact with people. People in Individualistic cultures are more open and accepting than those in Collectivistic civilizations. Collectivistic societies also encourage behaviors that are indicative of the majority of people and support and expect a more introverted personality style. Individualistic cultures are not as excellent at seeing other people's perspectives to build social cohesion as Collectivistic cultures are.

When comparing the moods of extroverts and those who are more introverted, another difference can be seen. People from many cultures appear to be happier. This could be because they receive greater attention. It's a psychological delight to be noticed.

Certain religious views are also reinforced by culture. Some countries are mostly Catholic, while others are Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or Buddhist in nature. Each religion has its social norms and expectations to live by. Consider how these cultures limit people's options when it comes to choosing a profession, a partner, women's roles, the clothing they wear, and how they act.

Some cultures value close physical proximity when conversing, while others value noisy, even combative verbal exchanges, and still, others may value soft-spoken courteous exchanges.

Because there is more emotional security, in reality, emotional well-being is often more evident in societies that promote belief in realities rather than hypotheses. Immigrants with personality qualities that were more in line with the cultural norms of the new nation to which they migrated reported higher levels of emotional well-being. In similar cultures, there are fewer adaptations to be done.

Our society supplies us with the labels we use to categorize the people we come into contact with, thanks to our own culture, customs, institutions, and more. These designations are based on racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other factors. The opinions we form about these categories might sometimes be so powerful that they block us from seeing other people's unique identities. These ideas can lead to feelings of distrust, dread, or hatred toward certain individuals of our community. Other times, especially when we have the opportunity to get to know someone, we are able to look beyond stereotypes and find common ground. This is very important within these types of cultures because without having people in your life you are more likely to fall into feelings of distrust, derad, or hatred.

In the stimulus material, The Holdout, the men were surrounding the woman and, what can be perceived as telling her what to do or yelling at her. In the time period in which this took place this was a common occurrence. Men were the more dominant gender and women did what they said and were used to men yelling and directing women to do things. If men were to do this in this day and age it would be very much frowned upon. This shows the major difference between the culture and social norms now versus when The Holdout took place.

We can start to adapt to the foreign culture when our peers are doing the same thing as the people adjacent to them. However, there is one area where we frequently fail to see the influence: ourselves. We are often unaware that the culture around us is influencing us because it has an unconscious effect on our conduct. Its effect isn't as straightforward as we may believe. We frequently associate influence with conformity or imitation, with people doing what others do. That happens from time to time, but people also distinguish themselves on a regular basis. People don't choose between the two; they do both at the same time. People within these societies aim to stand out as much as possible or to be similar but different.

Health literacy plays a much bigger role in our culture when it comes to the way we live our lives than we may realize. In the context of culture, our understanding of health literacy gains more depth and meaning. Given the ethnic and linguistic diversity of the American population, this is extremely crucial. Aside from the 211,460,626 European-descent Americans, the 2000 U.S. Census identified 69,961,280 persons from 19 additional ethnic and cultural groups living in the United States. Many of these various American populations have different health and illness belief systems. People's cultural health beliefs influence how they think and feel about their health and health problems, when and from whom they seek health care, and how they respond to lifestyle changes, health-care interventions, and treatment adherence suggestions.

I believe there is a major flaw within many societies. People are very uneducated when it comes to different cultures, making it very difficult to transition from one culture to another. There are many countries that do teach different cultures, but the way that culture is taught, there are many gaps in the curriculum that is in place, therefore, leaving people young and old without really understanding the difference within cultures. I believe this whole debacle could be avoided if all across the globe we implement a new way of teaching culture and go more in-depth with the curriculum. While this will not soolve the problem completely it will majorly improve the transition from one culture to another for many people. I find this to be very important because not everyone always want to pick up their life and move but sometimes has no other option. If we are able to implement a new way of teach culture we would be able to avoid the difficult transition from one culture to another.

As a result, it is the culture of each individual that distinguishes it. With this in mind, it is safe to conclude that culture is what distinguishes one culturists group from another. When you look at things from a global perspective, culture and a sense of community are what make us human. What makes us who we are is our way of life, our way of thinking, and our way of believing. As a result, a culture describes a civilization in its most basic form.

All in all, I believe that without culture this world would be boring and very unproductive. With that being said I also believe that it is important to start to teach everyone about different cultures so that we can not only better understand each other but also have an understanding of how to transition from one culture to another. I believe that our culture great influences our personality, therefore, influencing who we surround ourselves with, what we spend our time doing, and many other things. Culture is also based on where you live and is subject to change if you were to move.