Artifact 5- Module 4
This module highlighted Hofstede’s five value dimensions which help to differentiate many cultures. The dimensions are individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity/feminity, and long-term vs short-term orientation. Each culture scores between high and low on each dimension. For module 4, I compared dimensions between the United States and Germany. I found their main differences to be between individualism, long term orientation, and indulgence. I chose Germany because this was a country I have always wanted to visit. This module expressed to me the differences I would find when/if I visited. I chose this module as number five simply because it represents an introduction to this class for me. A basic representation of how two cultures are different. This activity seemed like only the tip of the iceberg.
My findings:
The image above I chose to represent Module 4 is a chart which displayed my findings between Germany and the United States. As you can see, findings are similar between power distance, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance. Findings are most different between individualism, long-term orientation, and indulgence.
Artifact 4- Module 9
This module focused on gender stereotypes in occupation. I was given a few occupation titles where my partner (male) and I (female) responded whether we picture that title being portrayed by a male or female. Examples of occupation titles include chef, pilot, mechanic, and taxi driver. I found that most of our answers were the same. For most risk-taking careers like pilot and taxi drive, we both put male. For careers that require communication or creativity, we both put female. In responses where we differed and were unsure of which to chose, we chose our own sex. Examples of these include architect and designer. I learned the distribution of roles between genders are commonly associated with emotional being female and risk taking being men. This is found not only between my partner and I, but in North American culture as well. I chose this module as number four because it confirmed how the North American culture as a whole views gender. Stereotypes were also confirmed in my personal life, I found that interesting.
Google images of lawyers:
Legally Blonde is a comedy film where Reese Whiterspoon’s character beats her stereotypical role of a sorority girl from California and becomes a successful lawyer. In both mine and my partners responses we both chose female for lawyer. Also, when I googled “image of lawyer” most images included females. Once again confirming a stereotype.
Artifact 3- Module 7
This module highlighted the difference between socially disengaged emotions and socially engaged emotions. I wrote down five happy episodes in my life and then labeled them. I ended up with three socially disengaged emotions and two socially engaged emotions. This means, over half of my responses where episodes that tend to separate or disengage the self from social relationships and promote the perceived independence. The other two were episodes relating to the self in the relationship and enhance the perceived interdependence of the self with relevant others. This relates back to when I took the NEO Inventory Personality Test and scored average on extroversion. I like to believe this means I have a consistent balance between myself and others. I learned the difference in social emotions along with how they relate to my own life. I have learned a lot about myself throughout this course. I chose this module as number three because it provided representation for my personality and gave me an inside view on my emotions.
Between cultures:
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I chose this image I found on Google because I can understand the data by applying what I have learned in this class/module. For example, Japan is a collectivist culture. This meaning they prioritize the group over themselves. If you look at the data, they feel happiness when they are engaging emotion and are unhappy when they are disengaging emotion. America is know to be the opposite, as we are looked at as an individualistic culture. The data represents this as well.
Artifact 2- Module 11
This module displayed how color can represent emotions. First, I categorized the colors black, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, pink, purple, red, violet, white, yellow. My categories were alphabetical order, darkest to lightest, and holiday. Second, I labeled each color with an emotion. For example, yellow being happy. I found an association between when I categorized colors and holidays, then when I assigned each color to an emotion. For pink, purple, and violet I categorized them with Valentine’s day, a holiday representing love. I also labeled the same colors as “love” in the second step. I learned these types of categorization are distinct to my culture. Apparently, in Russia they would have associated yellow with envy. This module goes deeper into the “iceberg” of cross-cultural psychology, which is why I chose it for number two. Learning of cultures is further emphasized by relating it to personal life. After this activity, I thought about how different countries display colors and what they represent.
Color categorization:
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I chose this image to further emphasize this module. The Russian and American flag are the same colors. However, they are represented differently. For example, blue in the American flag represents perseverance and justice. Blue in the Russian flag represents faithfulness and honesty.
Artifact 1- Module 12
For my number one artifact I watched a Ted Talk which left me feeling very optimistic. I related to much what the speaker said how in the beginning she felt very insecure, inferior, and not being able to express her true self to people like interviewers or professors. Amy Cuddy talks about the power of a “power pose” and what you can do in two minutes to not only change your attitude, but literally heighten your testosterone and lower your cortisol. There is research behind this power pose in ways which it can effect your mood. For example, peoples levels of testosterone and cortisol levels were measured before and after doing this power pose for two minutes and then entering an interview. She emphasizes how confidence can effect participation and landing a job after your interview. I chose this as my number one artifact because I related to the speaker, felt optimistic afterwards, and I look forward to trying this out next time I get nervous. I felt as if I could really use this power pose in my personal life to build confidence. Some points aligned with the corresponding chapter culture, language, and communication. Cultures create rules and channels that can help to represent or understand what a person is feeling. For example, in some countries gaze is used as a nonverbal sign of respect. This can also be traced to animals such as gorillas. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
Nonverbal cues in animals:
I chose this image as a representation of how animals, specifically chimpanzees, use nonverbal body language. As you can see, if a chimpanzee wants to be groomed, he/she will make exaggerated long scratching movements on his/her body. These nonverbal body languages are specific to each culture.