Behaviors and Feelings

   On the second class (May 19, 2010) we saw chapter 3: Defining culture ¹, this chapter talked about the five dimensions of culture (products, practices, communities, persons and perspectives) mentioned already in the "First impression" response. To summarize this chapter I will answer three questions, those questions are:

• How do your beliefs, values, and cultural upbringings influence the way you behave? 
• How does it feel when others see you as different- or as an outsider?
• How do others' beliefs, values, and cultural upbringing influence the way they behave?

First question, how do your beliefs, values, and cultural upbringins influence the way you behave?

   I think our cultural roots influence in a 90% who we are because beliefs and values are very cultural aspects, I mean this aspects are universal but each country or region make personal adaptations according to "every day", what I believe whether it is religion or not or others will influence make actions and my behavior or my way to see people or situations.

Second question, how does it feel when others see you as different- or as an outsider?

   I think this is a feeling that we all have experienced because this kind of treating it is not only for foreign but it is also something that we could experience, for example when we enter or enroll in a new institute where everyone know each other and you are the new guy or girl, or when you face a new working environment , sometimes is just because you are different from "regular people", maybe because you dress differently or you talked differently, this two last criterias will be directly linked to foreign and less remember that this also could be linked with discrimination but will depend of the culture and several external and internal aspects.

Third question, how do others' beliefs, values, and cultural upbringing influence the way they behave?

   I think that my answer to this question will be the same of what I answered in the first question (How do your beliefs, values, and cultural upbringings influence the way you behave?) Beliefs, values and cultural bringing influence a communities behave directly because those are the bases of a culture; according to Moran, P.R (2001) this aspects form part of cultural practice because it comprise a full range of actions and interactions that members of the same culture carry out.

 taken from: http://rw-3.com/tag/cultural-beliefs/

¹ taken from the book: Moran, P.R. (2001) Teaching culture: perspectives in practice. Massachusetts: Heinle and Heinle