HLT 324V Week 2 Family Interview – Compare and Contrast Cultures Paper

Family Roles and Organization, Work Attitudes, and Communication

It is important to identify and understand your own family culture in order to be able to understand and respect other cultures. Interview a family member, and an individual from another culture with which you are unfamiliar. Some examples of an individual from another culture to consider for the assignment include a neighbor, coworker, patient, or friend. Please inform the individuals of the purpose of this assignment and make sure you receive their consent.

Interviews:

Review the “Family Interview” template prior to the interview. Additional space is designated on the template for you to create three additional questions to ask both interviewees (family member and person from another culture). Additional questions should be relevant to the readings or discussion and should provide value to the interview by helping to understand culture.

Some of the questions may include:

Family beliefs: Have they changed over generations?

Educational and occupational status in the culture and in the family

Communication methods: verbal and nonverbal

Current family goals/priorities

Family member roles and organizational systems

Spiritual beliefs: current practice and death and dying

Alternative lifestyles

Work attitudes and structure

Written Paper:

Using the “Family Interview” template, interview your designated family member and the person from another culture. Be sure to write your responses in a way that will assist you in writing your paper. After the interview is completed, write a paper of 750-1,000 words that includes the following:

An introductory paragraph with the reasons for selecting the interviewees.

A summary of the responses from the interview template gathered from the interviewees.

A comparison and contrast of your findings between the two interviewees.

A reflective concluding paragraph on how family roles affect the cultural domains and relationships for each individual.

General Requirements:

Submit both the completed “Family Interview” template and the written paper” to the instructor.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

 

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Compare and Contrast Cultures

Introduction

What is a culture? A culture is a group of people who share similar values, beliefs and behaviors. They may have their own language and religion, but they are also connected through their shared history. For example, Americans are considered to be a different culture from many other countries because we share certain values with other Americans (such as our love for football).

Cultural Comparison

• Venn diagram: Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two cultures.

• Table: Use a table to compare and contrast the two cultures.

• Chart: Use a chart to compare and contrast the with cultures.

• List: Use your own words, or use one of these example lists from Wikipedia (if you’re not sure where to start):

Contrasting Cultures

Contrasting cultures are similar in some ways, but different in others. For example, the cultures of the United States and France are both considered Western European countries with a liberal government system that provides social services such as healthcare and education for their citizens. However, the French adhere to a more structured work environment where employees have limited flexibility in their schedules or how they spend their time off from work. This is due to French culture being rooted in Catholicism and traditional values from centuries ago when people worked hard to provide for themselves through manual labor jobs like farming or working on plantations during slavery times (which lasted until 1848).

Frenchmen also tend to be less focused on money than Americans as well; this can be seen when comparing shopping habits between them since Americans tend towards buying things based on price while Frenchmen prefer quality over price when purchasing clothing items like jeans which cost much more than other types of apparel available at department stores such as Sears & Co.’s Lands End brand name brand clothes sold throughout America’s west coast states including California along with Oregon

Compare and Contrast Chart

The chart below compares and contrasts cultures.

• On the left side of your chart, list similarities between items: for example, both countries have a large number of people living in them.

• On the right side of your chart, list differences between items: In China, it’s legal to marry at 16 but not 25; in America we don’t allow marriage before age 18 or 21 depending on state laws.

Now that you’ve got all this information together, it’s time to put together a Venn diagram!

Venn Diagram

Venn diagrams are a great way to compare and contrast cultures. They’re also a helpful tool for understanding how people think about things, which can be insightful in its own right.

Here’s how they work: A Venn diagram shows all possible logical relations between two sets by drawing them on a single grid (or “diagram”). The intersection of these two lines is called the “common ground.” For example, if your roommates have different political views and you need to decide what you all agree upon, you could create this type of diagram using three circles representing their opinions: left-leaning liberals versus right-leaning conservatives; or straight liberals versus gay conservatives (the latter being more difficult). This would allow each person involved in the disagreement to consider how their opinions interact with those of others while also giving them an opportunity to express themselves freely without worrying about offending anyone else—a win-win situation!

Final Thoughts

In this article you have learned about the different cultures of Asia and how they differ from one another. You can now compare and contrast these cultures to help you understand your own culture better.

In addition to learning about other cultures, it’s important that we keep ourselves informed about events happening in our own country or world at large—especially if they affect us personally or make our lives more difficult. For example: if there is a natural disaster like an earthquake or hurricane hitting New York City, the media will report on it extensively because so many people live there; however very little attention would be given if it happened somewhere else like Australia where most people have never even heard of New York City! This shows us that while some countries may see themselves as separate entities (like Canada), others consider themselves part of larger groups such as European Union (EU) members; thus when comparing differences between these two types we must take into account what each group means by “different” vs “similar”

Takeaway:

• Takeaway: The study found that, although there were differences in the ways cultures were viewed, both groups had a strong desire for their own culture to remain intact.

• Conclusions: These findings show that people from different countries can learn from each other and find common ground on which to build bridges of understanding.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and learned something new! If so, please share it with your friends so they can learn too. Also, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below 🙂