INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

Using Hofested theory, explain  and show how culture has an influence on human behaviour?

2.0 Introduction

The paper discusses how culture has an influence on human behavior using Hofested theory. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication, developed by Geert Hofstede. It describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior, using a structure derived from factor analysis.

2.1 Definition of culture

The nature of culture is pervasive and broad which requires a detailed study of language, knowledge, laws, religions, food, customs, music, art, technology, work patterns, products and other artifact which give the society its distinctive flavor. We live in a vast area of multi cultural communities and culture exists in our societies all over the world. The meaning of culture is ambiguous in nature, it is used to describe many different things. Culture has been interpreted with lots of definitions over time by various research.

Culture is the society personality and it helps to distinguish one society from another (Schiffman, 2000). De Mooij (2004) refers...continue reading  

Assignment Two

Chabota was awakened by a noise outside.A crowd had gathered behind her house.Rose Chendabwabwa was the centre of attraction. She was being dragged in the street naked whilst others were venting their anger on her.She was caught in the act with someone's husband.Beatrice Zulu one of the married women in the crowd shouted " you prostitute you are it again , sleeping with our men - fix her so that she can learn to say no" influenced by Beatrice sentiments Kokomalimba emotionally slapped the accused and she fell down with her nose breeding.When she asked why she was going with married men she said " how do you expect me to make ends meet considering the fact that i did not go far in education " the crowd was puzzled.

As an expert in social issues ( Social Psychology explain to the community members on attitude formation, the link between attitude and behaviour and how you can bring about  attitude change for the young lady using appropriate theories and principles.

 Introduction

Why? Why would a single (or even attached) woman chase after a married man when she knows that he's attached to another woman? Easy, it starts off because, as is the human condition, the food on someone else's plate always looks (and sometimes tastes) better than what you're having. In explaining why such things happens and usually have a more immediate influence on us when we are actually in their presence, its important to undertand attitude, its formation and how it can be changed. All these are in Social Psychology, which some psychologists claim that all psychology is social psychology as all our behaviour takes place in a social setting, even when alone our behaviour tends to influence others. Social psychology looks at interpersonal relationships of how people brand different impressions and views of other people and groups in society which affects their behaviour. It examines the impact that society and interaction has on attitudes and behaviours. In this essay it will examine  how attitude are formed , the link between attitude and behavior and how one can  bring about attitude change for a young lady by the name of Rose Chendabwabwa who was fonmd os sleleping with married men in the society. The essay uses appropriate theories and principles.

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