Culture and its influence

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

A cumulative set of knowledge, experiences, beliefs and behaviours shared by a group.

Question 2

Cultural norms

Answer 2

Shared and integrated patterns of beliefs and practices that characterise a cultural group. They are transmitted across generations and regulate behaviour in accordance with the group’s unique system.

Question 3

Cultural dimensions

Answer 3

Distinct value constructs that serve to distinguish one culture from another.

Question 4

Emic

Answer 4

A research perspective, accounts, descriptions and explanations used to understand a culture the way its members understand it, to learn the concepts they use and to try to see the world in the way they do.

Question 5

Etic

Answer 5

A research perspective, accounts and explanations used to understand a culture in scientific terms, by comparing the culture to others and addressing the universals of human behaviour.