Being Influenced By American Culture

Growing up we go through many different stages and cultures that effect our lives. Whether it be a student, athlete, musician, brother, sister, cousin, and so on there are many different aspects of life that each and every one of us belong to. Up to this point in my life there have been several cultures and groups that I have been involved with that have impacted me. Being a student full time is probably the culture that I believe the belong to the most. I have spent nearly all my childhood and teen years in a school system which is a great thing, but I believe should be fixed and molded. The school system in America needs to start getting back to the basics such as teaching us the history of the United States with events such as World Wars

However, my feeling for American advertising is different from the American people. The way I perceive advertising reflects the way I perceive American culture. I discover it from what I read and do research, from my process of writing and how I discuss with others and ask myself tons of questions. I even come up with my own theory that it may be the culture I grew up is not the culture I am living in. I feel like I were Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby when he feels both inside and outside what is happening around him (Fitzgerald n.p.). The feeling of being in-between scared me at first because I did not know where my place in this society was; however, I learn to transform this fear into my property. Being in-between is a part of my identity

I find myself curious about the past. From ancient civilizations to the technological advancements that have made us who we are today, the past has been instrumental in the development of the present. Much like in essay “America” I too think of the United States when I hear the word America, even if you do an internet search for “America” the first result would be something pertaining to the United States. As an immigrant from Trinidad West Indies at the age of 13 all I knew of the United States was the name America that was associated with it. Knowing nothing more I was introduced to the American culture in the 7th grade. Never having study the history of the United States I have learned the culture and what it means to be an American from

Social media has grown into one of the most useful digital marketing tools for business owners and corporations and is designed to feed us information at a fast-moving speed. There are many advantages to this development as well as disadvantages. Information is easily obtainable, instant and causes credibility issues. It is important to know and understand all the benefits and disadvantages before using social media because it can alter how a person may use it.

In order to effectively analyze cultural differences and power struggles that were demonstrated on the macro and micro level, one must understand the environmental dimensions that were associated with the target population. The dominant American culture often unconsciously ignored the cultural differences with the inferior group that was shared in their environment. As the dominant culture, it is always important to be culturally competent and familiar with the non-dominant culture morals and beliefs. Comparatively, the individuals psychological and spiritual dimensions that were influenced by the social behavioral perspective on the micro level, were associated with their target population.

The shaping of any culture requires adaptation to their environment and its problems, such as economical, social and geographical, and the learning from these in order for their culture to live by and survive. The Christian Church would prove the most important in shaping a new European religious civilization. In as much as Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam undergirded civilizations in Asia and Africa, Christianity served as the basic unifying force that held together the new European civilization. (Sivers 2015) This process entails having the ability of shaping ones behavior in order to survive and have this same behavior passed onto the following generations.

Around the world there are multiple different cultures not just American culture so to say that American culture is generalizable to other cultures is wrong because cultures around the world are all different however, culture is also shared and while culture is shared, there is not only one culture that everyone shares. Culture creates the behaviors of individuals understandable to other people in the group. Furthermore, generalization is how well the results can be applied to the population being measured and if the experiment is not generalizable, then the results will not refer to the population being measure. In addition, the generalization of other cultures could either push back psychology or move it forward and that is what Haeffel and Arnett are arguing about.

I think that the article was very interesting and it opened my eye up to a topic I that I never realized had such presence in our society. Overall I liked the article as I enjoy learning about Human Geography and the essence of human nature. I learned that Hispanics have the greatest ability to integrate into our culture than any other cultural group. This can be for a number of reasons and it really just adds to the notion of the general integration of the worlds people into one unified front. I could add to it maybe by bringing in knowledge about other culture’s assimilation into American culture and how they also changed, and redefined it was a whole. I found it very fascinating how the department was able to go around and ask these various

Perspective is the way that people perceive things in the world around them. Common influences include the way people grow up and how they live their lives. These can be strong factors in – Emotion and memory can influence perspective in a large way. In history, there are times when the discussion of opinions is important.

First I want to say every incoming students that you made the right choice. I know it`s hard to leave your home, your parents and friends but the moments you made that choice you have to stick to that. In my opinion, the best way to adapt to American culture and environment is by attending as many clubs and organizations, and various types of events as possible.

American culture has always baffled me even though I grew up here. I never understood why somebody wants to lay around all day watching other guys play sports on TV or pore all their time and money into materialistic things like cars but not put the same kind of effort for their own bodies. Now add in nutritionally uneducated dual working parents who would rather what little time they have watching the sports channel or Dancing with the Stars then getting educated about their diet, our children are doomed.

We can learn from the past what we are not supposed to do. By learning history, we can know what will happen before make a decision and avoid same mistake. To better understand American culture, it is important to listen to voices different than our own because it helps us learned from our past mistake.

When you hear the words American Culture what to do tend to think about? When I hear the words American Culture I tend to think about society, and how it has influenced my life. Society itself is influenced by the people and the culture within it. When actors or actresses dress differently or try something new, other people will do the same thing. When you have a culture that heavily populates an area, that culture will be heavenly influenced in that area. There may be restaurants or stores that will carry the cultures products. Therefore, Americans do not realize that American Culture impacts them every day. When they go shopping for new clothes at the store that a friend posted about on their Snapchat and when they decided to try something new to eat at a new restaurant they found on Yelp. These are just a few of the ways that American culture impacts Americans but, there are three things that impact American Culture the most. Pop Culture, Technology, and Family Constructs. I believe these topics highlight American Culture.

All in all, American society is established on the Western culture, yet America is a multicultural country because of the diversity of culture that brought by immigrants. Even though Western culture is dominating in America, Mexican and African American culture are a part of the social norm because their population are higher than Asian or the other minorities.

American culture refers to the traditions and practices of the people of the United States. Culture comprises of the nature of buildings, religion, music language and marriage. The population of the United States is more than 320 million people making it the most culturally diverse country in the globe. Books such as Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity are important sources of information about American culture. This paper is a reflection on the methods that these books use in providing information about the evolution of the US culture. The paper examines the relationship between these three sources and ways they challenge or inform an understanding of the American society during the late 19th and early 20th century. There is an analysis of the efficiency of the issues tackled by these books in influencing the contemporary discourse surrounding American culture. The major argument of this paper is that Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity provide reliable information about the evolution of the US culture and they supplement each other through the use of relevant examples.