Sociology of culture

their looks, style, interests, and the group of people they hang out with. The biggest thing that society judges today is other people’s culture and traditions. Ethnocentrism, is defined as judging other cultures in terms of standards of one’s own. Sociologists try to avoid ethnocentrism because to truly understand a culture, it should not be compared to another cultures traditions. For example, two nights before an Islamic wedding, the bride and her friends paint designs on each other’s hands and feet

stated, “By masking the discomfort, of being pre-judged” (Mora 40). People should examine their culture in order to better understand how it affects their identity and perceptions. In order to understand one’s cultural identity, he or she needs to understand what the term means. According to one source, cultural identity can be defined as “We all have unique identities that we develop within our cultures, but these identities are not fixed or static” (Trumbull and Pacheco 10). Various aspects of a

Corey, M., & Corey, G. (2014) mentioned that the two important aspects that form the “foundation of multicultural counselling competency” are “self-awareness and global literacy” (as cited in Corey, M., & Corey, G., 2014, p.104). Indeed, in a place with such a diverse cultural network like Canada, working with people who come from different cultural backgrounds is inevitable. Thus, the first thing that a helper needs to pay attention to when working with people is to be mindful of his or her own

cultural variances between cultures. Counselors should seek to understand some of the key psychological issues and recommended therapeutic approaches for that culture. For example, in Asian cultures family identity is far more important that the western ideology of individualism. Or there could be some culture assimilation issues within the generational structure of the family. Such as the older generation does not what their Asian culture to be lost to western culture for the younger generations

where I came from, not who I am. My personal cultural identity is unique because I have all my memories in photo albums, enjoy having a good steak, and connect with music that gives a glimpse of what I’ve dealt with. My picture albums represent my culture and me. My picture albums have memories my family shares and look back on often. We have pictures in there from all the way back when my great grandmother was a child. The pictures we have in there connect my family together. We all grew up in such

Counselor not only accurately do assessments, but they also case conceptualization, diagnosis and provide treatment. Bias is a serious issue, when cultural differences come into play so the clients as well as the counselor’s worldviews are important factors to consider. When establishing a cultural relevant assessment of client’s symptoms, it is recommended that counselors first collect identifying information (Sue & Sue, 2016). Which involves asking the client for the reason he or she decided to

What is my cultural identity? Cultural identity to me is something that you were inherited to do something or enjoy and believe specific things in your life. Things like sports or traditional foods or anything you were raised to like or do is what cultural identity means to me. My soccer ball is a representation of my cultural heritage.My soccer ball is round and colorful as well,the colors consists of black,red,yellow and green with the nike branded swoosh going across.The ball

cultural backgrounds reflect on the things that you do. Such as for me i was brought up hunting and fishing,these things were taught from generation to generation from the hawaiian culture. From a young age hunting is one of the biggest passion i have in my life but little did i know that this identified who i was and my culture. Such as my dad would always tell

when humans believe they only have one identity. This binary mindset creates a sense of “us versus them” outlook on others—that is, you either are or aren’t part of a group. According to Powers, “cultural politics” is when people describe their own cultures in a competitive manner to belittle other nations. Nations maintain authority by coming up with myths that boost their reputation, and this persuades their own ethnic group to feel more passionate towards their identity. One way to encourage cultural

For example, I am Mexican/American, I really enjoy these 2 cultures even though sometimes they can bring conflicts. Out of American and Mexican cultures, I also enjoy my Mexican culture. It really shows who I am as a person, words come out with more passion when you speak Spanish. The Mexican food is 10x better than American food. Mexican parties are better, you go out at 6pm and come back until the next day. In my Mexican culture we like to celebrate a lot. One of the celebrations you might’ve