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Cultural influence refers to the impact that a culture, which includes cultural norms, values, beliefs, and practices, has on the behaviors and perceptions of individuals who belong to it or interact with it.
Our cultures are engrained in our minds and brains, affecting our psychology. There are various explanations for the differences between cultures, including aspects of ecology. Emotion, cognition,...
Cultural influence is the capacity for one culture to influence another. This is a long running process that has been underway since antiquity and is a basic way that culture is transmitted and improved. Cultural influence can also have a negative side such as the industrialization of food culture.
As humans think with language and visual symbols from culture, human thought is inherently cultural. The following are common examples of how culture influences human behavior and society. Cultures can be broadly categorized using concepts such as collectivist vs individualist culture.
One form of cultural influence is cultural knowledge: what a person reports as the cultural, average, or aggregate beliefs and attitudes about a topic that might or might not be consistent with his or her personal feelings.
Understanding the influence of culture is key to developing meaningful relationships, gaining perspective, and making informed decisions. This article will explore some of the most common examples of cultural influences, from language differences to religious practices.
Discover how culture shapes human behavior, from values and norms to decision-making and social interactions. Unravel the complex cultural influences on our actions.
Countless studies in cultural psychology have examined the effect of culture on all aspects of our behavior, cognition, and emotion, delineating both differences and similarities across...
cultural globalization, phenomenon by which the experience of everyday life, as influenced by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, reflects a standardization of cultural expressions around the world.
How the “outside” affects the “inside” is at the heart of many of the deepest psychological questions. In this fast-paced survey of research on how culture shapes cognition, Nalini Ambady examines the neural evidence for socio-cultural influences on thinking, judgment, and behavior.