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    Girls Raised by Wolves”‚ Karen Russell develops the progression of the characters in relation to The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock. The characters‚ young girls raised as wolves‚ are compared to the handbook in hopes they will adapt to the human culture. The girls’ progression throughout the 5 set stages by the handbook are vital to adapting to the new culture in the time allotted. The main character‚ Claudette‚ is compared throughout the story. Claudette’s actions align well with the 5

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    greeted everyone just about the same way as I did (Scupin‚ 105). For the most part‚ he was a normal teenager but I definitely saw differences here and there that reminded me he was from another culture. The encounter that I had with the foreign exchange student definitely made me reflect my own culture and way of doing things. I questioned what I was missing out on by not eating at the table with my family every night‚ how much I would make a difference if I started recycling my soda cans‚ and

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    Christopher Bottini Foster English 1B December 8‚ 2010 The True Identity Culture and identity go hand in hand. Everyone has their own identity‚ but where does that come from? The main contributor to someone’s identity is the culture they grew up in. Cultures vary in many different ways. Chinese is a very factual‚ to the point‚ respect your elders and family culture‚ while American culture is more carpe diem‚ freedom of speech‚ bigger is better mentality. So as you could imagine someone in China

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     4 Treatment Interventions to refer to when working with patients from a different culture:  Transport evidence based treatment  Culturally adapt evidence based treatment  Culturally supported interventions  Developing new interventions Ethical Principles of Culture & Spirituality in Addiction  Personal responsibility and Voluntarism: Before developing a treatment plan‚ the patient needs to be informed of all information

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    Managing Cultural Differences Culture is a set of beliefs and values about what is desirable and undesirable in a community. Culture plays a major role in organizations to manage the operation of the company. Management and culture are interdependent on each other. (Kotelnikov‚ Vadim; Bibikova‚ Anatasia) In a multi-national company employees are from different cultures and should be managed and organized to resolve conflicts that arise due to cultural variations. Cultures differ on the dimensions of

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    Ethnocentrism: Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values of ones own culture .The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups related to his particular ethnic group or culture especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion .Ethnocentric individuals believe that they are better than other individuals for reasons based solely on their heritage .Ethnocentrism can be defined as making false assumptions about others ways based

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     at  how  people  from  differing  cultural   backgrounds  communicate‚  in  similar  and   different  ways  among  themselves‚  and  how   they  endeavour  to  communicate  across   cultures.   Effec.ve  Communica.on    Effective  communication  with  people  of

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    varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in today’s society‚ considering that there are so many benefits to understanding different cultures. Ethnocentrism is quite different than that of

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    Multiculturalism benefits Canada Throughout the world‚ a country has its unique culture. But some countries are becoming more and more multiculturalism. That is to say‚ in one country exhibits different cultures. Whether or not multiculturalism should be encouraged in Canada is an issue which excites opposing views; nonetheless‚ I believe that multiculturalism is beneficial to Canada for the following reasons: improving the economy; educating other backgrounds; and reducing racism.

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    ethnicity‚ culture etc. and how they have been oppressed in America (Sue & Sue‚ 2013). Many western counseling theories have had the tendency to oppress diverse cultural groups. These theories tend to focus on developing action oriented problem solving techniques‚ promoting individualism‚ and advocating for work ethic (Hayes‚ 2008). A lot of these issues are not relevant or important to some cultures which show why western theories‚ which

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