Globalisation

Globalisation

The movement toward a unifying, global culture and set of values based on individualism, free market economics, and democracy.

Cognition.

The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through our experiences and the senses.

Behaviors

Observable actions of individuals or groups.

Attitudes

Attitudes are expressions of favor or disfavor for a person, object, or event, often formed through experience and exposure.

Culture

The products of socialization within a society that involve a set of rules, norms, and customs agreed upon by the members of that group.

Acculturation

The process of coming into contact with another culture and adopting its norms and behaviors.

Enculturation

The process of adopting or internalizing the behaviors of your own culture.

Local culture

The culture we grow up with in our immediate environment.

Global culture

The influences we pick up from contact with other cultures.

Bicultural identity

A combination of both global and local culture.

What issues can bicultural identity sometimes cause?

Confusion or a sense of marginalization.

Individualism

An ‘I’ orientation, emphasizing self-reliance and personal goals.

Longitudinal interviews (Delafosse et al)

A research method designed to gather self-reported information directly from participants about their beliefs, opinions, and attitudes.

Natural Experiment (Becker et al)

An experiment that has a naturally occurring variable in a real-life situation, focusing on the natural independent variable rather than the settings, where extraneous variables can’t be controlled.

Cross cultural surveys (Ogihara)

A research method that aims to gather self-reported data on a certain topic from a lot of people.