Caburnay, Ma. Mhika Francess P.

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Introduction

The process of socialization is when we begin to learn the culture and society,

after birth. The power of culture over an individual is more potent in children since they

do not have any pre-existing values. The characteristics of culture are the knowledge of

a selected group of individuals, language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, and

humanities. It is seen because the growth of an individual identity fostered by social

patterns unique to the group. Our culture shapes the way we learn, and it makes a

difference in how we view ourselves and others. It affects our values—what society

considers right and wrong. This can be how the society we board influences our

choices. However, our choices may also influence others and ultimately help shape our

society. In this reflection paper, we ought to know the relevance of culture to individuals.

Background

Ethnocentrism is to avoid judging the cultural practices of nation that are different

from ours. We can use Cultural relativism refers to not judge a culture to our own

standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal. Instead, we should try to

understand cultural practices of other nation in its own cultural context. Moral relativism

fundamentally believes that no act is good or bad objectively; and there is no single

objective universal standard through which we can evaluate the truth of moral

judgement. The purpose of this reflection is to help individuals to know the importance

of culture in individual according to its purpose and value.

In research from Aoudia (2012) within the saying, “one size fits all”. Thus, a

successful nation will rely on people from different national cultures working together

that requires an attempt to make a standard understanding, trust, and commitment. It is

to attach with what's important to people, or the inner layers of values and beliefs. It is

advisable to work on different individuals to understand one another. Cultural

intelligence will build trust and commitment across individuals. Intercultural

engagement, cultural understanding, and intercultural communication is the key to

understanding the dynamic cultures of individuals.

According to new research (Davis, 2021) culture can help to view the world

today. Studies have shown that people from different cultures perceive differently and

that is how culture shaped the way they view the world. Culture defines how individuals

see themselves. The development of a child depends on the family’s cultural values.

For example, some cultures prefer children to be quiet when around adults and visitors.

Cultural experiences shape our perception of the world by making one think differently.

They influence our perception by making people live one way but in reality many people

live different ways throughout the world.

As claimed from Carnegie Council (2006) The view from cultural relativism is that

ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context from which they're derived.

Cultural relativists uphold that cultures differ fundamentally from each other, and then

do the moral frameworks that structure relations within different societies. In

peacekeeping, cultural relativists determine whether an action is 'right' or 'wrong' by

evaluating it consistent with the moral standards of the society within which the action
occurs. there's a debate within the field on whether value judgements may be made

across cultures. Cultural relativism mustn't be confused with moral relativism, which

holds that moral absolutes guiding individual behavior don't exist as a matter of

principle.

State of the Problem

How did culture affects individual according to its purpose and value?

Presentation and Critical Analysis of Data

A. Reality

As defined by the Webster’s dictionary (2007), culture is the integrated pattern of

human knowledge, belief and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning

and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. We are social beings, our

knowledge, beliefs and behavior are acquired from the grouping we sleep in. we have

inherited our ancestors’ discoveries, beliefs and customs which are gathered and

altered generation after generation and to which we are visiting add up new elements

for the generations to return back. This fact makes it easier for us to know why a toddler

who lived outside society clothed to be.

Cultural relativism about emotions, now named as social constructionism, has

undergone something of a revival in recent years (Harré 1986). The older relativist

tradition rested its case on anthropological fieldwork. the fashionable revival relies less

on empirical data and more on conceptual argument. Many social constructionists start

from the widely accepted concept emotions involve a cognitive evaluation of the
stimulus. They argue that emotions will inherit the cultural differences within the way

emotion stimuli are conceived. If two cultures think differently about danger, then, since

fear involves an evaluation of a stimulus as dangerous, fear in these two cultures are  a

singular emotion. This argument doesn't impress universalists, many of whom will allow

that the two emotions are interestingly different but maintain that their similarities are

over sufficient to make them the identical thing, namely fear. also as purely semantic

disputes of this kind, relativists and universalists target different parts of the domain of

emotion.

B. Reflection

It is important to know the different cultures in different nations today. We have

form conflicts to one another, since, we don’t know the importance of their cultures. As a

individual, our society—through its particular culture, customs, institutions, and more—

provides us with the labels we use to categorize the people we encounter. These labels

are supported beliefs about race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and

economic class. Sometimes our beliefs about these categories are so strong that they

prevent us from seeing the unique identities of others.

C. Response

Every culture includes a somewhat different web of patterns and meanings: ways

of earning a living, systems of trade and government, social roles, religions, traditions in

clothing and foods and arts, expectations for behavior, attitudes toward other cultures,

and beliefs and values about all of these activities. Within a large society, there may be

many groups, with distinctly different subcultures associated with region, ethnic origin,
or social class. If a single culture is dominant in a large region, its values may be

considered correct and may be promoted—not only by families and religious groups but

also by schools and governments. Some subcultures may arise among special social

categories, and some of which may cross national boundaries.

Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation

A. Summary

Culture has a major role in shaping our identity; however, we need to understand

our “being” and “self- awareness”. Individuals possess a dynamic nature and are in

constant interaction with their community. A person’s understanding of their own cultural

identity develops from birth and is shaped by the values and attitudes prevalent at home

and the surrounding, noting that the cultural identity, in its essence, relates to our need

to belong.

B. Conclusion

In conclusion, it is highly significant to learn various culture entities which will

benefits individuals to undertands more other nation.

C. Recommendation

For the university, to give more examples in cultural identities of other nations

and examines the understanding of students in a certain nation.

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