Child Development

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Lorri Broughton-Kelley

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November 17, 2014

Michael Mc Neal

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

In the late 1930’s “cross-cultural” became a new name in society due to a survey that was done by George Peter Murdock an anthropologist at the Yale University. This survey was based on different cultures that compared to other cultures and the different complications that arose. There have been studies of cross-cultural communication which came about in the late 1970’s and lead to the cross-cultural paradigm, which is in response to the pressures of globalization and made a demand for cross-cultural training awareness in many sections that could help the barrier to be broken. The cross-cultural differences have been broken down to eight different parts: (1) when to talk; (2) what to say; (3) pacing and pausing;(4) the art listening;(5) intonation;(6) what is conventional and what is not in language;(7) degree of indirectness;(8) coherence and cohesion. [1] Cross-culturalism is very distinct it is the noted exchange above the boundaries of the nation or cultural group.

In looking into the cultural perspective are we really able to have a cultural perspective, even if we were to act the way that they do in different cultures we would only be acting. The have a culture that is different from ours we would have had to been raised or lived that way for a time so that we have adapted and learned there true culture.

Often it can be very frustrating trying to understand a different culture and realize what they are saying or in need of. If we a truly able to identify with other cultures then there would be less conflict. To be able to respect and conform to other cultures we need to learn the guidelines and adhere to it.

Winston Sieck and Louise Rasmussen of Global Cognition conducted a survey on the choices, thoughts and decision of other cultures backgrounds. They use Americans that had little knowledge of other...