Being able to love is something you have to have within yourself. The three dimensions of passion, intimacy and commitment will continually take great work to continue a growing relationship; it is not a given in yourself or with whom you chose to love. Many miss the opportunity to experience such a love because they fail to realize it takes work. You can have the passion in the relationship; which is more the desire to want to be with that person, and you can have the intimacy of the relationship; which is the feelings of being close to someone, but if you do not have the commitment in the relationship then there is no foundation to build on. The commitment is where the two of you made a decision to love one another and maintain that relationship.
It also aims to reduce ethnocentrism meaning the tendency to use our own cultural group as the norm and judge others as deviating from this. Finally the aim is to also consider culture as an important independent variable and to readdress the balance in gender research meaning to do more in other parts of the world to see if it's the same. Research showing cultural differences in gender roles, was carried out by Margaret Mead who was a renounced anthropologist arguing in favour of environmental determinism. Mead changed her view in light of further research. The first was that she found that in all three tribes, it was the men who went to war, suggesting some traits such as aggression may be innate.
“Belonging is when people accept you for who you are” Our identity determines who we are and where we belong, and it undergoes a continual change as we are exposed to different kinds of environments and people. Belonging means to feel a sense of welcome and acceptance to someone or something. It is indeed true that belonging is when people accept you for who you are, isolation and depression often ensues when one fails to find a sense of belonging. Our sense of belonging could be affected by the change of our experiences overtime, and how easily we are influenced by our family and friends, or even media. As it may be difficult to discover our true identity, it jeopardises our ability to find a sense of belonging, because we are weary from our previous unpleasant experiences.
While the Nacrima’s practices seem strange to us, as Miner has written about them, cultural relativism is an important practice in our daily lives. While we do not have to necessarily accept a certain cultures norms and values or perhaps they are vastly different from our own belief system, to be less rigid of other cultural norms allows us to be more understanding or even empathetic of other
Cultural Competency Assessment Helping professionals must remain culturally competent. Helping professionals are in a field where cultural diversity is extremely high in numbers. Remaining aware of the many different cultures and what is and isn’t allowed will keep the professional in touch with their clients. Bodenhorn, Jackson, and Farrell (2005) stated “One of the challenges many individuals experience in recognizing and valuing other cultures is that they do not have an awareness of themselves as cultural beings”. It will also allow the professional to remain respectful of the client’s culture.
He states that ethnic diversity is a stepping-stone for varying perspectives and even more skillsets to a particular population. As a result of this collection of ranging views and skillsets, society is perceived to unify and bond over these ideals rather than segregate from one another. “Diversity might actually reduce both in-group and out-group solidarity….both bonding and bridging together of social capital” (Putnam, 2007). In other words, a more self-less, unified and society is formed due to tolerance and acceptance of others ideals, preferences and values amongst co-ethnics and non co-ethnics. This idea plays well in hand with the principle that cultures and ethnic identities are formed with shared values and preferences.
For this scenario I will be taking the ethnocentrism perspective. However in doing some research on ethnocentrism, I have found that ethnocentrism is a commonly used word in circles where ethnicity, inter-ethnic relations, and similar social issues are of concern. The usual definition of the term is "thinking one's own group's ways are superior to others" or "judging other groups as inferior to one's own". "Ethnic" refers to cultural heritage, and "centrism" refers to the central starting point... so "ethnocentrism" basically refers to judging other groups from our own cultural point of view. However, I feel that this is how I need to look at this scenario, from a ethnocentrism perspective.
They take their responsibilities very seriously, and can be counted on to follow through. For this reason, people naturally tend to rely on them. The ISFJ has a difficult time saying "no" when asked to do something, and may become over-burdened. In such cases, the ISFJ does not usually express their difficulties to others, because they intensely dislike conflict, and because they tend to place other people's needs over their own. The ISFJ needs to learn to identify, value, and express their own needs, if they wish to avoid becoming over-worked and taken for
Central to the therapist's role in client-centred therapy is respecting the clients values as well as maintaining a therapeutic nonjudgmental attitude. This relationship can be even be more important, especially if the client doesn't have any family or friends. Because most clients seems to have lost a sense of value within themselves, having someone perceive them as a valuable person, capable of personal growth, should have an encouraging affect. The goals of the client-centered therapist are congruence, unconditional
Most important is that religious beliefs and behaviors are crucial elements in peoples understanding of their cultural identity. This comes into the fore as people watch how their families brought them up. The values of autonomy and independence, familial duties and obligations, adherence to spiritual precepts and practices constitute important elements in one’s understanding of one’s cultural identity. As for American or western, individual autonomy and secular values are predominant but are not easily reconciled by traditional cultures emphasizing community cohesion and religious devotion. Adolescents cultural identity formation centers on moral and religious issues due to globalization.