Cultural Self-Awareness
Cultural self awareness is essential to human existence. It is not easy for us to understand other’s culture if we ourselves are not aware of our own. It is also important when we interact with other people from other culture. Every one of us has a different culture which can be based by our own daily experiences and also depends on how the society shaped us on how to behave and act appropriately. This essay states that culture, knowledge, experience and behaviour are associated within me and the relationship between them simultaneously influenced my development as a human being. This essay explains the essence of culture, knowledge, experience and behaviour and how they are related with each other.
Firstly, culture develops from the person’s own beliefs, values and traditions which generates from its own knowledge and experiences in order to survive. According to De Long (1997), culture is classified in different views and it is also described in terms of values, norms and practices. However, Matsumoto (2007), states that culture are combination of inherent and learned attributes shared by certain group of people, which is influenced by the environment and the available resources where they grew up in order to meet the basic needs of human so as to adapt and survive with the changes that happened around them. For example, as Filipinos, we have this culture to provide help to our fellow countrymen especially in times of natural disaster, such as typhoons, floods or earthquake. With all the natural calamities happened in our country, I observed that Filipinos are willing to help one another and cooperate with the relief operation that the government or private groups organized for them in order to survive and cope up with the current situation by providing emotional support and giving foods, water, clothing and also shelter. Filipinos believed that Aside from human’s basic needs, social aspects are also a need for every individual in order to achieve the essence
Firstly, culture develops from the person’s own beliefs, values and traditions which generates from its own knowledge and experiences in order to survive. According to De Long (1997), culture is classified in different views and it is also described in terms of values, norms and practices. However, Matsumoto (2007), states that culture are combination of inherent and learned attributes shared by certain group of people, which is influenced by the environment and the available resources where they grew up in order to meet the basic needs of human so as to adapt and survive with the changes that happened around them. For example, as Filipinos, we have this culture to provide help to our fellow countrymen especially in times of natural disaster, such as typhoons, floods or earthquake. With all the natural calamities happened in our country, I observed that Filipinos are willing to help one another and cooperate with the relief operation that the government or private groups organized for them in order to survive and cope up with the current situation by providing emotional support and giving foods, water, clothing and also shelter. Filipinos believed that Aside from human’s basic needs, social aspects are also a need for every individual in order to achieve the essence