Presently, we prepare future physicians to work with patients in a manner that makes distinctions between cross-cultural interactions and physician-patient communication in general. The authors argue that this distinction is an artificial one. Given that Biomedicine in and of itself can be considered a unique culture, all physician-patient interactions are cross–cultural by definition. To suppo...

AMONG THE TOPICS usually covered in introductory sociology courses, culture may be the most far-reaching and immediately relevant. Not only do cultural concerns cut across virtually every other topic in introductory courses, but the increasing diversity of the American population and the trend toward globalization demand that students understand the challenges and rewards inherent in cross-cult...

As is known to all, culture a very complex social phenomenon, and every country has its own unique culture. Culture also contains the elements of language. In process learning language, if we want understand use language correctly, must Nowadays, cultural difference between China west become one stumbling blocks in college students' English process. This paper analyzes differences Chinese Weste...

Oyserman, Coon, and Kemmelmeier's (2002) meta-analysis suggested problems in the measurement of individualism and collectivism. Studies using Hofstede's individualism scores show little convergent validity with more recent measures of individualism and collectivism. We propose that the lack of convergent validity is due to national differences in response styles. Whereas Hofstede statistically ...

The Unified Biosocial Theory of Personality developed by Cloninger has been applied in different cultures. Distribution by age and sex of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) dimensions were assessed cross-culturally for samples in Spain and the USA. Three non-clinical samples were included: i) 404 participants from Asturias (Spain); ii) 240 participants from Burgos (Spain); and iii) 3...

A cross-cultural analysis of trust and cooperation networks in Northern Ghana (NGHA) and Oaxaca (OAX) was carried out by means of ego networks and interviews. These regions were chosen because both are inhabited by several ethnic groups, thus providing a good opportunity to test the cultural group selection hypothesis. Against the predictions of this approach, we found that in both regions coop...

Goal preferences indicate intentions to achieve or avoid particular states. We examined whether Curacaoan and Dutch students differ in goal preferences related to school and whether goal preferences are associated with students' evaluation of the classroom climate. Measurement invariance of the instruments was also tested between samples. Participants attended vocational high schools in Curacao...