Week 10 Post 3: Culture and Images of the Self

“Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that has not already been discussed during this discussion week, that you found useful or interesting, and discuss it.

One concept I found interesting in this weeks reading was the idea of culture and self image. According to our text, culture affects basic notions of human nature, including the extent to which the individual self is valued (352). Our self image, both on an individual basis and as a cultural group has a large affect on our actions, specifically our methods of communication. For example, someone with a poor self-image may speak and communicate with others in a way that degrades them or the other person. Even body language can represent a hesitancy that communicates a message that the sender might not actually intend. As a culture, we communicate as a large group and how we feel translates into how other cultures feel about us.”