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May 2012
13m 6s

Cultural Differences

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Culture affects how we behave in any given situation, it varies between groups in different places, it includes values and is learned as we grow up in a particular social context. At the same time because our own culture is the water in which we swim, most of the time we are unaware of it. It shapes our behaviour and how we understand the world at a level th ... Show More
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