Hearing about cultural dimensions and reading about how culture shapes people and how they think was very interesting. My fellow classmates and I were fortunate to have the opportunity to discuss cultural dimensions since having people from around the globe together is not something that happens often. The consensus among classmates is that culture will affect how people think, and how people think will influence culture. There is an inverse relationship. In the conversation, it was interesting to see that developed countries such as Western Europe or North America seem to have higher independence rates compared to developing countries. Since developing countries are constantly changing and tend to change as a group, they tend to have more collective power than developed countries. In contrast, developed countries tend to be more independent. During the discussion I also realized that the culture is continuously evolving. Korea’s culture has changed dramatically in the past 30 years, and people today think very differently than they did 30 years ago. You can apply this to food, clothes, homes, and even the way people speak.
