Behaviorem
Behaviorem or behavior-setting is a term from sociology that describes the culturally different behavior of people in individual cultures. The term is closely related to the term Kulturem , which describes the culturally determined standard situations.
Contactful / poor contact
| Contact cultures | Low contact cultures |
|---|---|
| Arabs | Northern Europeans |
| Latin American | Americans , Canadians |
| Greeks , Turks | Asians |
| some african cultures |
Yes No
There are several ways that people from different cultures interpret yes and no.
Yes
Nod your head: worldwide
Rocking your head back and forth: India , Pakistan , Bulgaria
Throwing your head back: Ethiopia
No
Shake head: widespread, especially in Central Europe
Throwing your head back: Arab cultures, Greece , Turkey , southern Italy
Raising eyebrows: Greece
Waving your hand off: widespread
fanning with your hand: Japan
Cross hands: widespread
Flick your chin up: Southern Italy, Sardinia
Waving the index finger off: widespread
Some welcoming rituals (first half of the 20th century)
| Clapping hands | Loango ( Africa , Congo ) |
| Clap hands and drum on ribs with elbows | Balonda (Africa, on the Zambezi) |
| Take off your hat or touch your hat, shaking hands | Americans and Europeans |
| Grab your hands and press your thumbs together | Wanyika (Africa) |
| Grasp hands and separate with one jerk | Nigerians |
| Caress your own face with the other's hands | Polynesians |
| Smell each other's cheeks and touch and rub each other with your noses | Mongols , Malays, Burmese , Lapps |
| Click your fingers | Dahomen (Africa) |
| Hands on trouser seams and bow | Austria , Germany , Argentina |
| Hand kiss | Central Europe , Latin America |
| folding hands | India , Southeast Asia |
| bow | China , Japan |
| hug | Latin America and others |
| Slight head movement | Great Britain |
See also
literature
- Thomas Baumer: Handbook Intercultural Competence (2 volumes); Orell Füssli publishing house, Zurich. ISBN 3-280-02691-1 and ISBN 3-280-05081-2 .