Option A: Watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding (the movie is not available via YouTube, so you have to find the movie yourself) and respond to the following questions. 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations, please compare the U.S. American culture and the Greek culture in the following dimensions. You need to define each dimension and use specific examples from the movie to support your arguments (350 to 500 words): OR Option B: Watch Outsourced (the movie is posted under this assignment) and respond to the following questions. 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations, please compare the U.S. American culture and the Indian culture in the following dimensions (400 to 550 words): Assignment 2 (30 points) You have two options for this assignment. Please choose either Option A or B, NOT both. (Please specify in your response whether you choose Option A or B) Option A: Watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding (the movie is not available via YouTube, so you have to find the movie yourself) and respond to the following questions. 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations, please compare the U.S. American culture and the Greek culture in the following dimensions. You need to define each dimension and use specific examples from the movie to support your arguments (350 to 500 words): Individualism/collectivism (10 points) Assimilation: abandon one’s own cultural habits and values in order to accept the new host culture totally. Integration: espouse cultural values and practices from both one’s own culture and the new cultural environment (bicultural identity). Power distance (10 points) 2) Previous studies have found that there are 4 major acculturation strategies that immigrants use in cultural adaptation. They are: Separation: maintaining own cultural values and avoid contact with the majority culture as much as possible. Marginalization: don’t hold on to your original culture, nor integrate in the new culture Of course, any one individual may use a variety of strategies in adaptation. For example, a Chinese immigrant may choose to only speak English to his/her children, so the children grow up not knowing how to speak Chinese. This represents the assimilation strategies. However, in social life, he or she tends to socialize only with Chinese individuals and may insist that the children marry only a Chinese individual, representing separation strategies. What do you think are the major acculturation strategies that Toula’s father uses? For example, how is that reflected in his child-rearing practices and attitudes toward Ian at first? (150 to 200 words) (10 points) Option B: Watch Outsourced (the movie is posted under this assignment) and respond to the following questions. 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations, please compare the U.S. American culture and the Indian culture in the following dimensions (400 to 550 words): Individualism/collectivism (5 points) Power distance (5 points) Polychronic/monochronic (5 points) High-context/low-context (5 points) Please explain each dimension and use specific examples from the movie to support your arguments. 2) Previous studies have found that sojourners go through some stages while adapting to a new culture. According to Lysgaard (1955), ‘adjustment as a process over time seems to follow a U-shaped curve: adjustment is felt to be easy and successful to begin with; then follows a ‘crisis’ in which one feels less well adjusted, somewhat lonely and unhappy; finally one begins to feel better adjusted again, becoming more integrated into the foreign community’ (p. 51). These predicable stages are known to be 1) honeymoon, 2) culture shock, and 3) adjustment. What are the stages that Tod went through in adjusting to the Indian society? (100 to 150 words) (10 Points) Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: cultural differences Americans and Greeks dimensions of individualism American culture strategy of separation Church wedding User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.
