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Ways that we use our time communicate information about ourselves and our feelings
Can indicate other messagesappropriate times for phone calls (Call at 2 a.m. usually indicates emergency)
Some societies value time highly (Americans have an emphasis on watching the clock and doing things on time)
Levels of analysis
Cross-Cultural Chronemics
Polychronic
Monochronic
Multiple activities at once Flexible approach to time No strict agenda Focus on relationship Relationships more important than the job Promptness based on relationships
Monochronic cultures
Germany England Turkey South Korea Japan Jamaica Canada Switzerland United States Scandinavia
Polychronic cultures
Saudi Arabia Egypt China Mexico New Orleans Philippines Pakistan India Africa
Why
Why
How
The
human eye can see at least 7 million colors. The colors we see can affect our perceptions of the world.
can affect our reactions to emotions to even our appetite.
Colors
Colors,
Color
is a meaningful constant for sighted people and it's a powerful psychological tool.
By using color psychology, you can send a positive or negative message, encourage sales, calm a crowd, or make an athlete pump iron harder.
Hospitals
use light green rooms because they are found to be calming to patients.
Color Spectrum
Age
Surroundings
Light
Take away the surrounding gray and black you can see the colors are the same
High
contrast between colors creates muscular activity which fatigues the eye greater the contrast between two colors the more difficult it is to look at.
The
The
two sets of pictures are now easier to see when we lower the contrast.
Igor Amelkovich
Toshihiro Oshima