Cultural

differences and
how they
influence our
personality
September 4, 2022
Talking in the restaurants
The Boss/ Authorities
Individuality
Dealing with problems
Queuing
Telling the truth
Getting angry/demonstrating emotions
Self portrayal
Transportation
Expressing an opinion
Treatment of newcomers
Time management and Punctuality
Your examples?
Where this idea comes from
Yang Liu is a Chinese illustrator, who was born and raised in Beijing,
moved to Berlin at the age of 13. After living in the German capital for 13
years, Liu began working on a project to document the differences
between Eastern and Western culture. The result is these simple posters
which compare and contrast certain attitudes and behaviors, with red
representing China/East and blue representing the West. 

https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/12500/cultural-differences-east-west-illustrated
Cultural iceberg
 Focus on        
past, Food Sense of fairness Holidays Courtesy and manners
present
and future

  Roles related to age,    

Display of gender, class and family Fashion Personal Importance of
emotions   space individualism
      Tolerance of
Customs Understanding of Language Concept uncertainty and
and cleanness of self ambiguity
Traditions  

    Importance of Attitudes towards

Games Value of self competition authority
Cultural iceberg
• The Cultural Iceberg - YouTube
 Culture: What Is It, and How Does It Influence Us?

• Culture: What Is It, and How Does It Influence Us? - Intercultural Solutions

• The culture wheel is one of the best displays of culture

designate four of the cultures inside and outside of the wheel
that you most identify with.
1. What do you most identify with?
2. What do you spend the most time thinking about?
3. What do you spend the most time in or doing?
4. What do you value or think is most important?
Cultural wheel
Draw your personal cultural wheel

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 5th Qtr 6th Qtr
Define yourself
• Who are you?
• What influences your personality?