CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

The polycentric perspective is one that views every country or culture as unique. This orientation operates with the motto of Think local, act local, where cultural differences become exaggerated and there are few if any opportunities for developing regional economies of scale. In his orientation, cultural differences are over emphasized. Orientation is the perspective, where the individual recognizes similarities and contrasts between and across cultures.
Furthermore, in almost every culture, sexual desires and basic instincts are recognized and restricted by laws. Specifically, there are rules prohibiting incest and outlines of inappropriate behavior in every society, whether or not they agree on the details. Some form of religion or beliefs system is established whenever people encounter questions about the nature of the world that they cannot explain with provable facts. The presence of communication and culture, however varied, is also a human universal.




 When people gather together in a society, they find ways to convey their thoughts and intentions with verbal and nonverbal symbols. With the development of a characteristic community, cultures develop with distinct language, art, religion, and social systems. These social systems often include hierarchies, by which people organize and rank the individuals or groups in their societies. These are basic universals, and can be found in nearly every human culture in the world.