Explain How Culture Can Be Understood as a "Tool Kit

question 83

Essay

Explain how culture can be understood as a "tool kit" that includes a variety of "scripts." Use two examples of a situation in which you would use different "scripts" from your cultural "tool kit," and explain why these "scripts" would differ (for example, a job interview, a first date, meeting your significant other's parents, being stopped by law enforcement).

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Definitions:

False Communication

The act of knowingly transmitting or conveying incorrect information to another party.

False Light

A type of privacy tort that occurs when someone publicly attributes to an individual views or actions that are misleading or false, but not defamatory.

Defamation

The act of damaging someone's good reputation by making false or malicious statements in spoken (slander) or written (libel) form.

Tort Law

A segment of law that addresses, remedies, and compensates for civil wrongs not arising out of contractual obligations.