Personal perspectives

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Ramesh lives in India and is a practicing Hindu, he believes that cows are sacred animals.

• His past experiences

• His education

• His religious beliefs

Answer explanation

In India nearly 80% of the population follow the Hinduism. This means that factors such as:

-Parents
-Culture
-Values

May also have influenced this individual

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Chloe is 27 and she is scared of water because when she was 5 years old she was pushed into a pool and nearly drowned!

• Her culture

• Her education

• Her past experiences

• Her parents

Answer explanation

Chloe is scared of the water due to the traumatic event that happened in her childhood, therefore her fear is shaped by a past experience.

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Darleen is 15 years old, she does not believe in human evolution as she never covered this topic in Science lessons.

• Her past experiences

• Her education

• Her culture

• Her values.

Answer explanation

Darleen may have been influenced by multiple factors including:

-Her education
-Her parents
-Her religious beliefs
-Her values
-Her culture

However, this example specifically states that she does not believe in evolution as she did not learn about it in her science lessons.

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Joe does not believe that boys should wear pink. His farther has never allowed him to buy or wear pink clothes as he says they are for girls.

• His parents

• His culture

• His relgious beliefs

• His education

Answer explanation

Joe has been influenced by his father's opinion, this is therefore a product of his parents and his upbringing.

While Joe is influenced by his father, his father may have been influenced by SOCIETY and what was 'acceptable' for Joe's farther when he was a child.

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Julie is very worried about money, she considers stealing jewelry from her neighbors house. However, she decides that is not the right thing to do as she thinks it will make her friends fall out with her.

• Her religious beliefs

• Sociatal values

• Her parents

• Her education

Answer explanation

Joe has been influenced by societal values as she is only concerned about what her friends will think of her is she completed the robbery!

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Akira is from Japan. When he attends business meetings he greets his coworkers by bowing.

• His culture

• His education

• His parents

• His past experiences

Answer explanation

Bowing is considered a traditional way of greeeting people in East Asia, especially in Japan and Korea.

In the UK or the USA, in the West, Akira would shake a new business partners hand.

Which factor is influencing the individual in the scenario provided:

Selena has been offered a promotion at her workplace. She knows she will be overworked and unhappy if she takes the position but decides that the money is too good for her to

• Her culture

• Her parents

• Her values

• Her education

Answer explanation

Selena values money over her own happiness and this is why she has chosen to accept the promotion.