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Sociology Being overseas gives us an oportunity to see more than one cultures wy of communicating. I sat at a busy intersection where alot of pedetrian and vehicle traffic passes by. Its is a four way intersection on the Yongsan Army Base in seoul, Korea. I sat there from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, which is luch time for most people. Most people were walking or driving cars, and a few were riding bicycles or running. It was an extremely hot day with temperatures in the upper 90's. The groups ranged from dyads to tryads and even many large groups. My observation was mainly focused on the differnces between Korean groups and American groups The thing that struck me the most about my observation was how each culture reacted to each other. In general the majority of Korean people were in tryads or larger groups. Generaly in those groups all paries were involved in the conversation quite the reverse from the American groups who usually had one person talking and the others listening. In the Korean groups there was almost always more women then there were men in each tryad or larger group. In tryads the Korean man rarely walked in between the two women but was usually on one side or the other. In the American groups if the goup was a tryad there was almost never a women in the group. American groups in general usually consisted of dyads. In the American groups usually one peron would be talking and the others would listen to him or her. In the Korean groups during the conversation between the group members everyone in the group would look at each other as they talked. In the American groups it was quite the opposit with most of the members looking away from each other. In some cases the American groups were not even talking to each other at all In the American groups the conversation never seemed to be about something fun or exciting. Most of the American groups seemed to be talking about a serious issue. The most serious and intense groups conversations appeared to be those between American groups who's members were wearing army uniforms. It seemed these individuals were always talking about work. The Korean groups appeared to always be in a happy mood with smiles on their faces and lots to talk about. The Korean people seemed to always be talking about there previous days adventures The hand and ... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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