Power

       This chapter, reading and video were very interesting. First of all, the milgram experiment is a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram.The experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. Power has been involved in our lives since we were born. For example, children. They are powerless. Therefore, if a parents raise their kids in a restrained circumstance, these kids might not grew in a normal way. Other example is a violence. kids who used to get violence from their parents or see the violent situation of their parents s' fighting are likely to be violent to their future family as well. There is a statistic of the reality. When I was a junior high school student in Japan, there was a serious issue of bullying in my school. I wasn't the part of members of the bullying but I witnessed the situation that a girl from other class was attacked by bullies. There was bullies who had power to control their classmates.They were the cultural imperialism of the class. If their classmates opposed what they said, these classmates could have been a target of being bullied. Once a student became a target of bulling, he or she was marginalized from the class and friends. Mostly the student who was powerless could be a target of bullying. What these bullies did to the girl was that they forced her to buy foods for them or let she do their homework. She was exploited. Moreover, when the gym class was took place as a part of class, the bullies did a violent behavior to the girl, such as throwing a ball to the girl on purpose. The bullies were all girls and one of the girl was treated like a queen by other bullies. I had talked to the one of bullies, she told me that she didn't want to bully anyone but she had to, otherwise she could have became a target. As long as she acted a supporter of the group, she could be a center figure of the class. It was just like a people who acted teacher in the milgram experiment.Some of them didn't want to continue the torture but they continued the experiment because the authority figure of the experiment told them to do it strongly. It tells us that people can't be against powerful people. Besides, the circumstance which is unfamiliar lead people to act the way which is required in the circumstance. A fear is the one of factors to control the individual conscience. According to the experiment, the fear of electric shock determines how the participants should act. My experiment could be explained by the reading and this chapter about power. Actually I had experienced in doing milgram experiment at my college in Japan, because my major was psychology.

My country's culture

I'm going to introduce Japanese culture.
I hope you enjoy looking at these pictures.

                                               

Material Culture

This is called"Kimono"
We wear this at formal situations.
For example, when people turns 20 year-old, they wear kimono and celebrate.

Non material culture

This is what I like about Japanese culture that people have self discipline.
This picture is when the massive earthquake hit Japan. People made a line to purchase daily goods. This is a standard for us to think others especially when we are in difficulty.

At the station, They form straight line.

Cultural Shock

They never form straight line.

         Norm

All the cellphone should be on Vibration in the train. No talking on the phone.  And near the priority seat, cellphone should be off considering of people who use pacemaker.

   Language

We use three characters.
"Hiragana, Katakana, Kanaji(Chinese character)"

←Kanji.




←Hiragana






←katakana.  We use this when we describe words from foreign countries

     Folkways

This is called " Ozoni".  Each area has different taste and a way to make this soup following group customs. We eat this on new year.

 Ideal Culture

Elder people believe in "Bushido" which is based on " Samurai sprit "
This picture explains what Bushido means by Kanji and English.

 Real Culture

Young people are more free to express themselves compared to the past.

These people gather at specific area and share their hobbies.

                     Cultural Object

  Most Japanese people have PS3 as a DVD player.
Blu-ray is popular in Japan therefore, even if people don't use this as a game machine, many households have PS3.

         Behavior

This is very common behavior in Japan.
Bow means that express "respect, appreciation,apology" We do this for mostly elder people or someone new.