Write 300 words explain the ways in which there are differences between “Eastern” and “Western” conceptions of the self.

First: Follow each of these links. Read each article. Listen to the podcast.

Second answer the following prompts:

1) Write 300 words explain the ways in which there are differences between “Eastern” and “Western” conceptions of the self. How do “culture bound syndromes” prove this?

2) Write 200 words on the ways different strategies in child rearing can lead to the development of particular behaviors and approaches. How o Inuit people teach children to control their anger? How do Maya teach their children to help with housework without complaint? What does the Inuit example say about the link between temper and nature/nurture?

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/25/science/the-group-and-the-self-new-focus-on-a-cultural-rift.html?pagewanted=all (Links to an external site.)

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170118-how-east-and-west-think-in-profoundly-different-ways (Links to an external site.)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/may/20/mental-illnesses-depression-pms-culturally-determined?CMP=twt_fd (Links to an external site.)

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/the-self-in-east-and-west/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.tofugu.com/japan/taijin-kyofusho/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.npr.org/2015/06/21/416272772/auditory-hallucinations-may-vary-across-cultures (Links to an external site.)

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/13/685533353/a-playful-way-to-teach-kids-to-control-their-anger (Links to an external site.)

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/01/641266260/how-to-get-kids-to-do-chores-does-the-maya-method-work (Links to an external site.)