Exersice # 6

                                                              The Culture Iceberg


4- Explain the "iceberg" theory of culture. Why is it important for cross-cultural understanding?

In a comparison between iceberg and culture there can be found a lot of similarities between them referring to the idea of what is visible and what is invisible. It can be seen that just a small portion is invisible under the water, and that exactly describes people's thought about culture. People often think of a culture from the observable. External manifestation such as food, music and arts but in reality culture is more deeply than that, it's about how core values and attitudes are interpreted in daily life situation. In addition, it's a necessary to know more about cultural core values because it's  help you to be more understandable and not to judge a culture by it's visible side.


* Give five example of surface culture:-

1- Food.
2- Dances.
3- Arts.
4- Music.
5- Greeting rituals.


* Give ten examples of underlying ( below the surface ) culture :-

1- Attitudes.
2- core values.
3- Way they act.
4- Words they use.
5- laws they enact.
6- Communicating ways.
7- The media.
8- Economies.
9- Educational systems.
10- History.
11- Religion
12- Family