Ethnomedical Approach focuses on how illness is identified and treated by different cultures. Different cultures have different sectors of Health Care; they can be the popular sector, professional sector, and or folk sector. These sectors are their traditional views on how illnesses are treated, and how patients/ healers interact. Sociocultural anthropologists observed that local people believed in the healing power of spirits as a part of their religion. In the US, Biomedicine dictates the system of Ethnomedicine (ANP, Summer '13).
Shyness is a very common but often painful state that can be treated and overcome. Its condition ranges from mild social awkwardness that arises during social encounters, to a more severe form that can cause relationship problems known as social phobia. It is recognized that Shyness exists in all cultures, yet the degree of one's shyness is dependent on the cultural background and ethnic identity. Research found that the highest level of Shyness is found among the Japanese, Taiwanese and Asian-Hawaiians, and lowest in Jewish Americans and Israelis. Asian culture emphasizes on "interdependence, complex interactions, and paradox", on the context and harmony of the situation. However, Westerners tend to "focus more narrowly on individuals, independence and on individuals taking action (Markway, 2011)".
The United States' culture has changed, and there are more shy people. Since an increase in crime rate, children are forced to stay off the street. Also, modern families are smaller and so there are fewer siblings and smaller peer groups), resulting in children growing up with less opportunity for "unstructured interpersonal development" (Markway, 2011), and may have led to increase shyness. Another clear correlation is between increased shyness and the growing dependence on technology for communication (e.g. texts, emails, social networks); these limit human contact and an individuals’ ability to develop and sustain human relationships (Markway, 2011).
Research found that in the US, the majority uses social media for communication. Adults use social media 73%, while teens use them 93% of the time. There are 63% of the teens who go online daily (and this continues to rise), and 2/3 of all teens connect with others through calling, texting and social networking (Donohue, 2012). Emotional intelligence is the concept of being able to “both understand and ultimately control one’s own emotions in various communication situations”. In other words, emotional intelligence is the ability to sensor one’s feeling and also interpreting others emotions while communicating. Researcher, Clifford Nass, found that people who spend too much time in social media “restricts their social intelligence”, and especially so for females because they often display visual cues (Donohue, 2012).
Citations:
Donohue, William. Card Talk. Dubuque. Kendall Hunt, 2012. Print.
Markway, Greg. "Shy and Popular? Depends on Where You Live", Psychology Today, August 30, 2011, accessed July 20, 2013, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shyness-is-nice/201108/shy-and-popular-depends-where-you-live.
Shyness is a very common but often painful state that can be treated and overcome. Its condition ranges from mild social awkwardness that arises during social encounters, to a more severe form that can cause relationship problems known as social phobia. It is recognized that Shyness exists in all cultures, yet the degree of one's shyness is dependent on the cultural background and ethnic identity. Research found that the highest level of Shyness is found among the Japanese, Taiwanese and Asian-Hawaiians, and lowest in Jewish Americans and Israelis. Asian culture emphasizes on "interdependence, complex interactions, and paradox", on the context and harmony of the situation. However, Westerners tend to "focus more narrowly on individuals, independence and on individuals taking action (Markway, 2011)".
The United States' culture has changed, and there are more shy people. Since an increase in crime rate, children are forced to stay off the street. Also, modern families are smaller and so there are fewer siblings and smaller peer groups), resulting in children growing up with less opportunity for "unstructured interpersonal development" (Markway, 2011), and may have led to increase shyness. Another clear correlation is between increased shyness and the growing dependence on technology for communication (e.g. texts, emails, social networks); these limit human contact and an individuals’ ability to develop and sustain human relationships (Markway, 2011).
Research found that in the US, the majority uses social media for communication. Adults use social media 73%, while teens use them 93% of the time. There are 63% of the teens who go online daily (and this continues to rise), and 2/3 of all teens connect with others through calling, texting and social networking (Donohue, 2012). Emotional intelligence is the concept of being able to “both understand and ultimately control one’s own emotions in various communication situations”. In other words, emotional intelligence is the ability to sensor one’s feeling and also interpreting others emotions while communicating. Researcher, Clifford Nass, found that people who spend too much time in social media “restricts their social intelligence”, and especially so for females because they often display visual cues (Donohue, 2012).
Citations:
Donohue, William. Card Talk. Dubuque. Kendall Hunt, 2012. Print.
Markway, Greg. "Shy and Popular? Depends on Where You Live", Psychology Today, August 30, 2011, accessed July 20, 2013, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shyness-is-nice/201108/shy-and-popular-depends-where-you-live.