reflection essay about socio-cultural context
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Culture and society may mean different things to different people. For instance, society is defined as “an association with one’s fellows…, the system of customs and organization adopted by a body of individuals…, the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community…” in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2002, p.2906, cited in New Zealand Tertiary College[NZTC], 2010). In this essay, society refers to the aggregate of people living together. Therefore, the Chinese society means the populations living in China. Culture in this essay refers to “the distinctive customs, achievements, products, outlook, etc., of a society…”as defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2002, p. 575, cited in NZTC, 2010). By culturally-specific child rearing practices within this essay, it means the consistent and similar child rearing practices adopted by Chinese, such as feeding, toilet training, sleeping arrangement, and discipline.