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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONCulture is a characteristic and knowledge of specific group ofpeople which includes religion, cuisine, social habits, language, music and arts. In simple term, itcan be said that there are several people who belong from various culture and live in samecountry (Cavelti and et.al., 2012). They are mainly different in some terms such as food, clothes,daily living habits etc. This assignment is going to throw light on two distinct culture forunderstanding their similarities and differences. Thus, Jewish and Christianity is explained in thiswhole project for analysing their major facts and figures with the help of significant theories. FINDINGS Jewish Culture and Religion - Judaism is the religion which is followed by Jewishpeople and it is also world's oldest Abrahamic culture. They believe in one god and the rules andregulation followed by them come out from Torah;it is their holly book. In the same women'sand men's not treated equally they think that female is weak as compared to male in everycontrast. Most importantly, they are strict toward their culture and follow all the norms written inTorah. Jewish don't follow anything related to Jesus because they says that god is one(Tamati,Gilbert and Pisoni, 2013). Apart from this, education which is considered necessary forevery gender whether they can be male or female. But here, in this religion women's are notpromoted for education even several restrictions are implemented on them related to clothes,talking, walking and so on. I belong from Jewish culture and live in United Kingdom. Christianity Culture and Religion – It is the world's biggest religion. In this there isabout 2.1 billion followers all over the world. This culture believe in teachings of Jesus Christwho lived in Holy Land 2000 years ago (Christianity, 2014). The people of this culture arehighly inspired by Western Culture. Christianity give equal opportunities related to education,freedom, job and so on given to men's as well women's both. They believe in Jesus and follow allthe rules and regulation given in Bible which is their Holly book. Because they believe that JesusChrist is the son of God and the holy spirit. All the important days related to their life and cultureare celebrated in church these are Easter, Christmas, marriage, death etc. Apart from this, majordrawback is that they don't follow their religion strictly and youngster are not even aware aboutit. For instance, my friend is from Christianity religion. Difference and similarities between Jewish and Christian culture1
Social Cognitive Theory – This theory explains the influence of particular personexperience, environmental elements effect on individual health behaviour as well actions ofothers. Key components involved in social cognitive theory are Self-efficacy, expectations,behavioural capabilities, self-control, expectancies, reinforcements and observational learning. Inthis report, this theory help in identifying differences between two culture people who live insame country they are Jewish and Christian (Ustinova and et.al., 2011). Apart from this, socialcognitive theory have their own views that people learn many things by watching others activity.In psychology, the same describe personality of person in term of how they think and reacttowards social environment. Implementation in relation of differences are as follows :- BasisJewishChristian EnvironmentalEnvironmental factor include socialnorms, community and culturalinfluences. For a person who belongs toJewish culture, it is required to followall the norms and traditions due tovarious restriction. Jews culture denotesseveral laws and customs on the basis ofcontemporary trends as orthodox,conservative and Reform. In Jewish,there is a specific law for dispute,divorce and others. Christian are not so superstitiousbecause they believes to live an openlife with full of freedom. My friendconsider his/her faith in ability, workand its outcomes. They lives a lifethat consider less regulations,equality in gender and so on. Majorlythey lives a friendly life with family,friends and relatives. BehaviourJewish purse their learning andbehavioural approaches on the basis oftheir culture and norms. I began myprimary education from my parents andfamily members. Individual whobelongs to Jewish family seems to behighly dedicated toward their culture. Inthe terms of thoughts, Jewish culture hasmajor influence in my overall actions. In Christians families, since they areinspired by western communities soafter a certain age group, parentsgive freedom to their children forliving their life by their own rules andregulations. In terms of education,learning and understanding, there isno specific restrictions or norm thatthey needs to be considered in theirlife. This is the main reason that the2
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