Misunderstanding Raising From the Differences in Cultural Perspective

Running Head: MISUNDERSTANDING
Misunderstanding
Name of the Student
Name of the university
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MISUNDERSTANDING1
Introduction
The aim of the paper is to indulge in a discussion of the issues faced in
misunderstanding raising from the differences in cultural perspective. In order to understand
the same, author would involve the Gibbs reflective cycle framework in order to enhance a
better understanding of the issues concerned.
Description
The incident involves a friend of mine when both of us went to France. During our
travel in the country, we encountered a girl and we befriended her easily. As a mode of
salutation when she approached him, she poke a kiss on his forehead. My friend was quite
taken aback at the gesture as he looked at it as a sense of indecency. He also complained of
lack of consent on the part of him. Later the girl explained to him that it was a simple gesture
of greetings that French people often indulge in.
Feeling
After the girl had parted, I realized that the misunderstanding took place because my
friend was not aware of the culture of greeting of French people. The case that had happened
was because of cultural differences. In competence of the people of culture about the culture
of the other has given rise to the situation (Deaton & Cartwright, 2018).
Evaluation
In a global situation, since the interaction of the people from different culture has
increased in an exponential level, the competence of the people to the culture of those whom
they are interacting with is also important (Pitzl, 2015). Every person has their own sense of
reality; however their reality is colored by their cultural context. As such, the connotation of
an attribute from a particular culture might not be accepted in the same way from the person