Introduction to Psychology II - Book Report/Review Example

[Your full June 16, Guessing other people’s ethnic and cultural background is an interesting task. Sometimes people guess by hearing the accent or the dialect; sometimes by the way of dressing and the couture; and, sometimes by the practices and actions. There are many other clues that people use to guess ethnicity. If I do not get a chance of asking the other person where he is from, the first thing I would consider is his language and the accent he is talking in. Different regions in a country have different accents and these help in guessing a person’s background.

The second important thing is the way the person dresses up and what kind of clothes he wears. Next is the customs he practices. All of these clues lead to his ethnic background. I have never tried to pretend an ethnicity. People usually guess my background by the way I dress up. I speak my national language and do not even follow the accent my forefathers have been speaking. Therefore, it is not always easy for others to know where I belong unless they ask. Most often they are correct but for someone who belongs to some other country, it becomes difficult for him to guess my ethnicity.

A foreigner would make wrong guesses since my dialect and customs have changed with the passage of time. When they make a mistake, they feel a little embarrassed but I make them feel at ease as it is normal for me to hear such guesses. I tell them to be comfortable, and keep guessing!