I was looking through my old document earlier.
I found this paper I had written for my social psychology class I took at MATC two years ago.
I remembered being surprised for receiving a really good grade on this. My first two papers I had wrote earlier in the semester had very poor grades to it.
Knowing this may give you an idea why I don't like people "dabbing" around me.
Some of my siblings do occasionally.
Although I am guilty of making comments of, "Are you high or something?" After they do the move.
Looking back at this paper it's still a very interested read. I hope it informs a few.
Social Psychology
Reaction Paper 2: How History Influence Cultural Gestures
By Eve K
Date: November 21, 2017
In class when we covered the chapter on Genes, Gender and Culture, during the discussion on culture we watched a video on culture differences titled, Gestures, Meaning and Cultures. In the video Desmond Morris explains how different cultures have different gestures. I have known of a few before due to as a child a friend thought it was funny, how other countries use different gestures as ways of an insult.
As the text describes culture, “The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.” (as cited in in Myers, 2017). These gestures that differ from culture to culture are influenced mainly on the ancestors and others who lived in that culture before. In the video Morris describes the fact that most common gesture you will see for yes is a nod of the head up and down, but in India you will find a wobble of their heads slightly side to side and in Bulgaria you will see both forms of the gesture being used.
As an example as described in Urban dictionary “Dabbing (1) - Vaporizing concentrated marijuana, usually in the form of wax or hash, by placing it on an extremely hot metal object called a nail and inhaling the vapors produced. The nail is usually heated via blowtorch. Inhaling this harsh and concentrated form of marijuana often causes one to cry and wipe one's tears away while coughing and passing a bong.(2) - Performing the dance move characterized by raising an elbow and tucking one's head toward that elbow while raising and extending the opposite arm behind. This dance move is often seen while dabbing (1) since the dabber immediately coughs into his inner arm and wipes his or her tears away while passing a bong.”
As this gesture has grown in popularity the original meaning has been lost to many. To some dabbing is an act of being cool and fitting in. There is a possibility that in ten, twenty years we’ll see different cultures using the gesture in either of the forms; one symbolizing getting high, the other as a symbol of belonging and fitting in. This depends on in the culture the influence the person has passing their meaning on to the next generation. Although this may change due to this generation's access to world wide information through the internet.
“The meaning of gestures develops and change according to cultural circumstances.” as quoted from Social Psychology K.J. Gergen, M.M. Gergen (1986).
References
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRQSRed58XM&feature=related
Myers, D. G. (2017) Social Psychology (12th ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill.
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