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    The iceberg model of culture suggests that only about 10% of a culture is visible, like the tip of an iceberg above water, while 90% of the underlying beliefs, values, and assumptions that influence a culture are hidden below the surface. The model divides culture into three sections - visible/surface elements like behaviors and rituals; thinking elements like laws and institutions; and feeling elements like values, beliefs, and assumptions. This model helps understand and decode behaviors of people from other cultures by representing what is visible and non-visible about a culture.

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    The iceberg model of culture suggests that only about 10% of a culture is visible, like the tip of an iceberg above water, while 90% of the underlying beliefs, values, and assumptions that influence a culture are hidden below the surface. The model divides culture into three sections - visible/surface elements like behaviors and rituals; thinking elements like laws and institutions; and feeling elements like values, beliefs, and assumptions. This model helps understand and decode behaviors of people from other cultures by representing what is visible and non-visible about a culture.

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    The iceberg model of culture suggests that only about 10% of a culture is visible, like the tip of an iceberg above water, while 90% of the underlying beliefs, values, and assumptions that influence a culture are hidden below the surface. The model divides culture into three sections - visible/surface elements like behaviors and rituals; thinking elements like laws and institutions; and feeling elements like values, beliefs, and assumptions. This model helps understand and decode behaviors of people from other cultures by representing what is visible and non-visible about a culture.

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    Iceberg Model of Culture

    To help you better understand culture and decode certain behaviours, we give you a good
    Canadian model: the Iceberg. When seen on the water, only approximately 10% of the iceberg
    can be seen—most of it is below the surface. This model is useful in helping us understand
    behaviours of members of other cultures. Have a look at the iceberg and its 3 sections.

    Ways of life
    Visible Part doing Laws and customs
    Institutions
    Methods
    Techniques
    Rituals
    Language

    thinking

    Norms
    Roles
    Ideologies
    Beliefs
    Philosophy

    feeling
    Values
    Tastes
    Attitudes
    Desires
    Hidden Part Assumptions
    Expectations
    Myths
    Etc.

    Adapted from: Guy Rocher, Introduction à la sociologie générale, Tome 1, 1969

    Centre for Intercultural Learning Centre d'apprentissage interculturel www.intercultures.gc.ca


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