Imagination And Stereotypes

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“The truth is never simple. It’s only in the Western world that you think knowledge is something you can acquire quickly and easily. It takes time. The truth never hurries.”
― Henning Mankell, The Man from Beijing(Henningmankell.com, 2015)
I will ask if there are cultural reasons why some of this may happen.

Because of its ambiguous function and usage, silence is a major source of intercultural miscommunication, which frequently leads to negative judgments, and breeds stereotypes. (Lemak, 2012.pii)
Therefore, what appears as a pause for thought in a friendly witness is suspected to be a pause for concealment in a witness for the other sid(Lemak, 2012.p.11)

I learned quickly that imagination could function as a tool for survival as well as for creativity. ― Henning Mankell (Henningmankell.com, 2015)

Is this an aspect of Survival mode …show more content…

Survival mode is `when you feel threatened, your survival mode kicks into gear. Survival mode focuses most of your attention on helping yourself out of the threatening or potentially threatening situation. In survival mode your ability to show altruism or even love is diminished, and you push people away—literally and energetically. The thing about feeling threatened is that it can either be a real threat or it can be something you fear might happen.` (Shafer, 2015) feeling fear is not necessary a bad thing as it warns us of danger and to take appropriate action. ` Studies have shown that when animals are incapable of feeling fear, they don’t survive for very long, and the same is undoubtedly true for people`. (Montgomery,

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