Brief Introduction of the Matter

Binge drinking is one of the most significant issues that I can recall led to viewing various matters differently between my relational partner and me. First, since my partner and I are from different racial backgrounds coming into a concise agreement was one of the challenging aspects. Still, through the engagement of various perspectives, we were able to solve the matter. In addition, the most important thing I did was to listen to my partner's side of the story as to why she was so much into the consumption of alcohol and the associated benefits that come as a result of drinking the alcohol. Thus, having strong communication skills played a vital role in my selection, organization, and interpretation of my partner's drinking behavior which changed her whole perception of alcohol.

Question 1.

Listening to her created a situation on developing various solutions that we can work effectively for both of us to save our relationship. The first step was to start approaching my partner to get information from her since everyone has something to say or defend their behaviors, and this is worth listening to and considering. The second step is talking, whereby every one of us came up with their thoughts, perceptions, and feelings concerning alcohol and individual's wants that we can work on to prevent binge drinking. The third step was to listen to my partner, where she said that since she is French, she has grown up drinking wine during every meal, and it was in her culture to take every meal with the accompaniment of an alcoholic drink that was available. Therefore, we had to agree that instead of having alcohol in every meal, she can only be having it in one meal per day. This could act as a rehabilitation action for the development and growth of our relationship.

Question 2.

 Social-cultural factors play a vital role in people's perception by creating different salience and familiarity of stimuli and specific habits of perception. Moreover, individuals from various cultural contexts tend to possess varying perceptions, such as interpreting depth and identifying objects or things. For instance, alcohol use is so much likely to be the product of the interactive effects of several elements, such as psychological effects, which means that regular and heavy alcohol consumption interferes with brain chemicals critical for good mental health. Lastly, we agreed with my partner that high blood pressure, blood clots, heart attack, and irregular heartbeat could connect with the physiological impact of consuming wine, so she should stop.