New to MAC from Windows...How to make list view the default global view

Hi Everyone...I know there are several posts already regarding this topic but I still cannot figure it out...I am brand new to Apple as I have used Windows based PC's for most of my life.
My question is...in Finder when I open a folder it displays all the contents in Icon view...which is not a very efficient way to display information.
Is there any way to make all folders (regardless of whether I have previously accessed them or not) display in LIST mode?
Please remember when posting your answer that I am new to MAC's...so please keep your answer in terms that a 5 year old could understand and implement . Thanks everyone...and I really like my new MacBook Pro laptop!!!

I had the same problem when I first used Mac OS X. I wanted to rezize the finder window and alter the view etc. What I did was open up a window and customize it exactly how I wanted it, then hit command-N to get a new window. Usually this turned out to be how it used to be, but sometimes (maybe if you just change one thing at a time with a single drag or click or something) then the new window would be the changed version. Then close the finder windows making sure your changed one is the last one you close.
This is by no means an exact science for doing this, but it seems to work occassionally just by fiddling around changing things then opening/closing windows.
Hope this helps in some way!

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