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comm 150 test 2
terms - ch.5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Culture shock | The psychological discomfort of adjusting to a new cultural situation |
| Intercultural communication | Interaction between people whose cultural assumptions are distinct enough to alter the communication event |
| Dominant culture | The attitudes, values, beliefs and customs that the majority of people in a society hold in common |
| Co-cultures | Groups of people living within a dominant culture but exhibiting communication that is sufficiently different to distinguish them from the dominant culture |
| Ethnicity | A classification of people based on combinations of shared characteristics such as nationality, geographic origin, language, religion , ancestral customs and tradition |
| Religion | A system of beliefs shared by a group with objects for devotion, rituals for worship and a code of ethics |
| Social class | An indicator of a person’s position in a social hierarchy, as determined by income, education, occupation and social habits |
| Individualistic culture | Emphasizes personal rights and responsibilities, privacy, voicing one’s opinion, freedom, innovation and self expression |
| Collectivist culture | Emphasizes community, collaboration, shared interest, harmony, the public good, and avoiding embarrassment |
| Low uncertainty avoidance cultures | Cultures characterized by greater acceptance of and less need to control, unpredictable people, relationships or events |
| High uncertainty avoidance cultures | Cultures characterized by a low tolerance for, and a high need to control, unpredictable people, relationships or events |
| High power distance | The cultural belief that inequalities in power, status, and rank are "natural" and that these differences should be acknowledged and accentuated |
| Low power distance | The cultural belief that inequalities in power, status, and rank should be underplayed and muted |
| Masculine culture | A culture in which people are expected to adhere to traditional sex roles |
| Feminine culture | A culture in which people, regardless of sex, are expected to assume a variety of roles based on the circumstances and their own choices |
| Ethnocentrism | The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others |
| Altruism | A display of genuine and unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
| Egocentricity | A selfish interest in one’s own needs, to the exclusion of everything else |
| Intercultural empathy | imaginatively placing yourself in the dissimilar other person's cultural world to attempt to experience what he or she is experiencing |
| flexibility | the ability to adjust your communication to fit the other person and the situation |
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