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intro to comm day 3
chap 7 in jandt and module one
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what do the undividualism vs collectivism refer too | how ppl define themselves and their relationships w/ others, |
| what is an individualist culture | the interest of the individual prevails over the interests of the group. ppl look after themselves and immdiate fam. goals with minimal consideration given to groups (ex: us) define ppl by what they do, self sufficiency is desirable |
| what is an collectivist culture | the intest if the group prevails over the individual, group is taken into account when gaols and set, tightly integrated, define relationships as importance (ex: who is your family last name, cast system) |
| what type of culture tends to be more individualistic | wealth, cold climates, higher birth rates, confucian countries, migrants from europe, |
| what is the individualists speaking style | direct, whants, needs and desires and made clear in spoken messafe |
| what is the collectivists speaking style | indirect, wants needs and goals are not obvious in spoken message |
| whos role mens, or womens vary less culture to culture? | womens |
| what is power distance | the way countries deal with inequalities |
| when is pwoer distance learned | early in families |
| characteristics of high power distant cultures | children are expected to be obidiant to parents, ppl respect higher authority, power and wealth are in the hands of few, authoritive, and restrictive, power centralized ,wide salary gap, |
| what is uncertainty avoidance | the extent to which ppl in a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations (such situations are avoided by maintaining a strict code of behavior and a belief in absolute truth) |
| characteristics of cultures strong in uncertainty avoidance | active, aggressive, emotional, compulsive, security seeking, intolerant |
| characteristics of cultures weak in uncertainty avoidance | contemplative, less eggresive, unemotional, relaxed, accepting of personal risks, tolerant |
| what is environmental sustainability | development which meets the needs of the present w/out compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs |
| what is high context communication style | primarily nonverbal, community rules are instilled since birth, verbal comm. is condensed into 1or 2 words |
| what is low context communication | high levels of verbal communication, communication rules or behavior vary greatly from individual to individual, used in individualistic cultures |
| time orientation: what is linear | monochronic, used in groups that plan and accomplish tasks one at a time, schedules are important to adhere to. |
| time orientation: what is spiral | polychronic, importance is on human transactions, ppl are more important then tasks |
| why does a refugee leave there country | due to political reasons and may not be able to return, they live with fear |
| why do immagrants leave their country | due to finacial reasons, they may go back to country of origin to visit friends, less fear. |
| who do refugees prefer to interpret for them and why | family, b/c they worry interpreter may have a connections to their government |
| characteristics of feminine communiaction | language is used for intamacy, use of intuition and strive for consensus, accept touch more readily |
| characteristics of masculine communiaction | language used for getting and maintatining status and independence, assertive, competition, giving info |
| what is a low power distance culture like | more democratic, workers are consulted by management |
| what is face | prevention of embarassement, integrity or moral, reputation |
| what is acculturation | an immigrants learning and adopting the morms and values of the new host culture |
| what is assimilation | a smaller group adopting a larger group, giving up ones own original cultural identity and moving into full participation in the new culture. |
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