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Global Perspectives
Global Perspectives Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Culture | learned and shared behaviors, also norms, values cosmology |
| Culture Relativism | suspending moral and ethical judgement for the purposes of studying another culture group |
| 6 Aspects of Culture | kinship, economics, religion, politics, subsistence, language. |
| Values | what is right and wrong |
| Norms | accepted way of doing things in a culture |
| Non-Verbal Communication | communicating through visual cues |
| Public Space | 10 feet or more |
| Social Use of Space | Where people gather and interact |
| Culture Shock | disorientation and confusion felt when in a different culture or social environment |
| Symptoms of Culture Shock | sadness, preoccupation with health, aches and pains, insomnia, changes in temperament |
| Phases of Culture Shock | honeymoon, shock, adjustment, reentry |
| Universal Moral Imperatives | foundations for all human moral and ethical behavior; built into everyone |
| Methods of Studying Culture | analyze, ask questions, critical thinking, reflect |
| High Context Culture | not everything needs to be explained, meaning comes from context of situation |
| Low Context Culture | more needs to be explained, understood meanings are absent |
| Event Timing | different in every culture |
| Practical Ideas for Traveling | pack light, expect delays, don't complain, leave electronics at home, take snacks and water, be early, be careful with money and passport, and be alert |
| Private Space | bigger in other countries |