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Social & Cultural
Social and Cultural Foundations
Term | Definition |
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Culture | Habits, customs, art, religion, science, and the political behavior of a given group of people during a given period of time. |
Dynamic | Each culture changing or evolving at its own rate. |
Macroculture | The dominant or major culture in a country. |
Microculture | Smaller, non-dominant culture in a country. |
Acculturation | Learning the behaviors and expectations of a culture. |
Low context communication | Implies that there will be a long verbal explanation |
High context communication | Relies on nonverbal that are readily understood by others in the culture. |