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COM115 PRIN of COMM

COM115 CH08 GLOSSARY

TermDefinition
Personal identities Identities that include components of self that are primarily intrapersonal and connected to our life experiences.
Social identities Identities that are derived from involvement in social groups with which we are interpersonally committed.
Cultural identities Identities based on socially constructed categories that teach us a way of being and include expectations for social behavior.
Dominant identities Identities that historically had and currently have more resources and influence.
Nondominant identities Identities that historically had and currently have fewer resources and less influence.
Ideology of domination Common belief system that makes it seem natural and normal for some people or groups to have power over others.
Social constructionism A view that the self, meaning, and social reality are formed through our interactions with others and in relation to social, cultural, and political contexts.
Race A socially constructed category based on differences in appearance that has been used to create hierarchies that privilege some and disadvantage others.
Ethnicity A group identity based on a shared ancestry, a shared history, and a shared consciousness that develops through cultural commonalities.
Gender Identity based on internalized cultural notions of masculinity and femininity and constructed through communication and interaction.
Sex Classification based on biological characteristics, including external genitalia, internal sex organs, chromosomes, and hormones.
Patriarchy System of social structures and practices that maintains the values, priorities, and interests of men as a group.
Transgender A term for people whose gender identity, expression, and/or role does not conform to what is culturally associated with their sex assigned at birth.
Sexual orientation A person's sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction.
Medical model of disability Model that treats disabilities as defects in need of treatment, which reinforces the able body as the norm.
Ableism A system of beliefs and practices that produces a physical and mental standard that is projected as normal for a human being and labels deviations from it abnormal.
Intercultural communication competence (ICC) The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in various cultural contexts.
Motivation The root of a person's desire to foster intercultural relationships, which can be intrinsic or extrinsic.
Mindfulness A state of self- and other-monitoring that informs later reflection on communication encounters.
Cognitive flexibility The ability to continually supplement and revise existing knowledge to create new categories rather than forcing new information into old categories.
Tolerance for uncertainty An individual's attitude about and level of comfort in uncertain situations.
Intersectional reflexivity A reflective practice by which we acknowledge intersecting identities, both privileged and disadvantaged, and implicate ourselves in social hierarchies and inequalities.
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