Term | Definition |
The process of learning the rules and norms of a culture that you move to that is different from your native culture. | acculturation |
The lifestyle of a group of people; their values, beliefs, and artifacts that is passed on from one generation to another through communication. | culture |
How you learn the culture into which you are born | enculturation |
A commitment to the beliefs and philosophy one's culture. | ethnic identity |
A characteristic of culture referring to the degree to which members of a culture feel comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty. | ambiguity tolerance |
A culture in which the group's goals are given greater importance than the individuals; benevolence, tradition and conformity are given special emphasis. | collectivist culture |
A culture that encourages both men and women to be modest, maintain quality of life, and tender. | feminine culture |
Cultures in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few,and there is a great distance between those with power and those without. | High-power distance culture |
A culture in which the individual is valued over the group; power and achievement is important. | individualist culture |
A culture in which much of the info in messages is implied and is assumed to be understood; relationships are valued. | High-context culture |
A cultural orientation that promotes the importance of future rewards; individuals save for the future. | Long-term orientation |
A cultural orientation that emphasizes the gratification of desires and a focus on having fun and enjoying life; high life control and high leisure. | indulgence |
A culture that values aggressiveness, material success, strength and traditional gender roles with women being modest. | masculine culture |
The degree to which power is distributed in a society. | Power distance |
A culture in which power is evenly distributed throughout the society; there is little gap between people who have power and people who don't. | Low-power distance culture |
A culture that values up-front and direct communication; most information is explicitly stated in verbal messages. | Low-context culture |
Communication that takes place between persons of different cultures or between persons who have different cultural beliefs. | Intercultural communication |
The tendency to see others and their behaviors through you own cultural filters; you think your own culture's beliefs are better than other cultures. | Ethnocentrism |
A cultural orientation that fosters the curbing of immediate gratification; there is low life control and low leisure. | Restraint |
A cultural orientation in which people look more to the past and the present; they spend their resources on present goals and want quick results. | short-term orientation |
A fixed impression of a group of people through which we then perceive specific individuals. | stereotype |