Capther 9: Intercutural Com Flashcards
Intercultural communication
Interactions between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are different enough to influence the communication
Majority-minority country
When there is no signal racial or ethnic majority among a country`s population.
Obsticles of intercultural communication
Stereotypes: a generalization about people places or things.
Labeling: describing an individual using names we believe describe them.
Prejudice: negative attitude toward a group based on little or no experience.
Discrimination:overly excluding, avoiding, or distancing oneself from another group.
Chauvinism: believing oneself to be superior to others.
Ethnocentrism:belief that one`s culture is the best.
In-group
People who we identified with
Out-group
A group seen as other than ones own
Social identity theory
The idea that a person does not have a single personality but multiple the correspond to their different groups.
Identity negotiation theory
The idea that our identities are a product of negotiating our self-identification with other people’s self-identification.
Cultural transformer
Someone who shifts effortlessly among and between multiple cultural mindsets and cultural identities.
Cultural relativism
The belief that people vary in behaviors,feelings,traditions,and values depending on their cultural.
Cultural values
A culture`s gauges for determining right from wrong.
Cultural pluralism
Maintaining the practices and identities of one`s bounded culture.
Assimilation
Identification with or integration into a different culture.
Melting pot
Metaphorical image in which all cultures blend together.
Cultural participation
Involving oneself in another culture.
Individualistic vs collective cultures.
Measure of a culture`s commitment to the individual versus the group.
