Ch 3 Flashcards

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Culture

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The language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn

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Co culture

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The perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture

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3
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Intergroup communication

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Interactions among members of different co cultures

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4
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Salience

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Describe how much weight we attach to cultural characteristics

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5
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In-groups

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Groups we iddentify and are emotionally connected

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Out-groups

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Those who we view as different and with whom we have no sense of affiliation

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Cultural differences are generalizations

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There are sometimes greater differences within cultures than between them. Generalizations don’t apply to every member of a group.

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Cultural values and norms shape communication

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Shape how cultures think and act

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Individualistic cultures

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Some cultures value the individual more than the group. Their primary responsibility is helping themselves

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Collectivistic cultures

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Loyalty and obligation to an in-group: ones extended family, community, organization

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Low-context culture

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Uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible

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High-context culture

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Relies heavily on subtle, often on verbal cues to maintain social harmony

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13
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Uncertainty avoidance

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Reflect the degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations an how much they try to avoid them

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Power distance

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The extent of a gap between social groups who possess resources and influence and those who don’t

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Beliefs about talk and silence

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Westerners find silence off putting (shy, anxiety, disinterested) Asian cultures discourage sharing thoughts and feelings (fake, show off, “one who speaks does not know”)

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Competitive and cooperative cultures

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Independence, assertiveness, competitive ness in men. Women stay home and home life, men financial.

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Race

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Social construct originally created to explain differences between people whose ancestors originated in different regions of the world

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Ethnicity

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Is a social rather than biological construct. Refers to degree which a person identifies with a particular group.

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Regional differences

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Where you come from can shape feelings of belonging and how others regard you

20
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Sexual orientation and gender identity

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Some people may support it, other people will judge you

21
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Religion

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In some cultures, religion defines in and out groups, shapes how they communicate, morals and values

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Physical ability/disability

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They belong to their own community. It is a feature, not a characteristic

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Age/generation

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How we treat ppl of different ages, the relationship between ppl of diff ages, how we view them

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Socioeconomic status

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Working class, middle, upper. Ppl feel more comfortable within their own class. People connect through their work and lifestyle.

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Increased contact
Link between exposure and positive attitudes. Hanging out w different ppl makes you less prejudice
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Tolerance for ambiguity
The ability to live with uncertainty
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Ethnocentrism
And attitude that ones culture is superior to others
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Prejudice
Unfairly biased and intolerable attitude towards others that belong to and out group
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Passive observation
Noticing what behaviors members of a different culture use
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Active strategies
Asking members of other cultures how they behave, studying and trying to understand them
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Self disclosure
Volunteering personal info to ppl from other culture with whom you want to communicate
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Uncertainty avoidance
Cultural tendency to seek stability and honor tradition instead of welcoming risk uncertainty and change