Chapter 1 Flashcards
Co-culture
Term used to convey concept of interdependent and equal subcultures within a society
Aboriginal
The indigenous peoples of Australia (often applied to indigenous peoples and other countries)
Cultural identity
Identification with and perceived acceptance into a culture
Cultural studies
An approach that attempts to develop an ideal personification of the culture, which is then used to explain the actions of individuals in the culture
Culture
Some total of ways of living, including behavioral norms, linguistic expression, styles of communication, patterns of thinking, and beliefs and values of a group large enough to be self-sustaining transmitted over the course of generations
Ethnic group
Subgroup identified by shared descent and heritage
Ethnic identity
Identification with and perceived acceptance into an ethnic group
Ethnography
The direct observation and reporting of customary behavior of a culture
Globalization
The world wide spread of market economies and democracy
Heroes
Real or imaginary persons who serve as a behavior model within a culture
Myths
Stories and images representing a cultures values handed down from generation to generation as a guide for living
Race
Biologically defined as groups who share some hereditary physical characteristics; socio-historical he defined by unstable social meanings constantly being transformed by debate
Reference group
Group to which one aspires to attain membership
Ritual
A socially essential collective activity within a culture
Subculture
Group within a larger society that shares distinctive cultural characteristics to distinguish it from others
Subgroup
Group based on location, application, or special skills that, like cultures, provide patterns of behavior and values
Symbols
Verbal and nonverbal language that is used to communicate the idea of a communication source
Value
A central organizing the leaf or belief system that shapes a person’s goals and motivations
White privilege
Advantages that whites have living in a white culture
True or false
The cultural studies approach to intercultural communication is to observe, report, and evaluate customary behavior.
False. This is definition of ethnography
That one skin color can be classified differently at different times in different countries is evidence of:
A sociohistorically based definition of race
Components of white culture include:
A. based on European immigrants’ experience in the US
B. Individual can control environment
C. Music and art based on the European cultures
D. Standard English
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
True or false
Overcoming the challenges facing an interconnected world requires learning how to better communicate regardless of where we live, other economic status, and of our identity
True
The term culture refers to:
The term culture refers to:
A. A population large enough to be self-sustaining
B. Individuals consciously identifying with the group
C. Social transmission over the course of generations
D. The totality of the groups experiences
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
Socially essential collective activities within that culture are:
A. heroes B. Myths C. Rituals D. Symbols E. Values
C. Rituals
Subcultures:
A. Are often based on economic or social class, ethnicity, race, or geographic region
B. Can encompass a large number of people
C. Exist within the dominant culture
D. Represents the accumulation of human strivings
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
True or false
The spread of US ideas and values is seen by some as a challenge of globalization
True
