Chapter 3 Flashcards
The collective programming of the mind the distinguishes one group of people from another
culture
The component of our programming where we share more with our compatriots than other countries
national culture
Three questions to ask when studying another culture
What is the geography of the country
What is the religious influence of the culture
What is the countries history
The tendency to see only your cultural programming as normal
ethnocentrism
Culture in which different traditions inform the national culture and where individualism is highly valued
low-context cultural
A culture with coherent, stable traditions and a strong group orientation.
high-context culture
How people iew superior-subordinate relations
power distance
This procedure involves using two translators, one with first language skills in each of the languages being used.
Back translating
A phrase of consisting of a verb and second element that, combined with the verb produces a meaning that the verb alone does not have.
two word verb