Cultural Context Flashcards
Jam-packed (with)
Full of people or things
SYN: crowded
Subtle
Not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention
OPP: obvious
Unimposing
Not imposing or impressive in appearance; not important. Do not want to disturb others because of that
Implicitly
Suggested or understood without being stated; indirectly
Explicitly
Expressed in a way that is very clear and direct
Cultural norms
A societal rule, value, or standard that delineates an accepted and appropriate behavior within a culture
Subliminal
Affecting your mind in a way that you are not conscious of
Interplay of language
The ways in which two or more things, group, etc., affect each other when they happen or exist together
Contextual clues
Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meaning of new or unfamiliar words
Semantic ambiguities
A linguistic expression that can have multiple senses, at least when uttered out of context
Low context/high context
Implies that a lot of information is exchanged explicitly through the message itself and rarely is anything implicit or hidden / Don’t using a lot of verbally explicit communication and have strong boundaries that define “outsiders” to a group
Ground rules
The basic rules or principle on which future actions or behaviour should be based
Language cluster
A group of people who engage in interaction more with those from same speech community than with those from a different speech community
Deadpan face
Sounding or looking completely serious when you are saying or doing something funny
Incessantly
Arguing or talking to others continuously without stopping
Performance appraisals
A meeting between an employee and manager to discuss the quality of the employee’s work and areas for future progress.
SYN: Performance assessment, Performance evaluation
Demoralize
To reduce or destroy someone’s encourage or confidence
Tyrant
A ruler who has complete power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way
Disheveled
If someone’s appearance or their clothes, hair etc. is disheveled, they look very untidy.
SYN: messy
Socially ill at ease
Not relaxed in community
Downgraders
To make or move something to a less important point
Decode a message
How the message is being interpreted
Concerted effort
(of an attempt) to do something determined and serious, or done together with others
Bird’s eye view
A view of something from high above it
Direct/indirect negative feedback
Advice or criticism about how well someone is doing their job and what they could to do to improve explicitly/implicitly
Cultural relativity
The idea that a person’s beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture
Implicit communication
Refers to all nonverbal elements such as choice of words, gestures, tone, sentence construction, immediacy of information, and enrichment of a message.
Correlated
Closely connected to each other or one causes the other
Quadrant
A quarter of a circle
Subtext
A hidden or second meaning behind someone’s words or actions
Evaluating scale
A close-ended survey question used to represent respondent feedback
Constructive criticism
Focuses on providing constructive feedback, supported by specific examples, to help you improve in some area
Gauging
To judge how people feel about something or what they are likely to do
Frank criticism
Direct and unreserved in speech
