quiz 4 Flashcards
Culture
learned, begins at birth
intercultural communication
communicates with someone from a different culture
layered
experience multiple layers of culture simultaneously
lived
culture affects how you live your life
co-cultures
don’t conform to the dominant culture, they have their own culture that co-exists within dominant culture
1st stage (culture shock)
honeymoon - fascination and enchantment, excited by all the new things you encounter
2nd stage (culture shock)
crisis - frustration, inadequacy, actual “shock” stage, faced with difficulties, notice all the differences
3rd stage (culture shock)
recovery - learn skills, language, new ways of doing things, shock subsides
4th stage (culture shock)
adjustment - enjoy new culture, still periodic, better integrated, and more conformable
individualistic
“i”, individualistic achievement, value independence and personal achievement, focus on themselves and immediate family
collectivistic
“we” rather than “me”, emphasize group identity, interpersonal harmony, and the well-being of in-groups
_____ has the highest amount of social media usage in the world and _____ has the least
Brazil, Japan
_____ is the global average of social media usage
2.26 (hours.minutes)
high power distance
people of different social and professional status have different levels of power, respect power
low power distance
people in high-status positions try to minimize the differences between them and lower-status people, informal interactions