Vocab. Quiz Flashcards
Acculturation
immigrant learning and adopting the norms and values of the new host’s culture
Anomia
actual or perceived social isolation that is associated with anxiety/uncertainty
Assimilation
immigrants giving up their original culture identity and moving into full participation of the new culture
avoidance behavior
aversion to being with someone from another culture
Belief system
the cognitive structure of attitudes, beliefs, values, and world view as they collectively influence one’s speech and actions
biculturalism *
ability to function in 2 cultures
Cognitive complexity
communication theory indicating a cultures emphasis on a group of people and collectives as an organizing principle to explain cultural behavior
Collectivism
theory indicating a cultures emphasis on group and whole rather than individual to explain cultural behavior
Communication apprehension
uncertainty about communication, resulting in, shyness, anxiety, nervousness with speaking to someone, group, public
Communication Ritual
a set form of basic systematic interactions that take place on a regular basis
Complexity
when innovations are perceived to be too difficult to understand or use, they are said to have high complexity. Results in lower adoption rates in a culture
Coping behavior
when people exhibit actions and attitudes demonstrating their willingness to communicate effectively or adapt to the situation
cosmopolitanism
degree of one’s orientation outside of one’s culture, as in how much a person might seek information from others outside their own culture
cross-cultural communication
comparison of cultural phenomena on different cultures
cultural change
often refers to the rate of adaptability or stability of the entire culture
cultural elements
factors that make up cultural systems; the specif factors within a cultural system that are parts making the entire culture
cultural history
the background, including origins, territory and variations and changes over time
Cultural identity
sense of a person as part of a group or culture that usually implies a variable sense of worth
Cultural pluralism
multiculturalism; many subcultures existing together in a larger culture
Cultural stress
the amount of tension and conflict experienced in a culture when unusual amounts of changes occur
Cultural theories
Explanations of culture including elements and interrelationships of elements to describe cultural systems
Cultural variability
when the differences are encountered between people from diverse cultures, variability is present
Culture shock*
the stress associated with adapting to a new culture
Dialect
regional and ethnic variation of language
Diaspora
massivee mirgration caused by war or famine that results in dispersal of the unified group
Dissonance
Conflict between 2 cognitive eleements within a person
Dogatism
degree of ridgity, lack of openess in communication because of rigid boundaries
Dual-culture marriage
intercultural marriage, marriage between people from diverse cultural backgrounds
Emic
knowledge leardned from the inside; norms of culture known by its members
Empathy
the behavior demonstrating understadning openess and engaement with a person or group from a culture different than ones own
Endogamy
cultuarl pactice of marriage inside ones social unit, such as trribe village, nation
Etic*
Knowledge leaned by an outsider by observing insiders
Ethics
the judgement of standards of behavior that is considered right and moral in that culture
Ethnocentrism
cultural attitude that ones own culture is superior to others
Exogamy
cultural pratice of marriage outside of ones significant social unit
Familism
Sense of putting family ahead of individual wants/needs
Functionalism
cultural theoy dealing with the needs experssed by a culutre that help explain why that culure has deveploed its culutres, norms, rules, values
Guilt cultures
cultures that emphasize individual blame and personal responsibility for failure
Hate crimes
crime that grows out of fear of differernces ersulting in hostility those who are percieved different due to race, sexual identity, gender, religion
Individualism
culturral thoey indicationg emphasis on the indivial actons rather than the whole groups, comparred to collectivism
Innovativeness
the degree of reletive ealy or rlate adoption of an innovation in the diffusion of innovation prrocess
Integration
maintaing impartant pats of ones culture while fully parrtcipating in the new culturre
Intercultural communication
inteaction between people from different culturral backgrounds
International communication
communication between nations
Interrracial communication
interaction from different ethnic groupd
Linguistic community
grroups or cultures thay use the same lanague
Material culture
technology, food, and other material items significant to a culture
Openeess
communication qualtty of penetrations and often undrstanding during a communication encounter
Patriarchy
Cultural kinship system where powerr rand auhtority str assumed in the males of the family
Preuiduce
Irrational sucspion o hatred of a parrticular group, racee, rrleigion, seuxual orrienttation
Racism
negative attitudes associted with bias and jedgemeent towarrds racial group other than ones own. ones group is superior to others
Ritual
regular prractice within a culutre; often holds ceremonai importance
Rurality
the degree of ones orientation towards rural living and the associated practices and customes
Sacred Culture
Aspect of worldview in a culture where it is believed that metaphysical or spiritual factors are a meaningful or more meaningful than physical factors associated with th culture
Secular Culture
asoeect of world view where physicla and material aspects of culutr are more imporrtant than thee spiritual ascpects of the culture
Self Esteem
degree of percieved self worth
Shamanism
Cultural belif that a person has unusual, often magiacl powers to communicate with spirrtiaul forces
Social class
social category based on cultura standards related to educatiton, income, and occupation
Sojounerrs
People who move into a newe cultural context for ra limiteed period of time fo study or work
Sterotypung
systematic bias based on belifes about a cultural group or memberr of a group
Submission style
styke of interavtion for an interculturral couple in which one partner yields to the others cultural patterns, abondoning their own culture
Themes of culture
cultures have key calues often eexprsseed in heros and stores that inform significant themes wovn thorughout a cultur
Urbanity
dgree of orientation toward city living and asxociated customs and practices that come with it
Uncerrtanty reduction
thoeery that one goal of communication is to clairrfy and reduce ambiguity
Whorf Hypothesis
idea that language shapes ones percption of reality
World View
Cultural belifs about the nature of the universe and ones place in it
Xenophobia
Unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners
