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45 Cards in this Set
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High Context
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Implicit Communication
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Low Context
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Communication dependent on verbalization
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Individualistic
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Cultural emphasis on personal actions
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Collectivistic
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Emphasizing the group within a culture
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Etic
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Outsiders view of a culture
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Emic
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Cultural perspective from within
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Ethnocentricism
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Attitude that one's culture is superior to others
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Encoding
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How a message is delivered
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Culture
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Holistic summation of beliefs, norms, activities, etc.
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Homophily
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Similarities which helps to connect w/ others
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Power Distance
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Distribution of authority based on cultural view of rank, class, hierarchy, position, and so on.
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How is power distance shown in the Jewish film "Stranger Among Us"? Example.
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"Joy Luck Club" about the Chinese family, was not only an example of cross cultural communication, but also...
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an etic boyfriend who has a hard time understanding his disrespectful actions to his girlfriends family. Girlfriend is emic but did not warn him as an informant on how to behave.
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Name two errors the female detective made in communicating with the Hassidic Jewish community.
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1) Exposing her skin/not covering up.
2) Insults the Jewish leader by saying she has seen more of the world/reality than him. |
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Why does Kraft think receptors are more important than the other 2 parts of the communication process. (Receptor Orientation Theory).
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Receptors are the ones we are trying to convey as message to. They are the reason a sender gives a message.
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What are the other 2 parts of the "Receptor Orientation Theory).
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1) Sender
2) Message |
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What does God want, according to Kraft, "communicationally"?
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A relationship.
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What percentage of communication is non-verbal?
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80%
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How does the bushman tribe in "The God's Must be Crazy" portrait a collectivist culture?
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Spend most of their time as a group. Stress high importance of community and meet nightly.
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Adaptation
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Socialization and adjustment to a new culture.
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Ethnic identity
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The sense of worth and empowerment one gains by association to a race or people group.
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Worldview
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Cultural beliefs about the nature of the universe and one's place in it.
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Race
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Social categorization based on inherited physical features, usually common to some geographic or national origin.
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Perceived Cultural Differences
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Socialization into a new culture.
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Non-Verbal Communication
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Use of space, body movements, gestures, and so on to carry a message.
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Culture Shock defined by Ting-Toomey and Chung
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Refers to a stressful transitional period when individuals move from a familiar environment into an unfamiliar one. (feeling stripped of all protection)
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2 specific examples of culture shock.
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1) Tremendous stress
2) Identity disorientation state |
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"Not Without my Daughter" involved...
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Iran and America
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Locate factors contributing to communication breakdowns between Betty and those in host culture. (Not w/o my Daughter)
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1) Bad informant - caused Betty to lose confidence and comfort in Iran.
2) Ethnocentric mindset - caused Betty to have a negative view towards Iran, "primitive". 3) Unaware of power distance - could have shown some disrespect to his family. |
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Roles sender and receiver in Not without My Daughter
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Sender: Betty trying to communicate to husbands family how he broke his promise with Quran.
Receiver: Betty's in-laws should have interpreted what Betty was trying to convey in her message, but they where also ethnocentric. |
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How does non-verbal give understanding or misunderstanding in "Last Samurai"
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The main samurai only had to nod his head to send the other samurai to go do a task. Shows an understanding the the main samurai has a lot of power and respect.
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Name 2/3 of the philosophic areas considered in a Wolrdview
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Respeto (Mexico) means
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Importance of showing respect to others
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Che-myon or "face" (Korea) means
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Claimed sense of social self-worth a person wants others to have of him/her.
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Patriarchal Structure
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Male dominated culture
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Paralanguage
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Sounds and tones used in conversation
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Uncertainty Avoidance Management
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A society's or individuals tolerance for ambiguity.
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Racism
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Strong in-group preferences; rejection of out-group.
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Power DIstance
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Deals with hierarchy and authoirty
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What does it mean to "give face"?
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What does it mean to "save face"?
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A culture that is a face saving culture is also known as a __________ based culture.
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How has technology, media, & internet communication changed communication on a...
a. Deep level b. Surface level |
Deep Level: In person (face2face) communication has vanished or decreased.
Surface Level: ##### |
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"Global identity" has to do with _______
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Two ways of communicating, according to T-T- and Chung that carry meaning but are non-verbal
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1) Gesture
2) Face expression |