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Intercultural Comm Test 1
Test 1
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Communication
Undergraduate 3
03/07/2012

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Who determined the 5 questions of cultural values?
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Kluckholm & Strodtbeck
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5 Questions of Cultural Values (Kluckholm & Strodtbeck)
Definition
1. What is the relationship between man and nature?
2. What is innately inherited human behavior?
3. What is the culture orientation? being, doing, becoming?
4. What is the frame of time focused? past, present, future?
5. What is the relationship man to man?
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Hofstede: Cultural value differences
Definition
- Power distance
- individualistic vs. collective
- Masculine vs. feminine
- uncertainty avoidance
- time orientation
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Hall
Definition
High context
Low context
Polychronic
Monochronic
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Bond
Definition
-Integration
-Human heartedness
-Moral discipline
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Bennett
Definition
-Denial
-Defense
-Minimization
-Acceptance
-Adoption
-Integration
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America's Values
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1. Personal control over environment
2. Change = growth and progress
3. Time & control: scheduled
4. Equality/egalitarianism
5. Individualism & Privacy: 'no' to stereotypes, loneliness
6. self-help concept: self-made man
7. competition: brings out the best
8. future orientation: always looking ahead
9. action/work orientation: success determined by accomplishments
10. informality: seek comfort
11. directness, openness & honesty
12. practicality & efficiency
13. materialism/acquisitiveness
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Culture:
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a pattern of perceptions that influence communication patterns of learned behavior
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Communication:
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bears meaning and is determined and influenced by culture
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ethnography of communication
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symbolic meaning of (non-)verbal cues to understand rules of communication
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interpretive perspective of communication
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process by which we negotiate meaning is dynamic
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power distance
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measurement of dependence; inequality
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individualism vs. collectivism
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minority vs. majority
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masculine vs. feminine
Definition
competitive vs. tender
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long-term time orientation
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ordering relationships based on status - virtue
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short-term time orientation
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personal steadiness & stability - truth
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communication ritual:
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systematic interactions that take place on a regular basis
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High context
Definition
detailed communication - body language, clothing, etc.
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low context
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direct, to the point
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polychronic
Definition
handling more than one thing at once - multitasking
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monochronic
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one thing at a time
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Integration
Definition
degree of collectivism
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human heartedness
Definition
thoughtfulness of others, selflessness
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moral discipline
Definition
...moral discipline.
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Confucian work Dynamism
Definition
- social order based on unequal relationship
- family is prototype for relationships
- do not treat others how you would not want to be treated (don't hang out with people below you)
- people should be skilled, virtue leads to truth
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Cultural patterns
Definition
-beliefs: ideas assumed to be true
-values: +/- valence, intensity
-norms: shared behavior expectations
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Iceberg theory
Definition
difference between what we see in a culture and everything that actually exists
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