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16 Cards in this Set
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culture |
a set of values and norms followed by a group of people |
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Collective programming |
When groups of people are taught/indoctrinated with certain values |
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Cultural change |
Change in culutral conditions, eg Americanisation |
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Factual knowledge |
Something that is usually obvious but that must be learnt, ie different meaning of colurs |
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Interpretive knowledge |
Ability to understand and appreciate fully the nuances of different cultural traits and patterns. |
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Self-reference crition (SRC) |
Considering our own conditions, value and norms while evaluating others. |
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Cultural Sensitivty |
Being attuned to the nuances of culture, which thus can be viewed objectivley, evaluate and appreciate |
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Value system |
Values |
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idiotic interpretation |
interpretation according to the charactaristics of a particular language |
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Ethnocentric |
Intense identification with the known and the familiar of a particular culture and a tendency to devalue the foreign and unkown of other culutres |
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Ethnocentrism |
When we behave in an ethnocentric way, there is an exaggerated tendency to belive our own values/norms/cultures are superior to those of others. |
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Cultural imperative |
business customs and expectations that must be met and conformed to if relationships are to be successfull |
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Cultural adiaphora |
Areas of behaviour or customs that cultural aliens mat wish to conform or participate in |
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Cultural exclusives |
Customs or behaviour patterns reserved exclusivesley for the local people, from which the foreigner is excluded |
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Low-context culture |
Culutres that demand explicit communication - IN a low context culutre, one gets down to business quikly. |
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High-context culture |
Cultures that demand implicit communication |
