Intercultural Communication Ch. 1

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Anglocentrism

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Using anglo or white cultural standards as the criteria for interpretations and judgements of behavior and attitudes

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Colonialism

Back 2

(1) The system by which groups with diverse languages, cultures, religions, and identities were united to form one state, usually by a European power

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Colonialism

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(2) The system by which a country maintains power over other countries or groups of people to exploit them economically, politically, and culturally

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Demographics

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The characteristics of a population, especially as classified by race, ethnicity, age, sex, and income

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Dialogical Approach

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Focuses on the importance of dialogue in developing and maintaining relationships between individuals and communities

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diasporic Group

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Ethnic and/or national groups that are geographically dispersed throughout the world

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Diversity

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The quality of being different

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Ethics

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Principles of conduct that help government behaviors of individuals and groups

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Ethnocentrism

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An orientation toward one's own ethnic group: (2) A tendency to elevate one's own culture above others

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Heterogeneity

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Consisting of different or dissimilar elements

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Identity Management

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The way individuals make sense of their multiple images concerning the sense of self in different social contexts

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Identity Tourism

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A concept that refers to people taking on the identities of other races, genders, classes,or sexual orientations for recreational purposes

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Immigrants

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People who come to a new country, region, or environment to settle more or less permanently

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Melting Pot

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A metaphor that ssumes that immigrants and cultural minorities will be assimilated into the US majority culture, losing their original cultures

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Multiphrenia

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The splitting of the individual psychologically into multiple selves

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Nativistic

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Extremely patriotic to the point of being anti-immigrant

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Self-Reflexivity

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A process of learning to understand oneself and one's position in society