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40 Cards in this Set
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The shared, personal, and learned life experiences of a group of individuals who have a common set of values and norms?
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Culture
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When one culture wants one thing, while another culture wants something different?
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Culture Clash
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Mariah is from a culture that is very resistant to change. As a result, she has been raised in a manner consistent to that of her mother. Varying from these patterns is strongly discouraged.
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Uncertainty Avoidance
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Citizens of nations that are high in power distance tend to?
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Show respect to people with higher status
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Rachel was raised in a feminine culture. As a result the cultural value that was emphasized?
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Quality of life
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what is the type of culture that indicates that the meaning of a message is primarily drawn from the surroundings?
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high-context culture
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The phrase "global village" suggests that all societies are connected in some way?
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Economic imperative
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when US firms send work and workers overseas due to cheap labor the practice is called?
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Outsourcing
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Sven believes that his Swedish heritage is better than Gunnars Norwegian heritage. Sven is holding beliefs consistent with?
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Ethnocentrism
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Lynn does not feel that she fits in with the rest of the members of the choir who have known each other for years and have similar backgrounds and beliefs.
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Out-group
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The process in which individuals, companies and or media impose their way of thinking and behaving on another culture?
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Cultural imperialism
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The common understandings among people who are committed to coexisting together is referred to as?
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Community
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Even though Ally thinks that some of the customs that Anna practices are strange, she has been raised to not pass judgment on any other cultures practices or traditions.
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Cultural relativity
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Why is it so important to relate to the individual and not the culture?
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People's skills vary tremendously within cultures
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According to the authors, for intercultural comm to occur, individuals have to be from different countries.
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False
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culture is something you're born with
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false
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a culture could be formed based on the region of the country where you live
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true
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co-cultures are separate cultures that do not generally interact with the larger cultures around them
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true
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when a culture values individualism it prefers the public over the private
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false
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In high-context cultures the meaning of a message is primarily drawn from the surroundings.
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true
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many co-cultures within the us reject the notion that blending into the national culture is ideal
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true
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acculturation exists when we learn, adapt to, and adopt appropriate behaviors and rules of a host culture.
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true
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the words or vocabulary that make up a language are
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symbolic
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No matter how hard she tried, natalie could not come up with the right words to describe her feelings for carlos
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lexical gaps
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developing a thought based on hearing language is called
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decoding
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words that have a meaning in one culture that is difficult to translate in another
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idioms
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when luke informed steph that he wanted to buy a new car he had thought that he wanted to buy a four door sedan, but in reality luke wanted to buy a sports car.
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lukes language was abstract which led to different interpretations
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what is an example of code switching?
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speak in greek with your mother and then change to english when you disagree
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what is linguistic relativity?
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the theory which states that language influences our thinking but does not determine it
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What is disconfirmation?
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when someone feels ignored and disregarded
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what is a challenge with sexist language?
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renaming in marital status tends to only impact females
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caitlin is getting tired of her brother calling her his baby sister since she is now 30 yrs old
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static evaluation
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when you view the world in terms of the haves and have nots
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polarization
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Rochelle replied to her boss that her project was making progress and would be done soon
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strategic ambiguity
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when a salesperson stretches the truth to get you to believe something about a product that is misleading
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equivocation
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acknowledging the time frame of your judgments of other and yourself
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indexing
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acknowledging the viewpoints of those with whom we interact
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perspective taking
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sometimes it serves a purpose to be ambiguous
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true
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people often combine the use of polarizations with confirmations
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false
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what are euphemisms
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milder or less direct words substituted for other words that are more blunt or negative
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