Midterm Review

Front 1

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

Front 2

When one culture wants one thing, while another culture wants something different?

Back 2

Culture Clash

Front 3

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

Front 4

Citizens of nations that are high in power distance tend to?

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Show respect to people with higher status

Front 5

Rachel was raised in a feminine culture. As a result the cultural value that was emphasized?

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Quality of life

Front 6

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

Front 8

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

Front 12

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

Front 15

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

Front 17

a culture could be formed based on the region of the country where you live

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true

Front 18

co-cultures are separate cultures that do not generally interact with the larger cultures around them

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true

Front 19

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

Front 21

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

Front 28

what is an example of code switching?

Back 28

speak in greek with your mother and then change to english when you disagree

Front 29

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

Front 32

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