Final Exam

learning that comes from a particular relationship but generalizes to other contexts

Intercultural relationships are both consistent from situation to situation, but there are also contexts where things may be different

some people are attracted to people similar to them, others may be attracted to those that differ from them

communication in intercultural relationships is both cultural and individual

people may be privileged in some contexts, but disadvantaged in others

people and relationships are constantly in flux

it is often important to consider historical context of relationships

a principle of relational attraction suggesting that individuals tend to be attracted to people they perceive to be similar to themselves

having a logical connection between existing knowledge and a new stimulus

revealing information about oneself

information about other people’s identity based on visible physical characteristics

• Submission style: one partner submits to the culture of the other partner and abandons their own
• Compromise style: each partner gives up some of their culturally bound habits and beliefs
• Obliteration style: both partners attempt to erase their individual cultures
• Consensus style: both partners deal with cultural differences by negotiating their relationship

we tend to be attracted to people whom we perceive to hold attitudes to ours

we are attracted to persons who are somewhat different from ourselve

culture of origin

teachings of obligations and expectations of behavior

the quality of affirming family members during crisis

each family’s degree of openness to communication and ability to incorporate and apply new information into family member relationships

a system can reach the same end-state or goal through different means

• One-way adjustment(submission): one of the spouses adopts new cultural standards and gives up their own
• Alternative adjustment: the partners of the family adopt first one culture, then the other
• Mixing(compromise): partners adopt elements of both cultures at the same time
• Midpoint compromise(consensus): the family does something culturally specific to one partner, but it is discussed beforehand
• Creative adjustment(obliteration): both partners give up their cultural behaviors and invent a new behavior pattern

social identity develops when you have a group to rely on

opposition to the use of force under any circumstances

in a formal setting, a professional third party, such as a lawyer, real estate agent, or counselor, who intervenes when two parties are in conflict. Informal intermediaries may be friends or colleagues who intervene

communication strategies used to “save” our own or someone else’s “face,” or public image

• dominating
• integrating
• compromising
• obliging
• avoiding

when people become aware that their feelings and emotions are incompatible

incompatible preferences for a course of action or plan to pursue

when people differ in ideologies on specific issues

2 or more people become aware that their thought processes or perceptions are incongruent

when people disagree about a preferred outcome or end state

requires individuals to be responsive in their actions and the impact they might have on humanity

concerns specific attitudes of communicators toward each other, stresses the centrality of relationships

promotes speaking with and to rather than speaking for others. listen to others

the quality of knowing how one is perceived as a communicator, as well as one’s strengths and weaknesses

the capacity to “walk in another person’s shoes”

device that helps us determine if we are communicating at a descriptive, interpretive, or evaluative level. Only descriptive statements are nonjudgmental