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What is culture shock?
Psychological discomfort you experience when you must interact in a new culture
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What is intercultural communication?
It refers to interactions that occur between people whose cultures are so different that the communication between them is altered
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What is culture?
A system of shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and orientations learned through communication that guide what is considered to be appropriate thought and behavior in a particular group of people.
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What are values?
Commonly accepted preference for some states of affairs over others
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What are the two types of values and their definitions?
Ideal values—those that members of a culture profess to hold
Real values—those that can be seen guiding the actual behavior of member of that culture
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What is defined as dominant culture?
Learned system of values, beliefs, attitudes, and orientations held by the people who are in power in a society
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What is defined as co-culture?
Cultures that side by side with the dominant culture and are comprised of smaller numbers of less powerful people who hold common values, attitudes, beliefs, and orientations that differ from those of the dominant culture
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What are the 7 co-cultures most identify with?
Gender
Race
Ethnicity
Sexual orientation/gender identity
Religion
Social class
Generation
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What is codeswitch?
Altering linguistic and nonverbal patterns to conform to the dominant culture or co-culture depending on the topics or co-participants in a conversation
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What is enthnicity?
A classification of people based on shared national characteristics such as country of birth, geographic origin, language, religion, ancestral customs, and traditions
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What is religion?
System of beliefs, rituals, and ethics based on a common perception of the sacred or holy
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What is social class?
A level in the power hierarchy of a society whose membership is based on income, education, occupation, and social habits;where you live and with whom you come in contact
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What is cultural identity?
Is that part of your self-image that is based on the cultural group or groups with which you most closely associate and align yourself
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What are the 6 ways cultures differ?
The Value of the Individual vs. the Group
Attitudes toward Predictability and Uncertainty
Attitudes about Social Power Distribution
Masculine vs. Feminine Orientation
Time Orientation
The Importance of Context for Sharing Meaning
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