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| Includes all material objects and possessions that a social group invents or acquires |
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| interconnected activities that are found in virtually every culture |
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| intercultural communication |
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| communication wherein sender and receiver come from different cultures, cannot be avoided |
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| groups that were outside of the mainstream several years ago that are now demanding recognition and respect from majority cultures |
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| a sense of belonging to an original and new culture at the same time |
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| the belief that hard work will pay off that we are generally characterized by |
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| the belief that most people are capable of discovering the truth through logical analysis |
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| humans are born in sin but are capable of achieving goodness through effort and control |
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| the belief that the most important social unit is the person, who acts in his or her own intrest |
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| the right to subordinate personal goals for the good of others |
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| relationship in which some people are afforded more status than others |
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| relationships with status equals |
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| generalized 2nd-hand beliefs that provide conceptual biases from which we make sense out of what goes n around us whether they are accurate or fit the circumstances |
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| a negative social attitude held by members of one group toward members of another group |
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| a refusal to see true differences where they exist |
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| the anxiety that results from losing all of our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse |
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| brief periods of culture shock may be necessary for adaptive change as individuals strive to regain their inner balance by adapting to the demands and opportunities of their new life circumstances |
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| • The belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others and the tendency to judge all cultures by one’s own criteria |
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| the extent to which two cultures differ |
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| change plans often and easily and consider schedules as objectives to be met, not as definite commitments |
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| segment sequence of time and value speed |
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| host social communication |
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| a newcomer’s exposure to communication networks in the host culture |
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| ethnic social communication |
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| a newcomer’s relationships with members of the home culture |
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| becoming part of a new culture |
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