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| Intercultural communication |
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| The exchange of information between individuals who are unalike culturally |
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| A unique combination of rituals, religious beliefs, ways of thinking, and ways of behaving, that unify a group of people |
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| A group that exists within a larger, dominant culture but differs from the dominant culture in some significant characteristic |
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| The marginalized group attempts to fit in with the dominant group |
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| The marginalized group manages to keep co cultural identity while striving for positive relationships with the dominant culture |
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| The marginalized group relates as exclusively as possible with its own group and as a little as possible with the dominant group |
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| The belief that your own group or culture is superior to other groups or cultures |
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| The belief that another culture should be judged by its own context rather than measured against your culture |
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| A generalization about some group of people that oversimplifies their culture |
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| A negative attitude toward a group of people just because they are who they are |
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| Cultures that value individual freedom, choice, uniqueness, and independence |
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| Cultures that value the group over the individual |
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| Uncertainty-accepting cultures |
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| Cultures that tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity |
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| Uncertainty-rejecting cultures |
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| Cultures that have difficulty with ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity |
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| A culture in which information and cultural rules are implied and already known to the participants |
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| A culture in which information, policies, procedures, and expectations are explicit |
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| The monochronic time schedule, which compartmentalizes time to meet personal needs, separates task and social dimensions, and points to the future |
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| The polychronic time schedule, which views time as contextually based and relationally oriented |
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| Being self-aware and learning from interactions with the intent of improving future interactions |
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