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| The need to develop intercultural skills in today's world are due to these imperatives. |
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| Global economic, demographic, & technological trends. |
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| Consequences of the mass media's ability to shrink the world. |
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| Change in cultural demographics in the U.S. is largely due to... |
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| Increase in Latino & Asian-American patterns of immigration. |
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| Symbolic, interpretive, transactional, contextual process in which people create shared meanings. |
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| A word, action, or object that stands for or represents a unit of meaning. |
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| What are examples of symbols? |
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| Words, actions, & objects. |
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| Characteristics of communication |
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| Occurs between small groups of people, personal bond, exclusive, adapt to specific others, interpretation. |
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| Communication as an interaction |
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| Sending & receiving of messages. No feedback. |
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| Communication as a transaction |
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| Sending & receiving of messages. With feedback. |
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| The place where people meet. |
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| The social purpose for being together & the nature of the relationship. |
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| Interpersonal communication involves... |
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| Clearly identified participants. |
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| Failure to create a harmonious society will result in... |
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| Culture is taught, therefore... |
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| Refer to rules for appropriate behavior, which provide the expectations people have of one another & of themselves. |
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| Predictable behavior patterns that members of a culture typically follow. |
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| Used to refer to a wide variety of groups who might share a language, historical origins, religion, nation-state, or cultural system. |
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| A culture's unique experiences is created by its... |
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| In warm climates, there are higher levels of... |
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| Interpersonal involvement |
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| Interracial adoptions require... |
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| Educational & economic advantages |
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| Nonverbal communication defines boundaries between... |
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| Members & nonmembers of a culture |
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| Example of interrelatedness of cultural forces? |
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| Ban on birth control by the Catholic church in 19th century Ireland had women waiting until the age of 30 to marry. |
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| Europeans were successful conquering Native Americans because... |
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| They had access to many plants and animals that could be domesticated. |
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| Cross Cultural Communication |
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| Involves a comparison of interactions among people from the same culture to another culture. |
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| International Communication |
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| Refers to interactions among people from different nations. |
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| Maintain cultural identity, but still part of a whole; Assumes cultures don't change |
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| All together but maintaining own identity; Suggests U.S. is unstable |
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| Ingredients necessary for intercultural competence |
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| Knowledge, motivation, & skilled actions |
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| Culture-General Information |
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| Provides insight into the intercultural communication process abstractly. |
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| Culture-Specific Information |
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| Includes information about the forces that maintain the culture's uniqueness & facts about the cultural patterns that predominate. |
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| Participating in intercultural communication includes... |
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| Feelings, intentions, & actions. |
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| Behavioral Assessment Scale for Intercultural Communication |
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| Display of Respect, Orientation of Knowledge, Empathy, Interaction Management, Relational Role Behavior, Tolerance for Ambiguity, Interaction Posture |
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| Interaction tool involves... |
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| D.I.E. - Description, interpretation, & evaluation during intercultural conversation. |
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