Music and images produced by Snoop Dogg, Beyonce Knowles, and other musical artists, belong to what level of culture ?

Culturally shared traditions include myths, legends, ceremonies, and rituals passed from one generation to the next via a written medium because oral ones have perished

Culturally shared beliefs refer to fundamental assumptions or worldviews that people hold dearly to their hearts without question

Cultural norms refer to collective expectations of what constitutes proper or improper behaviour

Television shows such as Dancing with the Stars and American Idol are primarily examples of intermediate-level culture, and specifically, examples of culturally shared beliefs

When communcating interculrually, one should use one's own culture as a reference point to form expections and relate to other cultures

Culture shared ......... Involve answers to questions such as human origins, concept of time,space, reality and the existences of a supernatural being

Culture is a learned .......... system

Cultural values shape our ....

On Carlos' first day as a study-abroad student, he was surprised to find that his instructor asked for student feedback and that at the end of class, the instructor went to lunch with some of the students. Having paid attention to his intercultural communication class, Carlos understands that the culture in which he is now living is a ________ culture.

Caitlyn's father always decides where to go on vacation and Caitlyn is expected to accept the decision without complaint. Caitlyn's mother does the packing and is concerned with the quality of the hotel. Caitlyn is in a __________ family situation.

This is a common cultural value found in most northern and western regions of Europe and in North America.

In an individualistic culture, members often believe 

Cici is most often concerned with her personal achievements, and is rather competitive with classmates. She would tend to have a(n)---------value orientation.

You have three teenage children. You want them to go to college. Your middle child tells you she wants to move to New York to be an actress. You are disappointed, but you encourage her to go to New York for 2 years to see if her dream is possible. You have a ___________value orientation.

Camille and Chika have different reactions to their equally poor performances on the first exam of the semester. Camille believes that it is her responsibility to do better and that she must make extra effort on the next exam. Chika believes that destiny or fate was involved and that sometimes external forces shape one's life events. Camille has a(n) ………….. value orientation and Chika has a(n) ……….. value orientation.

Cristina is a study-abroad student who moves to the United States to live in a college apartment in California. She notices that her roommates don't knock before entering her bedroom; they just open the door and walk right in. Rather than decide that U.S. Americans are "rude," she practices the O-D-I-S method from her intercultural communication class. Which letter represents her efforts to be more open-ended in evaluating her roommates' behavior and to refrain from her initial ethnocentric evaluation of the behavior as "rude?"

The most important value dimension that shapes our sense of self is the individualism-collectivism value dimension. 

Individuals with an external value orientation tend to emphasize free will, individual motivation, and personal effort and responsibility

People with vertical value orientation emphasize informal interactions and a direct approach to resolving problems...

People operating under a future-oriented temporal value orientation are concerned with fixed schedules and short- to medium-term planning.

The extent to which individuals subscribe to the ideology of equal power distributions and the extent to which members adhere to unequal power distributions.

Provides the frame of reference with which to answer the fundamental question: Who am I?

The extent to which members of a culture do not mind conflicts or uncertain situations and the extent to which they try to avoid those uncertain situations.

Shared ideas about what is right or wrong, what is fair or unfair, what is important or not important.

The degree to which people conceive of themselves as separate or connected to others.

Live in order to work. 

Clear masculine/feminine gender roles

Overlapped gender roles.

Males take initiative

Fluid gender communication.

 Emphasize achievement.

Flexible gender roles

Both genders take initiative. 

Emphasize nurturance. 

Social adjustment is critical.

Work in order to live. 

Distinct gender roles.

Academic achievement is critical.

"Masculine" toughness vs. "feminine" softness.

The feeling of stress and anxiety that most people experience when moving from a familiar cultural environment to an unfamiliar one is referred as ___________

At which stage of culture shock does an individual can understand and appreciate both the differences and similarities of the both cultures?

What usually happens during the honeymoon phase? 

At which stage do you feel angry, frustrated, and hostile to everything around you?

5. Culture shock is popular among which population?

When Frankie talks to her roommate, she speaks in a matter-of-fact tone and states her message clearly. What kind of verbal style does this reflect? 

A low-context culture uses language_

What is low-context culture?

Low-context cultures differ from high-context cultures in that one of their norms is:

High-context cultures differ from low-context cultures because they:

1. High-context cultures rely less on nonverbal cues than low-context cultures do. 

2. Low-context cultures differ from high-context cultures in that high-context cultures value face-saving and social harmony.

3. High-context communication encourages directness. 

4. Members of cultures with low-context communication are less likely to ask questions to get background information when meeting someone for the first time.

Unlike verbal communication, nonverbal communication is not ambiguous

We can communicate with people without speaking a word

Nonverbal communication is universal

Nonverbal communication is not always clear

Nonverbal cues relate to verbal messages in 5 different ways