SCOM 122H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Speech Segmentation, Noam Chomsky, Kinesics
21 Dec 2016
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Risk-taking tendency low to high (us) Flirting behavior: eye contact, bridge the space (proxemics, haptics (self-touch, males goal oriented, female game. Ethnocentrism belief that our culture is superior. Cultural relativism we should judge a culture based on their value system. Chronemics differences in perception of time: monochronic time precise, polychronic expandable. Haptics sense of touch, low in us. Kinesics study of movement/positioning, facial expressions, gestures. Co-culture group lives in dominant culture yet remain connected to another cultural heritage. Value dimensions varying degrees of importance placed on deeply felt views of what"s right. Stratified divided into levels of power, putting distance between haves and have nots. Multiculturalism movement promoting value of diversity as core principle. Acculturation process of adapting to a culture different from one"s own. Uncertainty reduction theory when strangers meet they principally want to increase predictability. Culture shock/acculturative stress anxiety that comes from unfamiliarity of new cultural surroundings and attempt to adapt.
