UTM115H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Intercultural Communication, Paralanguage, Collectivism
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Intercultural communication: 2 persons from different cultures or microcultures exchanging verbal and nonverbal messages. Communication: no definite definition but is an ongoing, ever-changing, continuous process. Communication is a symbol: learned stimulus representing something else. Culture: accumulated pattern of beliefs, values and behaviours shared with a specific group of people. Intercultural communication competence-adapt to one"s messages in the culture. Unless a common goal binds cultures together, they will drift apart. Communication with others is the essence of what it means to be human. Communication apprehension: is fear of another group/person (like intercultural communication apprehension, whereas the fear is with a person from a different culture) Cultural context (largest, outer circle): communication changes b/w people in cultures (verbal/non-verbal) Microcultural context (next largest circle): separate groups of people treated differently (minority/subcultures) group of people who share a set of beliefs, values, and behaviours that share a common history.
