CMN 137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kung Pao Chicken, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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Individualism-collectivism: the degree to which members of a culture are integrated into groups, most widely used in intercultural communication, everyone belongs to groups (can also belong to multiple groups) ie: uc davis, family, class, church, work. Individuals are social beings; everyone wants to belong to a group. Individualistic culture: ties between individuals are loose, they are connected but not that connected. Individual goals prevail over group goals: thinking about i/me . Ie: people in us call each other by first name / individual name. In asia we call by last name (family name) Ie: i am ____ describing self by personality: collectivistic culture, people are integrated into strong, cohesive in-groups, group goals prevail over individual goals, thinking about we . Ie: i come from china, i am a mom, i work at uc davis: talking about groups you belong to. Watched clip on my big fat greek wedding. The mom kept trying to correct the pronunciation.
