CMST 2010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Job Interview, Paralanguage, Physical Attractiveness
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Irreversable relationship: symbolic, rule governed, learned from others, two levels: 5 main general influencers on perception: 1) our culture it is so much of who we are, we cannot hardly separate ourselves from how we look at the world, 2) our gender males and females have different characteristics, 3) physical factors where we are, our age, 4) technology it changes the way we form our interpersonal relationships, 5) someone tells us about themselves, and then we fill in the rest of the blanks, however, we don"t always fill them in properly, (positive/negative) halo effect postive attitudes towards a person. When you learn about another culture, and can adapt to it, may even perform the rules of a post culture, you become absorbed in that culture: they can perform successfully but can still retain their own cultural beliefs as well, enculturation certain culture"s way of thinking and the culture"s world view.
