PACS327 Lecture 6: Week 6 - Personal Journeys through Culture There and Back Again.docx

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whitejellyfish187

14 Apr 2012

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University of Waterloo

Department

Peace and Conflict Studies

Course

PACS327

Professor

Nathan Funk

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Week 6: personal journeys through culture: there and back again. Analyzing what is at stake: conflict issues and messages. Relational quality of interaction between parties: relationships and money. Some cultures put the relationship before business while others but business first. Face a projected image of one"s self in relational context (augsburger, page 85: some cultures portray more through about face and the need to communicate respect and status in relationships. Collectivistic cultures: importance of avoiding direct confrontation. High context cultures: self-assertiveness problematic, more conscious of face issues, routine use of informal, third-party go-betweens, mediators may be knowledgeable insiders. Low context cultures: self-assertiveness valued, less conscious of face issues, not unusual to confront issues person-to-person, mediators expected to be outside professionals. When one person from one community group hurts someone from the other community group it is more than just a personal hurt. Families look out for their own and an offence to one family results in retaliation from the other.

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Hi this is for my intro to comunications class thank you in advance

____ 25. Recognizing that people from different cultures differ in thoughts, actions, and values is known as:

a.	cultural diversity
b.	ethnocentrism
c.	provisionalism
d.	cultural absolutism
e.	cultural fanaticism

____ 26. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) accurate about conflict between people in relationships?

a.	conflict indicates a relationship is in deep trouble
b.	conflict is a sign that people are involved and matter to each other
c.	conflict may be overt or covert
d.	conflict may be managed well or managed poorly
e.	B, C, and D

____ 27. Megahn is annoyed that Holly left the kitchen in a mess. Meghan then plays the stereo loudly when Holly is trying to sleep. This is an example of:

a.	covert conflict
b.	overt conflict
c.	defensive climate
d.	offensive climate
e.	acknowledgment

____ 28. The openness of a system is:

a.	refers to the interconnection of its components
b.	the extent to which the system affects and is affected by outside factors
c.	the operations of its components in their totality
d.	a result of new elements emerging from the existing parts of the system
e.	a function of its overall balance

____ 29. The social, symbolic, and material practices of a social group that shape its members perspectives and communication processes are known as:

a.	understanding
b.	co-cultures
c.	standpoint
d.	ethnocentricism
e.	relativism

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You can choose ANY one (1) of the following topics to write a short essay about:

Diversity in the Workplace

Importance of Good Communication Skills

How Corporate Culture Can Affect Communication in an Organization

Importance of Word Adaption in Communication

Importance of "Relationship Context" in Communication

Why Some People Consider the You-ViewPoint Harmful

Role of Social Media in Today's Business

For your assignment you must write a MINIMUM of 3 paragraphs. Each paragraph must contain a MINIMUM of five sentences.

With at least 250 words, make a comparison between something in Spain's culture and America's culture (you can identify home culture as ethnic culture, geographical culture, gendered culture, etc.).

â¢ This âsomethingâ could be politics, child-rearing, dating, environmental concerns, education, business, religion, poverty, and/or countless other things such as food and dining culture, dress culture, architecture, urban planning, public transportation, attitudes towards time, attitudes towards relationships, store displays, advertising, types of business ventures that are salient, how things are marketed and what things are marketed, and business culture of local firms and people in general.

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