SOC 101 Midterm: CMN 2181 Midterm 2 Notes.docx
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Taught a way of life in harmony with nature. Yin (female dark) and yang (masculine light) = the interconnectedness of opposites: confucianism and buddhism: China"s early sense of moral obligations into an organized hierarchal system. Virtue, moral life, maintenance of a stable society: holism: The traditional healing arts in china are based on yin and yang principle and the essential elements of earth, fire, water, metal, water and wood. They were reluctant surgeons: no word for individualism in chinese. *** can be summed up to include individualism knowledge derived from objective, rational thought, truth derived from unchanging principles, monotheism and rule of law. Culture dictates what we pay attention to and what we ignore. *** in communication between high and low context cultures; high context tends to try to create a communicative comfort zone. Kluckhohn, klukhohn, and strodbeck"s value orientations: different cultures have different preferred value- based responses (orientations) to these universal problems.