CMST 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethnocentrism, Sport Utility Vehicle
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Culture and language (meanings and values) are created by us: understanding intercultural communication, edward t. hall considered the father of intercultural communication, focused on how people interact, focused on how culture is a practical part of everyone"s lives, time, space, gestures as part of culture, advocated personal experience, focused on descriptive linguistics, focused on link between culture and communication, characteristics of cultures, culture is dynamic and ever changing, cultures learn and share a common experience and tradition, socialization the process by which a person comes to understand the cultural patterns in order to socialize or interact with other members of a community, community a group of people who share common bonds and relationships and consider themselves a group or community. Slang word that takes place of a standard word (cool: the nature of perception, north american culture emphasizes space, role identities expected social behavior. (men/women, goals, self concept individualism vs collectivism.
