GLOBALIZATION
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE
SOURCES OF MISUNDERSTANDING
all about culture
Random
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Galleon Trade is the trade between ___________ and ______________

Manila, Philippines & Acapulco, Mexico

2

Various parts of culture are interconnected. To truly understand a culture, learn about its parts, not only a few.

Culture is integrated.

2

who cited the following sources of misunderstanding?

Kaur (2016)

2

Cultures expect messages to be straightforward, direct, and explicit.

Low context

2

in enhancing the communication, only through continuous learning can we master how to interact properly.

Practice

4

Silk Road is a network of trade routes connecting ______ and  _________

China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe.

4

Cultures interact and change. As cultures interact with each other, they exchange ideas and symbols. All cultures change to adapt to changing environments.

Culture is Dynamic

4

lack of explicitness; double meaning

Ambiguity

4

full attention is given to one agenda item after another

Sequential

4

not slaves to time

Synchronic

6

Process by which people and goods move easily across borders.

Globalization

6

It is not biological. It is not inherited. Much of learning culture is unconscious. It is learned from families, peers, institutions, and media.

Culture is Learned

6

Ungrammaticality of sentences

Language-related misunderstanding

6

belief that your culture is superior than others

Ethnocentrism
6

Proponent of the ICEBERG model

Edward Hall

8

The integration of markets, trade and investments with few barriers to slow the flow products and services between nations.

Economic

8

Symbols vary cross-culturally. They only have meaning when people in a culture agree on their use.

Culture is based on Symbols

8

Slips of the tongue and mishearing; talking quickly and unclearly

Performance-related misunderstanding

8

generalizing; example: All Indians are scammers

Sterotyping

8

These cultures leave much of the message unspecified– to be understood through context, nonverbal cues, and between the lines interpretation

High-Context Cultures

10

A concept about sharing ideas, traditions, and knowledge.

Cultural Concept

10

Because it is shared, we are able to act in socially-appropriate ways as well as predict how others will act.

Culture is Shared

10

Gaps in content rather than language

Gaps in World Knowledge

10

Unreasoned looking down on others without prior understanding of their culture.

Prejudice

10

members of these cultures do not show their feelings, but keep them carefully controlled and subdued

Neutral

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