chapter 6
People and cultures are extremely complex. True or False?
True
to place people into different categories based largely on their outward appearance
racial identity
gender identity
Language differences that are usually culturally influenced and frequently offer hints as to the nation or region where a person lives
language variations
conversational taboos
comes from a Dutch mathematician Christian Huygens, which built the first pendulum clock
Time
Clocks
monotheistic tradition centered on faith in God and in Jesus Christ
Christianity
Islam
A term used to collectively talk about values, beliefs, and other orientations that characterize the dominant group within a culture
cultural patterns?
power distance
derived from a sense of shared heritage, history, traditions, values, similar behaviors, area of origin, and in some instances, language
ethnic identity
personal identity
variations in pronunciation that occur when people are speaking the same language (often a result of geographical or historical differences)
accent
argot
concept that views time as linear, sequential, and segmented
M-time
P-time
Believe in one universal and eternal God, the creator and sovereign of all that exists, they have no original sin
Judaism
Islam
Often referred to as "freedom" by Americans
individuality
collectivism
identity majority of people associate with the nation where they were born, but also acquired by immigration and naturalization
national identity
racial identity
private vocabulary unique to co-culture, group, organization, or profession
argot
slang
_____ provides an interval in an ongoing interaction which the participants have time to think, check, or suppress an emotion, encode a lengthy response.
Silence
time
This religion only has one god, believes in Angels, and has the Koran as its sacred text
Islam
Christianity
who wrote the first classification that identifies 6 dimensions that are influenced and modified by culture
Hofstede
An identity centered on characters from science fiction movies, comic books, and anime
cyber and fantasy identity
personal identity
regional distinctions or dialects, distinguished by differences in vocabulary, grammar, and even punctuations
dialect
argot
To "outsiders" Americans always appear to be in a hurry because of their
Pace
Time
Religion who doesn't have a god, but "simply a man."
Buddhism
Hinduism
cultures that easily accept the uncertainty inherit in life, tend to be tolerant of the unusual, and aren't threatened by different ideas and people
low uncertainty avoidance
high uncertainty avoidance
Identity consisting of characteristics that set one apart from others in his or her in-group
personal identity
ethnic identity
designates non-standard terms, can be based regionally, associated with a co-culture or used by groups engaged in a specific endeavor.
slang
accent
Informal time is usually composed of two interrelated components-- pace and ___
punctuality
religion believes people are good and only have to learn, by example, what constitutes correct behavior
confucianism
christianity