Chapter 1
Globalization, domestic diversity, and _____ make acquiring intercultural communication skills imperative.
immigration
____ is learned, transmitted from generation to generation, based on symbols, and is dynamic and integrated system.
culture
Families can take a variety of _____. The two most common are nuclear and extended.
forms
History and ______ are interwoven.
culture
_______ is a culture's orientation toward God, humanity, nature, the universe, life, death, sickness, and other philosophical issues concerning existence.
Worldview
_____ technology is making interaction between people from different cultures increasingly common.
Communication
The elements that compose culture are _____, history, values, social organizations, and language.
religion
Traditional definitions of "family" are undergoing major changes in the _____ _____.
United states
The study of intercultural communication and _____ are complementary.
history
Although worldview is communicated in a variety of ways (such as secularism and spirituality), ______ is the predominant element of culture from which one's worldview is derived.
religion
Society
Communication is dynamic, s_____, contextual, learned, and has a consequence.
symbolic
The influence of ______ (mass media, and shifting migration patterns) in recent years has had a major impact on traditional family structures throughout the world.
globalization
A ______ history affects perception, behavior, and how people relate to other cultures.
culture's
Although all _____ have some unique futures, they share many similarities. These include, among other things, speculation about the meaning of life, sacred writings, rituals, and ethics.
religions
Venturing into a new culture can cause _____ and emotional dissonance.
anxiety
The components of communication include source, encoding, _____, channel, receiver, decoding, feedback, and noise.
messages
Families perform a series of key functions in all _____. These functions include teaching members of the culture about reproduction, economics, socialization, values and religion, identity, and communication.
cultures
______ events provide insight to, and help explain, national character.
Historical
The six most prominent religious traditions are ______, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. These traditions present their members with advice on how to live life, and they offer explanations about death.
Christianity
There are two major perspectives on _____: fundamentalism and relativism.
ethics
Communication helps create ____, assists in gathering information about other people, helps fulfill interpersonal needs, and allows you to influence other people.
identities
The family also teaches ______ ______, views on individualism and collectivism perceptions of aging, and social skills.
gender roles
History is a key element in developing a culture's ____, goals, expectations, and identity.
values
For _____, "Four Stages of Life" represent phrases the individual passes though as a means of gathering enough wisdom to become "free" and "spiritual."
Hindus