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Speaker person speaking
-Emotional appeals -emotional language -Includes Utopia and Wasteland PATHOS
Chronological order follows time pattern
accculturation Accepting borrowing and exchangin ideas from different cultures.
Conectives personalized ideas to the audience
Ambiguity context-dependent: the same linguistic item (be it a word, phrase, or sentence) may be ambiguous in one context and unambiguous in another context. - Can be interpreted in more than one way
showing that you care=______ showing you do not care=______ Empathy Neatrality
kinesics the study of body movement
Ethnocentrism belief that personal culture, ideas, or values are better than anothers
Meanings are in people... NOT in words.
defensive climate characterized by threatening one another's interpersonal needs
community the understanding with a group of people commited to coexisting
Patchwork Plagerism Taking pieces from multiple sources and claiming as own
3 Types of persuasive speech Fact; Value: Policy
Audience capable of being influenced and act in the way that the speaker wants them to. Rhetorical Audience
When you acknowledge a persons message but you take the conversation in another direction. Tangental
Us Verse Them, EX: Santas naughty/nice list. NO in-between Polarization
Process by whichrhetors adapt to an audience what they have determined to be tru in order to accomplish some goal. 2Invention
polarization the tendency to view issues, ideas, and the world around us in extremes
ethical relativism there is not culture-free, universal morality, and therefore no way of ranking moral views and practices as more or less right. at least across cultures
out-group any group that a person does not belong to or identify with
Duality Marked by flexibility, can go back and forth between cultures
We pay closer attention to people who are like us or relate to us in some way. Homophily
field dependent person reliance on external frame of reference in processing information and they might be anzious and fearful about other's approval or diapporval of themselves. thrive in situations where decisions are made for them
Intercultural Effectiveness Explore ways to interact with ones in a way that other people are receptive - we're approachable
How are you doing? ... Other person walks away. Example of what? Impervious Response
connotative meaning one that has meaning to an individual group and how that special meaning became common
extrinsic motivation needing a prod to do something, ex. money grades, punishment, friendship
The 3 guidelines for ethical listening -Be courteous and attentive-Avoid prejudging speaker-Maintain free and open expression of Ideas
supportive climate focuses on the task or problem to be solved instead of the judgements of others
stages of culture shock 1. people enter a new cultural region 2. culture shock occurs from hostility and stereotypes 3. adaptation- how the person chooses to cope with the cultural changes
action, culture shock if ou are not sure how to be sitting or eating in social situations, follow what everyone else is doing
Metacommunication messages about messages
Pretending to be weak Supplication
Supporting materials Evidence for main points
Monochronic Time time- schedules - prompt
type of communication -basic hellos -you may ask a question, deliver a compliment Phatic Communication
masking involves the substitution of appropriate nonverbal communication for nonverbal communication you may want to display
Listener the audience who recieves the message
Constructivist Theory (Interpretive) How internal processes construct intercultural realities; Cronen, Chen, Pierce
Something that is not necessary EX: this is my male nurse, asian nail person, mexican maid. hahahaah Marking
ethics the justification of actions and practices in specific situations, or a discipling which distinguishes between right and wrong, good and evil, or virtue and vice
power distance how a culture percieves and distributes power
channel the means that the message is comunicated
Cultural Awareness Social Values, Social Norms, Social Systmes
This happens when you give into others. Accomidation
denotative meaning the dictionary meaning, or common meaning that is generally agreed upon
5 humanistic factors ethnicity, religion, education, age, sex, acculturation. acculturation- the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
cultural imperialism Domination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority. (p. 894)
Problem solution pivots two problems with solution as outcome
4 Dimensions of Inturcultural Competentness Personality Attributes, Communication Skills, Phsychological Adaptation, Cultural Awareness
This is when someone is always right, and doesnt allow any other. Certainty
conflict object two people are fighting two different objects
intrinsic motivation you will do something without anyone telling you to do it
Transitions between mainpoints words or phrases signaling to next thought
3 components of World Views Religion, Family, History of Government
Using a single label to define that person, you see that person as nothing else. EX: An athlete is an athlete Totalizing Language
misscommunication in healthcare: family roles children translating for parents at hospitals because of English proficiency
4 tips to specific purpose statement -Express as statement not question-avoid figuritive launguage-limit to one idea-make sure not vauge or general
Three Cups of Tea Authors Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
religion and health care: prevention prayer (thankful for good health), plessings, religious medals as protection from evil, avoiding pathogens
four tactics used by Ghandi 1. long march- Ghandi and his followers walked for 24 days to get to the ocean. this tactic helped gain media attention, which in turn created more support 2. ask government workers to quit- this made it difficult to run the country with less people, relate to "strike" 3. salt raid- Ghandi knew they would be met with force and this raid was used to portray the British as cruel and inhumane. this helped gain support from other countries 4. boycott British goods- this tactic made the British lose business and want to leave India
five core concepts for mexican work life, estabilidad "stability" the family is the mexican culture's first priority and must remain so for the future sstability for our country. this reinforces the value of person relationships and permeated organizational behaviors