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Global Perspectives
Global Perspectives Final
Question | Answer |
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Culture | learned and shared behaviors, also norms, values cosmology |
Culture Relativism | suspending moral and ethical judgement for the purposes of studying another culture group |
6 Aspects of Culture | kinship, economics, religion, politics, subsistence, language. |
Values | what is right and wrong |
Norms | accepted way of doing things in a culture |
Non-Verbal Communication | communicating through visual cues |
Public Space | 10 feet or more |
Social Use of Space | Where people gather and interact |
Culture Shock | disorientation and confusion felt when in a different culture or social environment |
Symptoms of Culture Shock | sadness, preoccupation with health, aches and pains, insomnia, changes in temperament |
Phases of Culture Shock | honeymoon, shock, adjustment, reentry |
Universal Moral Imperatives | foundations for all human moral and ethical behavior; built into everyone |
Methods of Studying Culture | analyze, ask questions, critical thinking, reflect |
High Context Culture | not everything needs to be explained, meaning comes from context of situation |
Low Context Culture | more needs to be explained, understood meanings are absent |
Event Timing | different in every culture |
Practical Ideas for Traveling | pack light, expect delays, don't complain, leave electronics at home, take snacks and water, be early, be careful with money and passport, and be alert |
Private Space | bigger in other countries |