COMM 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: D.I.E., Intercultural Competence, Circular Reasoning
11 Dec 2017
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Learned set of shared interpretations ab beliefs, values, norms, and social practices which affect the behaviors of a relatively large group of people. Cultural members seldom pay attention to these forces. These forces have huge influence on the culture. History - unique experiences/shared wisdom that becomes part of a culture. Ecology - pg 23, environment around the culture that influences a culture (land, weather patterns) Biology - biological and genetic differences exist in people, a lot of them are influenced by our ecology (ex. sherpas have a lung capacity that forgoes ours), biology is not as strong a force than others. Institutional networks - how our societies organized by institutions (education, religion, social orgs, government, healthcare) Interpersonal communication patterns - how a culture communicates with each other, patterns formed face to face. We mix up d. i. e. often. (judgment vs. observation) Makes us mindful of this process and a bit less hasty.
