HSS 2102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: High-Context And Low-Context Cultures, Ethnocentrism, Stereotype
30 Nov 2016
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Adapting to canada"s changing faces: our faces. Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms which affect the behaviours of a relatively large group of people. Within most cultures there are also groups of people, members of co-cultures, who coexist within the mainstream society yet remain connected to one another through their cultural heritage: barriers to understanding each other. To communicate effectively in an ethical world, one must overcome obstacles that can inhibit your understanding of others: Mistaken belief that your culture is a superior culture with special rights and privileges that are or should be denied to others. Generalizations about a group of people that oversimplify the group"s characteristics. Positive or negative attitudes about an individual or cultural group based on little or no direct experience with that person or group. Assume that a person with certain inherited characteristics also has negative characteristics and abilities.
