CO 1013 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Identity, Ethnocentrism, Stereotype
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Mutual interests or characteristics other than national citizenship. Ethnicity, gender, age, stage in life, etc. Strength varies: situation you"re in, people you"re with, topic at hand. Languages: approximately 6,800 used today, pass down cultural ideas. Values: sense of what should be. Collectivistic: people don"t want to stand out. Low-power distance: close to people of power. High power distance: used to great distance between people with power and the subordinates. Masculine: very defined roles of genders. Feminine: position of genders is based on skills not pre-designed roles. Monochronic: very punctual, sees time as valuable. Polychronic: more fluid and relaxed, relationships are more important than being on time. Uncertainty avoidance: deals with comfort level of ambiguity, high- want to avoid it, low- more comfortable with questions. Making generalizations of groups of people: prejudice. Always having negative attitude/feeling because people are different: discrimination. Taking action to separate yourself from people with differences.
