Communication Between Cultures

recommend only one or two hours a day of nonviolent, educational programs, with adult supervision, for children.^71 We conclude ...

may happen in small increments, or...in revolutionary bursts. Historically, in most places and at most times, culture change has ...

simply blended into the existing culture or eventually discarded as“passing fads.”How- ever, values and behaviors associated wit ...

Worldview The importance of worldview is clearly affirmed in the following definition advanced by Bailey and Peoples:“World view ...

and identity. As these descriptions of significant historical events get transmitted from generation to generation, people begin ...

have formed various interdependent groups as a means of survival. Within these groups, people have developed patterned interacti ...

cultural elements is the civil rights movement of the United States in the 1960s. This movement brought about change in housing ...

Developing Intercultural Competence We continue with the theme of cultural differences here at the end of this chapter by offeri ...

positive results. The problem when talking about motivation is that it is a very sub- jective proposition. What motivates person ...

In gathering information on the components of intercultural communication, scholars and intercultural communication trainers rec ...

Skills We have mentioned that to be a competent intercultural communicator, you should bemotivatedand havea fund of knowledgeabo ...

listen primarily for facts and concrete information. Listeners in these cultures also confront speakers directly and do not hesi ...

values competition and aggressive action and you are around someone from a cul- ture that values cooperation and interpersonal h ...

Activities Attend a meeting (church service, lecture, social event, etc.) of a culture or co-culture different from you own. Tr ...

CHAPTER 3 The Deep Structure of Culture: Lessons from the Family Children have never been very good at listening to their elders ...

unique, and explains the“how”and“why”of a culture’s collective action—action that is often difficult for“outsiders”to understand ...

of groups within every culture help with that adaptation process while also giving members of that particular culture guidance o ...

Although many of our examples demonstrate clashes that have long historical antecedents, Huntington speaks to future intercultur ...

writings survive. Just as every American knows about the values conveyed by the story of the Revolutionary War, every Mexican is ...

These different identities we have discussed are important to the study of intercultural communication because, according to Gui ...