Culture-specific knowledge, 63
CVS.SeeChinese Value Survey
Cyberidentity, 255
DDalai Lama, 286
Darwin, Charles, 106, 330
Death
Buddhism notion of, 151– 152
Christian notion of, 122– 123
Confucianism notion of, 156– 157
finality of, 107
Hindu view of, 144
Islamic notion of, 137– 138
Judaism and, 128– 129
Decision making, 349– 350
Decodes, 29
Deep structure institutions
deeply felt messages, 72
enduring messages, 71– 72
person’s identity, 72– 73
transmits messages, 71
Deists, 106
Denotative meaning, 270
Dewey, John, 266
Dharma, 142
Dialects, 274
Diary of a Young Girl, The(Frank),
215
Díaz, Porfirio, 187
Dickinson, Emily, 387
Diffusion, 55
Directness, 212– 213
Disaster response, 11
Discrimination, 394
Disraeli, Benjamin, 28
Distance, space and, 323– 327
Doing orientation, 219– 220
Domestic water pollution, 10
Dynamic cultural patterns, 204
Dynamic process communication, 30
EEast Africans families, 95
East India Company, 183
Economic function, 79
Education
attitudes toward, 360– 361
communication strategies, multicultural
classroom, 364– 365
culture and, 47, 356– 357
culture as teacher, 358
globalization and, 355– 365
language and, 361– 362
learning from culture, 358– 360
multicultural classroom, cultural
considerations, 362– 364
student–teacher relationship, 359– 360
Efficiency, 213
Egalitarianism, 208–209, 239
Ego-defensive function, 392
Eightfold Path of Buddhism, 148– 149
Elderly
African American families, 96– 97
American Indian families, 95– 96
Arabs families, 93
Asian families, 93– 95
East Africans families, 95
Latino families, 93
United States, 92– 93
Elderly respect, 47
Eliot, T. S., 30
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 332
Empathy, 155
Encoding, 28– 29
Enculturation process, 327
English language, 277– 278
Environmental Protection Agency, 10
Equality, 208– 209
Ethical conduct, 148
Ethics
Buddhism and, 150– 151
Christianity and, 121– 122
in communication, 400– 402
Confucianism and, 156
Hinduism and, 144
Islam and, 137
Judaism and, 128
in relativism, 401– 402
religion and, 116– 117
standards in atheism, 107
universalism, 402
Ethnic identity
in social identity, 250– 251
unexamined, 256
Ethnic identity achievement, 257
Ethnic identity search, 257
Ethnocentrism
definition, 20
host culture, 385– 386
objectivity and, 20– 21
perceptionsof attractiveness,
304
Euro-American cultural value, 12
Euro-American organizations, 347– 348
Evil, 215– 216
Exchange of gifts, 345
Exclusionism, 233– 234
Extended families, 75– 76
Extermination, 395
Extrinsic motivation, 62
Eye contact, gaze and, 314– 317F
Face concept, 236– 238
Face negotiation theory, 237
Facial expressions, 312– 314
Families
collectivism and, 89– 92
communication competence, 99– 100
definition of, 74– 75
description of, 73– 74
economic function, 79
elderly, 92– 97
extended, 75– 76
forms of, 75– 76
gender roles, 81– 88
globalization and, 77– 78
identity function, 80
individualism and, 88– 89
Jewish, 127– 128
language acquisition function, 79
nuclear, 75– 76
reproductive function, 78
socialization function, 79
social skills, 97– 99
Fantasy identity, 255
Fasting, 133
Fate and destiny, 47
Feedback, 29
Femininity, 229– 230
Feng shui, 326
Feudalism, 178
Flexibility
cognitive, 62
communication, 65
Flexumility, 232– 233
Folktales, learning culture, 47– 49
Forest dweller, 143
Formal education, 358– 359
Four Noble Truth of Buddhism, 147– 148
Franklin, Benjamin, 208, 307, 328
Free enterprise, 210– 211
French space, 327
Friendship touching, 318
Furniture arrangements, 326– 327
Future-oriented cultures, 218G
Galapagos syndrome, 355
Gandhi, Mohandas, 183
Gates, Bill, 360
Gautama, Siddhartha, 145
Gender
American Indian families, 92
Arabs families, 86– 88
Asian families, 83– 84
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