Communication Between Cultures

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Stereotyping
acquiring, 390
avoiding, 391
definition of, 389
intercultural communication, 390– 391
Stress-adaptation-growth dynamic model,
383 – 384
Strodtbeck, F. L., 215
Student stage, 143
Student–teacher relationship, 359– 360
Supernatural/magico/religious healthcare,
367 – 368
Suzuki, Mari, 281
Symbolic human communication, 30– 31
Symbols, 269

T
Taoism, 369
Te(Power), 155
Technology
intercultural cooperation and, 15– 17
interpreting and, 288
Texting, 276
Thoreau, Henry David, 139
Thought, in language, 270– 272
Tight cultures, 235– 236
Time, 327– 331
Time orientation, 217– 218
Touch, 317– 319
Transnational identity, 252
Triesman, Daniel, 171
Two-generation families, 76

U
U-curve model, 383
Umayyad Caliphate, 191
Uncertainty, 388
Uncertainty avoidance, 225– 227
Unexamined ethnic identity, 256
Unexamined identity

majority development model, 257
minority development model, 257
Uniqueness of individual, 18
United States
contemporary social issues, 167– 168
Declaration of Independence,
208
elderly, 92– 93
gender roles, 82– 83
history of, 164– 167
language, 275
negotiations, 353
World War II, 82
Universalism, 233–234, 239, 402
Upanishads, 139
U.S. Department of Labor, 346
Utilitarian function, 392– 393

V
Value dimensions
collectivism, 224– 225
femininity, 229– 230
individualism, 223– 224
long- and short-term orientation,
230
masculinity, 228– 229
power distance, 227– 228
uncertainty avoidance, 225– 227
Value-expressive function, 393
Value orientations.SeeCultural patterns
activity orientation, 218– 220
human nature orientation, 215– 216
person/nature orientation, 216– 217
time orientation, 217– 218
Values, 58, 202– 203
Values Americans Live By, The(Kohls),
206
Vedas, 139
Verbal message, 298
Violence, religion and, 111– 112
Vocabulary, 291

Vocal characteristics, 322
Vocal qualities, 321– 322
Vocal segregates, 322– 323

W
W-curve model, 383
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 13
Weber, Max, 398
Wei-ming, Tu, 154
Wen(The Arts), 155
Will, George, 50
Wisdom, 148
Withdrawal, 388– 389
WMD.SeeWeapons of mass destruction
Words
arbitrary, 269– 270
denotative/connotative meanings,
270
nonverbal communication, 300
symbols, 269
Work orientation, 211– 212
World Bank, 184
World Economic Forum, 230
World view
atheism as, 106– 107
culture and, 57, 103– 104
manifestations of, 104– 105
religion as, 108– 110
spirituality as, 107– 108
World War I, 191, 193
World War II, 258, 396
Nazi government, 50
United States, 82
Western Allied Powersvs., 179

Z
Zakat, 133
Zapata, Emiliano, 187
Zedong, Mao, 174
Zuckerberg, Mark, 360

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