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Culture - correct answer✔✔a learned set of enduring values, beliefs, and practices that are
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shared by an identifiable, large group of people with a common history
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Values - correct answer✔✔the most deeply felt, generally shared view of what is deemed
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good, right, or worthwhile thinking or behavior
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Beliefs - correct answer✔✔what a person thinks is true or probable
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Co-culture - correct answer✔✔a group of people who live in a dominant culture yet remain
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connected to another cultural heritage that typically exhibits significant differences in values,
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beliefs, and practices from the dominant culture
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Value Dimensions - correct answer✔✔varying degree of importance placed on those deeply
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felt views of what is right, good, and worthwhile
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Individualist Culture - correct answer✔✔a "me" conciousness; individuals see themselves as ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
loosely linked to each other and largely independent of group identification
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Collectivist Culture - correct answer✔✔a "we" conciousness; individuals see themselves as
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closely linked to one or more groups
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Socialization - correct answer✔✔the communication of shared cultural practices, beliefs, and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values from generation to generation
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, Low-context Communication Style - correct answer✔✔verbally precise, direct, and explicit ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High-context Communication Style - correct answer✔✔indirect verbal expression ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Power-distance Dimension - correct answer✔✔Variations in the acceptability of unequal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
distribution of power in relationships, institutions, and organizations ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Stratified - correct answer✔✔divided into various levels of power that put distance between
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the haves and the have-nots||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Low-PD Culture - correct answer✔✔horizontal culture; values relatively equal power sharing
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and discourages attention to status differences and ranking in society; tend to be
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individualist; minimizes power disparities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High-PD Culture - correct answer✔✔verticle culture; relatively strong emphasis on
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maintaining power differences; tend to be collectivist; maintians power disparities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Ethnocentrism - correct answer✔✔the notion that one's own culture is superior to any ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
other; a learned behavior ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cultural Relativism - correct answer✔✔views cultures as merely different, not deficient
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Multiculturalism - correct answer✔✔a social-intellectual movement that promotes the value ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
of diversity as a core principle and insists that all cultural groups be treated with respect and
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as equals
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Acculturation - correct answer✔✔the process of adapting to a culture different from one's ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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Communication Exam with precise detailed solutions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Culture - correct answer✔✔a learned set of enduring values, beliefs, and practices that are
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shared by an identifiable, large group of people with a common history
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Values - correct answer✔✔the most deeply felt, generally shared view of what is deemed
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good, right, or worthwhile thinking or behavior
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Beliefs - correct answer✔✔what a person thinks is true or probable
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Co-culture - correct answer✔✔a group of people who live in a dominant culture yet remain
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connected to another cultural heritage that typically exhibits significant differences in values,
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beliefs, and practices from the dominant culture
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Value Dimensions - correct answer✔✔varying degree of importance placed on those deeply
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felt views of what is right, good, and worthwhile
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Individualist Culture - correct answer✔✔a "me" conciousness; individuals see themselves as ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
loosely linked to each other and largely independent of group identification
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Collectivist Culture - correct answer✔✔a "we" conciousness; individuals see themselves as
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closely linked to one or more groups
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Socialization - correct answer✔✔the communication of shared cultural practices, beliefs, and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values from generation to generation
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, Low-context Communication Style - correct answer✔✔verbally precise, direct, and explicit ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High-context Communication Style - correct answer✔✔indirect verbal expression ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Power-distance Dimension - correct answer✔✔Variations in the acceptability of unequal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
distribution of power in relationships, institutions, and organizations ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Stratified - correct answer✔✔divided into various levels of power that put distance between
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the haves and the have-nots||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Low-PD Culture - correct answer✔✔horizontal culture; values relatively equal power sharing
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and discourages attention to status differences and ranking in society; tend to be
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individualist; minimizes power disparities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
High-PD Culture - correct answer✔✔verticle culture; relatively strong emphasis on
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maintaining power differences; tend to be collectivist; maintians power disparities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Ethnocentrism - correct answer✔✔the notion that one's own culture is superior to any ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
other; a learned behavior ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Cultural Relativism - correct answer✔✔views cultures as merely different, not deficient
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Multiculturalism - correct answer✔✔a social-intellectual movement that promotes the value ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
of diversity as a core principle and insists that all cultural groups be treated with respect and
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as equals
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Acculturation - correct answer✔✔the process of adapting to a culture different from one's ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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