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Class:CMST 340 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Subject:Communication Studies
University:Eastern Washington University
Term:Winter 2010
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Perception Process by which people select, organize and interpret sensory stimulation
Beliefs Attribution of some characteristic to an object
Attitude predisposed to respond positively, negatively, or neutrally to certain objects and practices.
Values Shared idea within a culture about what is important or desirable.
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Norms Shared standards for accepted and expected behaviors.
Folkways Everyday culture practices that are widely accepted.
Mores Cultural practices that carry moral connotations and impose stricter constraints on people's behavior than do norms.
Laws Cultural practices that are codified and usually written down.
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Worldview Overall way people from a certain culture see reality.
Cultural Gaze A Culture's way of looking outward at the world
Ethnic Tourism Special practice whereby people are invited to experience other cultures.
Ethnocentrism Central point of reference from which a culture understands the world and itself
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Ethnocentric Reduction Process whereby people from one culture force people from another culture to start doing things according to the first culture's frame of reference.
Ethnocentric Negation Process whereby one culture simply disregards another culture as not self.
Ethnocentric Affirmation Process whereby people from interacting cultures exercise equal authority.
Cultural Loci Position from which a culture views the world and its own place in it.
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Grounding Process of establishing a cultural system of meanings.
Authority Ability to lay claims that are accepted.
Narrative Recounting of a sequence of events that is told from a particular point of view.
Grand Narrative Recounting of a sequence of events claiming universal truth
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Engagement Process whereby people from different cultures present claims that their narratives represent the true vision of the world.
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 PerceptionProcess by which people select, organize and interpret sensory stimulation
 BeliefsAttribution of some characteristic to an object
 Attitudepredisposed to respond positively, negatively, or neutrally to certain objects and practices.
 ValuesShared idea within a culture about what is important or desirable.
 NormsShared standards for accepted and expected behaviors.
 FolkwaysEveryday culture practices that are widely accepted.
 MoresCultural practices that carry moral connotations and impose stricter constraints on people's behavior than do norms.
 LawsCultural practices that are codified and usually written down.
 WorldviewOverall way people from a certain culture see reality.
 Cultural GazeA Culture's way of looking outward at the world
 Ethnic TourismSpecial practice whereby people are invited to experience other cultures.
 EthnocentrismCentral point of reference from which a culture understands the world and itself
 Ethnocentric ReductionProcess whereby people from one culture force people from another culture to start doing things according to the first culture's frame of reference.
 Ethnocentric NegationProcess whereby one culture simply disregards another culture as not self.
 Ethnocentric AffirmationProcess whereby people from interacting cultures exercise equal authority.
 Cultural LociPosition from which a culture views the world and its own place in it.
 GroundingProcess of establishing a cultural system of meanings.
 Authority Ability to lay claims that are accepted.
 NarrativeRecounting of a sequence of events that is told from a particular point of view.
 Grand NarrativeRecounting of a sequence of events claiming universal truth
 EngagementProcess whereby people from different cultures present claims that their narratives represent the true vision of the world.
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