Culture and Interpersonal Communication

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Across
  1. 2. Those we view as different.
  2. 3. One's own culture is superior.
  3. 6. Shared set of values about how to behave.
  4. 8. Originally created to explain differences between people whose ancestors originated in different regions of the world.
  5. 9. Uses language to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible.
  6. 10. The part of the self-concept that is based on membership in groups.
  7. 12. Unifies a certain group on the basis of nationality, culture, or some other unifying perspective.
  8. 13. Unfair bias
  9. 17. Primary responsibility is helping their self.
  10. 19. The degree to which members of a society accept an unequal distribution of power.
  11. 20. Language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn.
Down
  1. 1. Relies heavily on subtle, often non-verbal cues to maintain social harmony.
  2. 4. Describes how much weight we attach to a particular person or phenomenon.
  3. 5. Feel loyalty and obligation to an in-group.
  4. 7. When members of two or more cultures exchange messages that are influenced by their different cultural perceptions.
  5. 11. Describes societies that place a high value on material success and focus on the task at hand.
  6. 14. To describe the perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture.
  7. 15. Cultures that regard the support of relationships as an especially important goal.
  8. 16. The degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations and how they try to avoid them.
  9. 18. Describe groups with which we identify.