Chapter 2 Terms

4. a cultural orientation that promotes the importance of future rewards
7. a culture orientation that stresses the group's, rather than the individual's, goals and preferences
8. a culture in which much of the information in communication is in the context or in the person rather than explicity coded in the verbal messages
9. a culture in which there is a great difference in power between groups
11. a cultural orientation characterized by a concern for a relationships and quality of life
12. the stress or emphasis placed on a syllable when it is prononced
15. a commitment to the beliefs and philosophy of your culture
16. a cultural orientation concerned with the degree of discomfort with uncertainty
19. a cultural orientation that fosters the curbing of gratification and its regulation by social norms

1. a culture in which most of the information in communication is explicity stated in the verbal messgaes
2. a process of distortion in which messages are reconstruction to conform to our own attitudes, prejudices, needs and values
3. a cultural orientation that emphasizes treating people as individuals
5. a fixed impression of a group of people through which we then perceive specific individuals
6. a culture in which there is little difference in power between groups
10. a cultural orientation that emphasizes the present rather than the future
13. civility, consideration, refinement, respect, and regard for others as expressed verbally and nonverbally
14. a culture in which the individual's goal and preferences are given greater importance that the group's
17. a cultural distinction based on qualities traditionally
18. the socially constructed roles and behaviors for males and females that society teaches appropriate