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    different sources. Also if you are using specialized information‚ or the specific language of another source‚ you should provide in-text source citations‚ using APA 6th edition guidelines. Objectives 1 Investigate the interactive effect that cultural tendencies‚ issues and trends of various cultures have on communication. 2 Utilize effective research methods using a variety of applicable sources. 3 Demonstrate an ability to connect suitably selected research information with course

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    Miguel Villagrana May 8‚ 2015 SP2750 Research 5.1 Diversity in Groups Intercultural communication is a form of communication that aims to share information across different cultures as well as social groups. It’s used to describe the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally within a group or socially that’s made up people from different backgrounds like religious‚ ethnicity‚ social and their education. Some refer it to communicating among individuals from different nationalities

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    I. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Recognition of the intercultural communication 2.1 Recognition and equality 3 2.2 corporate culture 4 3. importance of the intercultural competence 3.1 to foster strengths and circumvent

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    universal themes because they present as folk tales‚ or fables‚ and frequently exist in movies that appeal to both adults and children. Human beings from different countries around the world share similar views whether through religious beliefs‚ cultural or scientific issues. The media is the common thread used to communicate these ideas. The connection between different cultures transcends through ancestral heritage whereby myths are told to one generation and pass down from one generation to the

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    hand and I replied‚ “My name is Asiya‚ I’m from India and I’m sorry but I do not shake hands with male friends.’’ As I spoke‚ I could see his facial expression changing and I felt bad inside because I felt like I offended him because maybe from his cultural opinion that was an offence. After that exact incident‚ he never spoke to me again. Firstly‚ let me clarify that I did not intend to be rude; culturally I was being a collectivist. According to Hofsteds’s Value Dimensions‚ collectivist is a culture

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    Relationships in different Cultures A clear difference between Western and a non-western culture is that Western cultures have large urban centre and a high social and geographical mobility. This means that the voluntarily come into contact with a large number of strangers‚ who are potential partners on a daily basis. However Non Western cultures are the opposite‚ they do not have many urban centres and have a small geographical mobility‚ mean that they have less opportunity to meet new people.

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    part of a larger universe‚ and they impart a feeling of awe for all the mysterious and marvelous in life." Myths are an important way to understand ourselves; we gain insight into our own attitudes and values. The world’s greatest epics reflect the cultural influence of peoples who preceded them by hundreds and even thousands of years. Myths were originally created as entertaining stories with a serious purpose. They were used to portray the natural complexity of the universe (creation and fertility

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    INTRODUCTION Many people travel to different countries unaware of the cultural customs. Not becoming familiar with the country’s basic customs before visiting can be unintentionally offensive. It is always a good idea to take the time to educate yourself on the basic social customs of the country being visited. This report has been written on the various social customs in the country of Columbia. The following questions are discussed in this report: ⦁ What are the attitudes towards touching?

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    Cheryl Mendenhall Sociology‚ Online Friday June 28‚ 2013 “Eating Christmas in Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee‚ shows not only how tough it is for an ethnographer to get away from his own beliefs‚ but it also gives us an example of how personal interpretations can interfere between people. At the very beginning‚ Lee said himself that he came “to the Kalahari to study the hunting and gathering subsistence economy of the Kung Bushmen”

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    Final Exam Essay Throughout this course I have gained specific knowledge through reading two different books and short stories out of another‚ I had the chance to understand an anthropologist’s point of view. Three ways that cultural anthropologists provide a unique and informative perspective on the social issues they study are: Looking at the circumstances through a participant perspective (avoiding ethnocentrism)‚ historical context‚ and concept of culture. In both Veiled Sentiments and In

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