| culturally confused | a lack of understanding of cultural difference
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| intercultural communication | interacting with individuals from different cultures
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| interracial communication | the interpreting and sharing meanings with individuals from different races
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| interethnic communication | interacting with individuals of different ethnic origins
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| international communication | communication between persons representing different nations
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| intracultural communication | interacting with members of the same racial, ethnic group or subculture as yourself
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| culture | a system of knowledge, beliefs, values, customs, behaviors and artifacts that are acquired, shared & used by members during daily living
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| co-cultures, or subcultures | groups of persons who differ in some ethnic or sociological way from the parrent culture
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| ethnocentrism | the tendency to see one's own culture as superior to all others
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| cultural relativism | the acceptance of other cultural groups as equal in value to one's own
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| melting pot philosophy | the view that different cultures should be assimilated into the dominant culture
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| cultural pluralism | adherence to the principle of cultural relativism
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| individualistic cultures | cultures in which individual goals are stressed
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| collectivistic cultures | a culture in which group goals are stressed
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| high-context communication | a tradition-bound communication system which depends on indirectness
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| low-context communication | a system that encourages directness in communication
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| high power distance cultures | cultures based on power differences in which subordinates defer to superiors
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| low power distance cultures | a culture that believes that power should be used when legitimate
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| virtual neighborhoods or communities | online, surrogate communities
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education