跨文化交际 考试重点归纳
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A low context communication is the just the opposite; i.e. the mass of the information is vested in the explicit code.
High-context culture low-context culture
Japanese Chinese Korean American ………….. German German-Swiss
Unit 9
23. A planetary culture:行星文化 a culture that integrates eastern mysticism with western science and rationalism.
24. Intercultural person:跨文化的人 represents someone whose cognitive, affective, and behavioral characteristics are not limited but open to growth beyond the psychological parameters of his or her own culture.
思考题
13. What are the American/Chinese cultural values like in terms of Cultural Orientation put forward by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck?（ppt中的补充内容）
As far as the human nature is concerned, American culture holds that it is evil but perfectible through hard work. As to the relation of man to nature, they think mankind can conquer nature. They also have a linear time concept and therefore they are future-oriented. They focus on doing and think that only actions can solve the problem. They are quite individualistic and therefore they focus less on the benefits of the group.
As far as the human nature is concerned, Chinese culture holds that it is good but corruptible without proper education. As to the relation of man to nature, they think mankind can live in harmony with nature. They also have a cyclical time concept and therefore they are past-oriented. They have a being-and-becoming attitude towards activity and think that man should keep an inner peace as nothing is eternal. They are quite collective and therefore they focus more on the benefits of the group.
14. Identify the features of each of four Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and use them to analyze the cases (案例分析)