ALS Distance Learning Set A Volume 2

ALS Distance Learning Set A Volume 2
Culture - is a shared set of traditions, belief systems, and behaviors and is shaped
by many factors, including history, religion, politics, and resources (financial,
informational, technological, material, energy, warfare, and human)
Macro-Cultures - are the most powerful or the most widely practiced cultures in a
particular society, whether the society is a region or an entire country.
Micro-Cultures - are also called "subcultures." They are described as a group of
people living within a larger society who share values, beliefs, behaviors, status, or
interests that are different from the macro-culture or the rest of society.
Holism - means that all the parts of a culture are interconnected and integrated.
Schema - is a cognitive "shortcut" that helps us organize and interpret the vast
amount of information that exists in our environment. It is a complex mental
diagram or framework for any concept that expands and "builds" whenever we
encounter a new aspect of that concept.
Symbols and schema - are products of our culture whereas beliefs and values are
the basis of everything we believe and do.
Worldview - is the "The sum of beliefs and values that people use to define and
interpret the world, and their place within it."
Culture - Shared set of traditions, belief systems, and behaviors and is shaped by
many factors, including history, religion, politics, resources, and economic
environment.

Cultural Schema - A complex mental framework used to codify the perceptions we
associate to a particular culture.
Macro-culture - Most powerful culture of a particular society (often associated to
countries) because large numbers of people belong to it.
Micro-culture - A group of people living within a society who share cultural
values, beliefs, and behaviors.
Holism - The idea that all aspects of a culture are related to each other.
Cross-Cultural Competence - is the "ability to quickly and accurately comprehend,
and then effectively act in a culturally complex environment to achieve the desired
effect without necessarily having prior exposure to a particular group, region, or
language.
Culture General - "The ability to quickly and accurately comprehend, and then
effectively act in a culturally complex environment to achieve the desired effect
without necessarily having prior exposure to a particular group, region, or
language."
Culture Specific - "An approach that emphasizes specific aspects of particular
cultures, affording individuals much of the knowledge and/or skills necessary to
interact more competently with individuals of other cultural backgrounds."
Culture-general knowledge - is the basis for all cross-cultural learning, including
culture-specific, and begins with an understanding of basic concepts of a culture