Culture - correct answer A set of beliefs and values that is held in common by a group which provides the group an identity. Both physical objects and
... [Show More] ideas can act as manifestations of this culture.
A web of meaning shared by members of a particular society or group within a society.
Attributes of Culture - correct answer - A system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another
-Learned through a process called enculturation
-Shared by members of a society; there is no 'culture of one'
- Patterned, meaning that people in a society live and think in ways forming definite, repeating patterns
- Changeable, through social interactions between people and groups
- Internalized, in the sense that it is habitual, taken for granted, and perceived as 'natural by people within the society
Cultural Adaptation - correct answer Described how people adapt to other cultures.
- Assimilation
- Adaptation
Assimilation - correct answer The process of resocialization that seeks to replace one's original worldview with that of the host culture
Adaptation - correct answer The process whereby one's worldview is expanded to include behavior and values appropriate to the host culture
Organizational Culture - correct answer Comprises the attitudes, values, goals, beliefs, and behaviors characteristic of the institution that are rooted in traditions, customs, and practices and influenced by leadership
It is a 'persistent, patterned way of thinking about the central tasks of and human relationships within an organization. Culture is to an organization what personality is to individuals.
It will dictate how an organization responds to different situational challenges. It shapes how the military views the environment and adapts to meet current and future challenges.
Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) - correct answer 1. Denial (Ethnocentric)
2. Defense (Ethnocentric)
3. Minimization (Ethnocentric)
4. Acceptance (Ethnorelative)
5. Adaptation (Ethnorelative)
6. Integration (Ethnorelative)
Ethnocentric - correct answer Using one's own set of standards and customs to judge all people, often unconsciously
Ethnocentric Stages - correct answer 1. Denial (people are unable to construe cultural differences in complex ways)
2. Defense (People have more ability to construe cultural difference, but they attach negative evaluations to it)
3. Minimization (People at this stage bury cultural differences within already-familiar categories of physical and philosophical similarity) [Show Less]