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Culture - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-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
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Holism - Answer-All the parts of a culture are interconnected and integrated. Therefore, things such as change in one area will affect change in another area
Schema - Answer-A cognitive "shortcut" that helps us organize and interpret the vast amount of information that exists in our environment.
Iceberg theory of culture - Answer-When we first enter a new culture, we see only those behaviors and symbols that are apparent. Things like a culture's style of dress, music, games, dance, food, toys, etc. are easily seen when entering a new culture.
According to the iceberg theroy. What is below the surface? - Answer-Some examples of behaviors, core beliefs, and values that are often "hidden" under the
surface include: Ideals of governing, child raising, concept
of justice, incentives to work, theory of disease, nature of friendship, patterns of group decision making, definitions of sin, courtship practices, and approaches to problem solving
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The sum of beliefs and values that people use to define and interpret the world, and their place within it - Answer- Worldview
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. - Answer-Cross-Cultural Competence (3C)
What two categories does the Air Force break Cross-Cultural Competence into? - Answer-Culture General and Culture Specific
Culture General - Answer-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 - Answer-Emphasizes specific aspects of particular cultures, affording individuals much of the knowledge and/or skills necessary to interact more 3 / 4
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competently with individuals of other cultural backgrounds."
What is the purpose of culture-general learning in the Air Force? - Answer-To develop Airmen who can operate effectively in culturally complex environments
What are the three inter-related enabling factors involved with the 3C model? - Answer-Knowledge, motivation (positive attitude), and learning approaches.
Culture-general knowledge - Answer-The basis for all cross-cultural learning, including culture-specific, and begins with an understanding of basic concepts of a culture (kinship, gender roles, types of exchanges or communication norms, etc.).
Ethnocentrism - Answer-The human tendency to negatively judge others (cultures, behaviors, values) against our own values and beliefs
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