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What Is The Meaning of Cross Cultural?: 1. Identification

Cross-cultural interactions occur when people from different cultures meet and their differing principles, norms, and mindsets influence how they perceive and communicate with each other. Understanding cross-cultural interactions has become important as globalization has increased contact between diverse populations. Key aspects of cross-cultural interactions include differences in personal space, expressions, and implied meanings or symbols that depend on background knowledge of each other's cultures. Cross-cultural research aims to better understand behavioral differences between cultures in order to address global conflicts that arise from cultural misunderstandings.

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What Is The Meaning of Cross Cultural?: 1. Identification

Cross-cultural interactions occur when people from different cultures meet and their differing principles, norms, and mindsets influence how they perceive and communicate with each other. Understanding cross-cultural interactions has become important as globalization has increased contact between diverse populations. Key aspects of cross-cultural interactions include differences in personal space, expressions, and implied meanings or symbols that depend on background knowledge of each other's cultures. Cross-cultural research aims to better understand behavioral differences between cultures in order to address global conflicts that arise from cultural misunderstandings.

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What Is the Meaning of Cross Cultural?


By Jacquelyn Jeanty, eHow Contributor
What Is the Meaning of Cross Cultural?
Adances in co!!unications technology hae brought the global "o"ulation within a !ouse#
clic$ of one another. I!bedded within this !i% is a ariety of cultures and "eo"le who lie by
different "rinci"les and nor!s. What !ay see! li$e a &o$e in one language !ay co!e across
as an insult in another. As a result, understanding cross#cultural interactions hae beco!e a
"art of eeryday life.
1. Identification
o 'he !eaning of cross#cultural lies in the i!"act that culture has on an
indiidual and his co!!unity, and the effects of this i!"act when different
cultures are co!bined. 'he culture in which a "erson is raised "lays a
significant role in sha"ing his alues, !orals, behaiors and attitudes. 'hese
characteristics i!"act how a "erson thin$s, and what his oerall !ind#set is
toward the world around hi!. When a "erson is !et with the "rinci"les and
ideals of a different culture, a cross#cultural interaction ta$es "lace.
Cultural Differences
o Cultural differences can beco!e !ost a""arent when "eo"le fro! different
cultures interact socially or in circu!stances inoling business. (ersonal
s"ace, de!eanor, ti!e, for!s of address and gestures are "ossible areas where
cross#cultural differences can co!e into "lay. )or e%a!"le, nor!s surrounding
"ersonal s"ace can ary fro! culture to culture. (ersonal s"ace has to do with
the acce"table distance that e%ists between one "erson and another during
conersational e%changes. While an A!erican !ay hae a one# to two#foot
co!fort *one, so!eone of a different culture !ay consider si% inches to be an
acce"table "ersonal area.
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Cross-Cultural Communications
o Cross#cultural co!!unication e%ists when "eo"le fro! differing cultures hae
reached a certain degree of understanding regarding their differences. )or
understanding to ta$e "lace, both "eo"le !ust hae so!e for! of $nowledge
or awareness regarding the nor!s or custo!s that e%ist in each other2s culture.
3erbal and nonerbal co!!unications can contain i!"lied !eanings, as well
as certain degrees of sy!bolis!. )or successful co!!unication to ta$e "lace,
bac$ground $nowledge concerning alues, nor!s and "erce"tions is necessary
in order for clear, effectie co!!unication to ta$e "lace.
Cross-Cultural Psychology
o 'he i!"act different cultures hae on "eo"le2s behaior, e!otions and thought
"rocesses is the focus of cross#cultural "sychology. 'he nor!s and alues
within a culture go a long way toward sha"ing a "erson2s "sychological !a$e#
u" and how she interacts with her eniron!ent. 'he social structures, !anners
and alues within a culture deter!ine what ty"es of e%"eriences a "erson has
had. 'hese e%"eriences wor$ to sha"e "erce"tions, e%"ectations, as well as a
"erson2s sense of identity within the conte%t of society.
Cross-Cultural Research
o Cross#cultural research e%a!ines how different cultures co!"are in ter!s of
hu!an behaior. 'he "ur"ose of this research is to address the growing
conflicts and global concerns that arise as a result of cultural differences.
+tatistical data is co!"iled to deter!ine how "realent "articular nor!s or
custo!s are within a culture. 'his hel"s with deter!ining how influential
"articular custo!s are within the wor$ings of a society. +te"s to bridge
co!!unication differences are addressed by understanding how custo!s
deelo" and how they affect the behaiors that ta$e "lace within a society.

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