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Helpful Ideas About the American Culture

Helpful Ideas About the American Culture. Culture defined. Common Stereotypes of Americans. Americans are: Optimistic Wealthy Friendly Materialistic Informal Generous Naive Impatient Hardworking Always in a hurry Superficial

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Helpful Ideas About the American Culture

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  1. Helpful Ideas Aboutthe American Culture

  2. Culture defined

  3. CommonStereotypes of Americans • Americans are: • Optimistic • Wealthy • Friendly • Materialistic • Informal • Generous • Naive • Impatient • Hardworking • Always in a hurry • Superficial • Judgmental

  4. American Values and Assumptions

  5. American Values and Assumptions “Allmen are createdequal. ”Declaration of Independence. • Americans are uncomfortablewhensomeonetreatsthemwithobviousdeference. • Theydislikebeingtheobjects of open display of respect.

  6. American Values and Assumptions Informality • Americansseem quite informal in their general behavior and in theirrelationshipswithothers. • Theirsuperficial friendlinessisrelatedtotheir informal, egalitarianapproachtoothers. ( “Hi”, “Howyadoin?”, “How are you?”).

  7. American Values and Assumptions Time • ForAmericans, time is a resourcethat can be usedwellorpoorly. ( “ Time is Money”). • They use their time forconstructive,future-orientedactivities. • Thefast-foodindustryis a symbol of American society and culture playinganemphasisonspeedand efficiency.

  8. TheCommunicative Styleof Americans • AccordingtoBarnlund, these are thechacteristics of conversationsbetweenindividuals: 1.Thetopicspeopleprefertodiscuss(smalltalk). 2. Theirfavoriteforms of interaction (turntaking, few ritual interchanges, no arguments,) 3. Thedepthtowhichtheywanttoget involved 4. Thecommunicationchannels(verbal ornonverbal). 5. Thelevel of meaning

  9. ChannelsPreferred • Verbal Communication Americansdepend more onspokenwordsthanon non-verbal behaviortoconveytheirmessages. • NonverbalCommunication Volume of voice, appearance, body movementsand gestures, facial expression, space and touching, silence).

  10. Space and Touching

  11. High-Context Cultures

  12. Low-Context Cultures

  13. High- Context Cultures • Japanese • Arab • Greek • Spanish • Italian • English • French • American • Scandinavian • German • German-Swiss Low- Context Cultures

  14. Monochronic and Polychronic Cultures

  15. Skills that Make a Difference in the Overseas Adjustment Process

  16. Coping with a New Culture

  17. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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