COMM7

Jo Stewart
Dec 10, 2008
COMM 7

Chapter 10 DQ’S 2, 3, 4

2. What factors contribute to our forming relationships with some people and not with others?
- A lot of the people that we hang out with will tell a lot about the identity management that we all develop in different ways. I also believe that we identify with certain people because of the stereotypes that we hold against others. When people put a stereotype on someone it makes you not want to hang out with that specify group of people because of an accusation that all of those types of people are the same, based upon your experiences individually.

3. How is the development of intercultural couples different from that of intracultural relationships?
- Intercultural relationships ma feature differences in age, physical ability, fender, ethnicity, class, religion, race, or nationality. These relationships are formed between individuals from different cultures. Intracultural relationships, isn’t a word!

4. What challenges do intercultural couples face when they decide to make their relationships permanent?
- They face challenges like the later generations of the immigrants having higher rates of intermarriage than earlier ones. Some groups have high rates of outmarriage, as some have lower costs. They also deal with their clashing cultures, and what styles and cultural habits.






Chapter 11 DQ’S 2 and 5

2. Why is it important to understand the context in which intercultural conflict occurs?
- Many cultures have different cultural values and the ones of individualistic societies differ from those in collectivistic societies. It’s important to understand because there are significant approaches to avoiding and understanding conflict. You need to know what groups get along with what groups so you don’t step on anyone’s toes. For example a riot and violence are not an appropriate way to change society. Language is a barrier on the conflict swell.

5. What are some general suggestions for dealing with intercultural conflict?
-Meditation, patients. I think that cultures shouldn’t hold grudges against other cultures, I know that the stages that it took for whites and black to befriend each other, and the cruel and harsh actions that happened throughout history, but that isn’t my own personal fault so it kills me to be disrespected as others being racist toward me, and I would never try to intentionally be a racist or a stereotypical type of person to anyone of color or not of color.

Chapter 12 DQ’S 3 and 5

3. How might you better assess your unconscious competence and unconscious competence?
- You can better assess our conscious competence by practicing intentional, analytic thinking and learning, to better you in being a competent communicator. You can better assess your unconscious competence by being attitudinally prepared, and being cognitively prepared but you let go of your conscious thoughts and rely on holistic cognitive processing.

5. How does your own social position influence your intercultural communication competence? Does this competence change from one context to another?
- I think that I an a better at unconscious competence because I like to leave everything out the door and start with a fresh new start in every room I walk in, I think that my competence would change from time to time because the work environment and the school environment have two different approaches for me. I think that I let go of my conscious thoughts and I try to prepare myself for the people I will face throughout the day.