CulturalPatterns跨文化交际的文化模式.pptxVIP

会计学1CulturalPatterns跨文化交际的文化模式 Cultural Patterns第1页/共24页 1. Defining Cultural PatternsPeople and cultures are extremely complex and consist of numerous interrelated cultural orientations. A useful umbrella term that allows us to talk about beliefs and values and other orientations collectively is cultural patterns.第2页/共24页 1. Defining Cultural PatternsYou should think of cultural patterns as a system of beliefs and values that work in combination to provide a coherent, if not always consistent, model for perceiving the world.These patterns contribute not only to the way a people perceive and think about the world, but just as importantly for our purposes, the manner in which they live in that world.第3页/共24页 2. Obstacles In Studying Cultural PatternsWe are much more than our culture.The dominant values of a culture may not be the values of individuals within that culture.Factors as divergent as age, gender, and co-cultural affiliations, along with “socioeconomic statue, educational level, occupation, personal experience” also shape your view of your environment.第4页/共24页 2. Obstacles In Studying Cultural PatternsHeterogeneity Influences Cultural Patterns.Any attempt to delineate a national culture or typical cultural patterns for any culture is extremely hazardous because of the heterogeneity of almost all societies.Common cultural patterns that could be said to hold for the whole country must be limited to the dominant culture in each country.第5页/共24页 2. Obstacles In Studying Cultural PatternsCultural Patterns Change.Cultures change and therefore so do the values of the culture. However, even granting the dynamic nature of culture and value systems, we again remind you that regardless of culture, the deep structures always resist change.第6页/共24页 2. Obstacles In Studying Cultural PatternsCultural Patterns Are Often Contradictory.In many instances, we find contradictory values in a particular culture. That is, there is often a gulf between the values that are articulat