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Kthamas

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What is cross-cultural communication?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

_____ is the belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to all other ethnic groups or cultures.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

Cross-cultural communication means communicatingeither in writing, verbally, or
nonverballywith people who are from a culture different from your own. To communicate
effectively, you must understand and respect cultural differences and be adaptable. Many of
the same principles of cross-cultural communication need to be observed in both domestic
and international communication.

Answer to Question 2

Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to all other ethnic
groups or cultures. Stereotyping is often a result of ethnocentrism.



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