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HOW DO ASIANS APPROACH TIME

• Puncutal but dont make speedy decisions
• Do not like being rushed

STEREO TYPES & PROTOTYPES

• Stereotype is an over simplified behavioral pattern applied to groups, fixed and rigid
• Prototype describes mental representations based on characteristics, dynamic &change

DRAW VIVID GENERALIZATIONS

• Being able to from masses of data is
• a sign of intelegence and learning
• Unfounded generalizations about people/culture
• Leads to bias and prejudice

ETHNOCENTRISM

• Belief in superiority of ones own race
• Natural attitude inherent in all cultures
• Judging others by own vallues
• Can be reduced by getting to know other cultures
• The gap: changing of attitudes-learned culture

TOLERANCE

• Empathy-increasingly necessary on global scale
• Recognize differences to work together
• Find common ground and compromise
• Utilize patience

SAVING FACE

• Refers to the image a person holds in his/her social network
• Low context- cultures not concerned
• Example: german & n.americans are concerned with honesty and directness
• Mexico and Aisa are concerned with social harmony and saving face
• Also, Japanese have 16 different ways of saying no