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COM200: Week 2 Paper DeAnne Martin COM200: Interpersonal Communication Professor Donna Hernandez February 03, 2020

COM200: Week 2 Paper Across the world, there are various cultures, and within the modern era, it is not surprising to see many of them in the same city. Culture is the way of life or activity from a group of people, which is passed down from one generation to the next. It is the collection of customs, symbolic structures, and feelings from the group. The easy access to cultures also calls for the ability to communicate with them. With the help of the internet, easy access to travel, it is easy to come across someone who comes from a different culture. With the opportunities to communicate with other cultures becoming more common, it is essential to be more aware of how you communicate with each culture. By considering the various ways, you may have to communicate with different cultures; you allow yourself to broaden your knowledge of communication. As someone who comes from multiple cultures, I have a more fundamental understanding of different cues of communication. No matter the culture, there will be both verbal as well as nonverbal cues. What may seem rude in one culture may not seem harsh to another, so being able to understand the cultural difference could be the difference between being disrespectful to a compliment. An example of verbal communication, it frowned upon for women to use any words that would be considered jargon or inappropriate. Although in American culture, it is a regular everyday verbal communication the females and males use, it is extremely frowned upon when women use it. The culture is very patriarchal as to where men have more freedom when it comes to expressing yourself as well as the way they talk. Body language is a common way for my culture to show how they feel or what they are thinking. For example, for nonverbal communication, staring might be considered rude to some. In my culture, staring is a form of flattery. They openly stare when they appreciate how you look or what you have, and

although it at times makes me uncomfortable, I know that they are not doing it negatively. According to Bevan (2020), “…because our own cultural norms are so ubiquitous, we are likely not aware that even the way we think is influenced by our culture.” Bevan (2020) allows us to see that what may seem reasonable to some is not normal to others. Our awareness of other cultures will enable you to open your mind where it would be closed to social norms. When communicating with different cultures, there are times when you should be aware of the difference between how one speaks to different genders. According to Bevan (2020), “we must be cautious about attributing communication differences solely to biological sex or even gender. However, when you communicate across gender lines, keep in mind that, like culture, socialized gender roles may slightly predisposed women and men to interpret messages differently in certain circumstances.” Depending on the gender may affect the way you may talk to someone. Considering the person's gender, when speaking to them, can be significant. You may be using the different forms of pronouns or the way you may talk to them opposed to a person of a different gender. Like how men and women may take messages differently, different cultures may also interpret the standard social norms differently. Cultures have many different social norms or ways that they see how the world is perceived. At times they can block out what would be considered normal for one culture and confusing for another. Bevan (2020) states that “Perceptual filters can be changed, both individually and within cultures overall.” As one culture experiences another, there is a chance that one culture can embrace others or possibly both embracing parts of each culture. Growing up in a multi-cultural home was, at times, challenging. One parent would try to teach us children the way to be from their culture. My mother's culture reminds me of being from the 1950s. Women are meant to be at home and take care of the household while the men provide for the

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