Final Test CCU

Sri Nuranisa Maida

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Final Test CCU

 

Question:

1. In understanding foreign cultures, someone needs to understand well the cultures to avoid cultural conflicts. But, many people are failed to understand the values and customs of foreign cultures. According to your own idea, please explain what do you need to have to understand foreign cultures in order to avoid cultural conflicts.

2. How do you define your local cultural is different from foreign culture? Do youthink local and foreign cultures need to be integrated? Please provide your reasons

3. What is stereotype and prejuice? Does it exist in your local culture? Give example?

Answer:

1.       what we need in understanding foreign cultures to avoid cultural conflicts is cross-cultural communication and finding out about a foreign culture. Cross-cultural communication is a process where ideas or ideas from one culture are transferred to another culture and vice versa, and this can be between two related cultures or more, the goal is to influence each other, be it for the good of culture or to destroy a culture, or it could be the initial stage of the acculturation process (the merging of two or more cultures which produces a new culture) "

 

2.       culture in our area or country, Indonesia is very different from foreign cultures. starting from the language used, accent, how to speak, how to dress and also behave. So in my opinion, local and foreign cultures do not need to be integrated in order to avoid distortion in the environment. However, we must understand and respect the cultural diversity of each region or country.

 

3.       stereotypes are excessive generalizations about someone based on the characteristics that exist in the group (race, ethnicity, or religion). whereas prejudice is a negative attitude, belief and judgment towards a group and all its members.

Is it in your local culture? still available.

Ex:

·         stereotypes in our local culture are such as “UI students (Indonesian universities) are smart people”, so when we meet a UI student, that person immediately assumes that UI students are smart people. Even though the student is not necessarily that person.

·         prejudice in our local culture, for example, because of the opinion that "Minang people are stingy", one might think that all Minang people are stingy.