Accession Number:

AD0760488

Title:

A Cultural Self-Awareness Approach to Improving Intercultural Communication Skills

Descriptive Note:

Professional paper

Corporate Author:

HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• Kraemer, Alfred J.

Report Date:

1973-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Communication between persons of differing cultural backgrounds can be hindered by culturally-conditioned assumptions that they make about each others cognitions. An exercise was designed to reduce this effect through increased cultural self-awareness. It involves participants in analyzing video recordings of staged intercultural dialogues that contain subtle manifestations of cultural influences present in American society. The participants learn how to recognize such manifestations. Some conclusions are made.

Descriptors:

• *ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• *SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
• CULTURE
• TRANSFORMATIONS
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• BACKGROUND

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE