UI2010INTERCULTURAL PERCEPTIONAuliaDwiNastitiNurulUtamiPaulus Tommy Pamungkas
IDENTITY NEGOTIATION PERSPECTIVEFOCUS : The relation between cultural values and self-conceptionsTheoretical BackgroundPrimary Identities Situational Identities
Theoretical BackgroundFundamental basis: individual in all cultures desire to be competent communicatorTwo source of identity : group-based and person-based identityTwo types of identity : Social identity and Personal identityTwo types of perceptions : 	Intergroup-based and Interpersonal-based perception
Primary IdentitiesIdentity: reflective self-concept that 	derived from socialization process
 Our reflective views of ourselves
 Fixed and unchangeable
 Has an ongoing impact through life
Refer to : cultural, ethnic, gender, 	and personal identityCultural Identity Cultural identity  emotional significance 	affiliating our cultural sense of belonging
 Acquired by parental guidance and response 	during their formative years
 Consists of two types : Individualism and CollectivismExample :	Cultural Identity as a Asian people  collective
  Cultural identity as a Western people  individualEthnic Identity Ethnic identity  inherently a matters of ancestry, of 	beliefs about the origins of forebears (Alba, 1990)
 Can be based on nationality, race, religion, language
 Has both subjective and objective layers
 Ethnicity tend to be more subjective experience than 	objective classification Example :We often judge a person’s personality and 	attitudes based on their ethnic originsGender Identity Gender  how the culture groups construct the 	image of ‘maleness’ and ‘femaleness’
 Gender orientation learned via our own cultural 	practiceExample :Minang people is matriarchy while Batak people 	is patriarchyPersonal Identity Personal identity  our conceptions of “unique 	self” that differs us from other people
 Has two facets : Actual personal identity and 	Desired personal identity
Two dimension : Independent self and 	Interdependent self (Markus & Kitayama, 1991)Example : Actual : assertiveness, talkativeness, decisiveness	Desired : preferred attributes that someone wants to be in a interaction  Independent : individualistic (Western)	Interdependent : collectivistic (Asian)
Situational Identity Highly situational dependent
Changeable Identities
Less stable and driven by external  	features
Refer to : role, relationship, facework, and symbolic identitiesRole Identity Role  set of expected behavior associated with 	culture that define as proper
Shaped by expectancy norms (Burke, 1945)
Contextual identity
Role differs as particular situation in particular societyExample :	Individualistic classroom (US) : students active, teacher democratic
	Collectivistic classroom (Japan) : students obedience, teacher authoritativeRelational  Identity Our identity comes from network of family relationship

Intercultural perceptions

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    IDENTITY NEGOTIATION PERSPECTIVEFOCUS: The relation between cultural values and self-conceptionsTheoretical BackgroundPrimary Identities Situational Identities
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    Theoretical BackgroundFundamental basis:individual in all cultures desire to be competent communicatorTwo source of identity : group-based and person-based identityTwo types of identity : Social identity and Personal identityTwo types of perceptions : Intergroup-based and Interpersonal-based perception
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    Primary IdentitiesIdentity: reflectiveself-concept that derived from socialization process
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    Our reflectiveviews of ourselves
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    Fixed andunchangeable
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    Has anongoing impact through life
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    Refer to :cultural, ethnic, gender, and personal identityCultural Identity Cultural identity  emotional significance affiliating our cultural sense of belonging
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    Acquired byparental guidance and response during their formative years
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    Consists oftwo types : Individualism and CollectivismExample : Cultural Identity as a Asian people  collective
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    Culturalidentity as a Western people  individualEthnic Identity Ethnic identity  inherently a matters of ancestry, of beliefs about the origins of forebears (Alba, 1990)
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    Can bebased on nationality, race, religion, language
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    Has bothsubjective and objective layers
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    Ethnicity tendto be more subjective experience than objective classification Example :We often judge a person’s personality and attitudes based on their ethnic originsGender Identity Gender  how the culture groups construct the image of ‘maleness’ and ‘femaleness’
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    Gender orientationlearned via our own cultural practiceExample :Minang people is matriarchy while Batak people is patriarchyPersonal Identity Personal identity  our conceptions of “unique self” that differs us from other people
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    Has twofacets : Actual personal identity and Desired personal identity
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    Two dimension :Independent self and Interdependent self (Markus & Kitayama, 1991)Example : Actual : assertiveness, talkativeness, decisiveness Desired : preferred attributes that someone wants to be in a interaction Independent : individualistic (Western) Interdependent : collectivistic (Asian)
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    Situational Identity Highlysituational dependent
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    Less stable anddriven by external features
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    Refer to :role, relationship, facework, and symbolic identitiesRole Identity Role  set of expected behavior associated with culture that define as proper
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    Shaped by expectancynorms (Burke, 1945)
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    Role differs asparticular situation in particular societyExample : Individualistic classroom (US) : students active, teacher democratic
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    Collectivistic classroom (Japan): students obedience, teacher authoritativeRelational Identity Our identity comes from network of family relationship
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    Include voluntary relationship,such as: social relationship and friendship
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    Self-conception from relationcan be powerful identity approval (Cupach & Metts, 1994)
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    Can movequickly from culture-based interaction to person-based interactionExample : Family socialization forms our view about gender- based behavior (e.g. pilot is a man, stewardess is a woman)
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    Facework IdentityFace  identity respect issue and other consideration issue within intercultural process
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    Facework specificcommunication behavior to “save” our own face or other’s face
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    Different situationalcontext needs different rules of faceworkExample : Assertive speaking considered more skillful facework in Western culture
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    Tactful speakingmore honored in Asian cultureSymbolic Interaction Identity Symbolic interaction  verbal and nonverbal communication through which we acquire our reflective self-image and identities value
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    Communication developsself-conceptions
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    Certain preferredsymbol (linguistic and nonverbal) shows our culture and identityExample : The language and dialect we talk reflects our cultural group affiliation
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    Ourbody language tell others about what kind of person we are and how we want to be teratedIDENTITY NEGOTIATION THEORYGOAL: Explore ways to obtain accurate knowledge of the identity between we and other cultures 10 Cores Assumptions
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    10 Cores AssumptionsGroupidentities & Personal identities are formed via symbolic communicationAll people have basic motivation needsIdentity securityequals to culturally familiarenvironment and vice versaIdentity trustequals to communicating with culturally similar othersand vice versa.
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    10 Cores AssumptionsInclusionequalsto endorsementby desired group membership identities and vice versaInterpersonal connectiontends to be done via meaningful closerelationships and identity autonomy when separatedIdentity stability: Predictablecultural situations and vice versa.
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    10 Cores AssumptionsVarietyof dimensions influence variety of interpretationsSatisfactory: feeling understood, respected, supported.Mindful intercultural communication emphasizes: knowledge + motivations + skills = communicate satisfactorily, approriately, effectively
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    Assumptions 1-4 Primary Identity Domains
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    Reflectiveself images  enculturation process.
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    Enculturationprocess  shape thinking, emotions, pattern.
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    Identitysecurity: degree of emotional safety concerning one’s sense of both.
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    Identityvulnerability: degree of anxiousnessAssumptions 5 and 6 Identity inclusion: degree of perceived nearness to out or in groups, self image attached emotionally with it.
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    Identityof differentiation: degree of remoteness
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    Identityautonomy: interpersonal relationship boundary regulation issue.
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    Mindfulboundary regulation: satisfy ingroup inclusion and intergroup differentiation needs.SOCIAL IDENTITY: identity inclusion + identity differentiation (dualistic motivations).Exceed inclusion?Exceed differentiation?
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    Assumption 7 Identity stability (ROOTEDNESS) : sense of identity continuation or consistency through time. EXCEED?
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    Identitychange (ROOTLESSNESS): sense of identity dislocation or transformation.
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    BALANCED?A Coherent SelfConception:Need to feel secure Need sense of predictabilityNeed to feel included.
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    Assumption 8 Culturalmembership and its cultural values: how we think about, how we construct about, how to interact. Loose and tight cultures: cultural homo/heterogeneity, density, mobility and tolerance.
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    MINDFUL INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONtheheavy reliance on familiar frame of reference, old routinizeddesigns or categories, and customary ways of doing things.Mindfulness: readiness to shift one’s frame of reference;the motivation to use new categories to understand cultural or ethnic differences
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    Satisfactory OutcomesThe feelingof being understood: just like echoing voices which emphasizes thinking, feeling and behaving.
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    The feeling ofbeing respected: our behaviors and practices are being deemed as legitimate, credible and on a equal footing with members of others group
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    The feeling ofbeing supported: we sense that we are being positively valued or endorsed as “worthwhile”Criteria and ComponentsTwo criteria: appropriateness and effectiveness. How to be goood like that?Knowledge, motivation, and skillStages: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, uncosciouscompetence.