Cross cultural understanding: a handbook to understand others’ cultures

 
Misinterpreted
– wrongly understood 
 
Mores
-norms which specify behavior of vital importance to the 
society and which embody its basic moral values
 
National Stereotype
- a system of culture-specific beliefs 
connected with the nationality of a person. This system includes 
beliefs concerning those properties of human beings that may 
vary across nations, such as appearance, language, food, habits, 
psychological traits, attitudes, values etc 
 

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Nonverbal communication
- the process of communicating 
through sending and receiving wordless messages 
 
Norm
- A rule that is enforced by members of a community 
 
Occupational sexism
- discriminatory practices, statements, 
and/or actions based on a person's gender which occur in a place 
of employment