InterculturalCom: Your Values and the Parable [Activity] (W4-P5)

The Parable is a well-know intercultural training activity that helps in the understanding of values.


"The Parable"

The study of intercultural communication has a rich and interesting history.  That's one of the reasons that I study it. There is a long history of government organizations training people to be better intercultural communicators (e.g., diplomats).  Out of this training comes some helpful and long-lasting intercultural training exercises.  "The Parable" is one of those exercises.  Below is the parable as it appeared in a 1973 Unesco document (pdf).  Read the story and then rank in order that characters that you most approve of.  The person that you approve of at the top and the bottom would be the person that you least approve of.

If you are curious, see also Dr. Ting-Toomey's version of The Parable.

Dr. Hart's classroom instructions:

• Write down on a piece of paper, in rank order, the characters whose behaviors you most approve.
• Break into groups of 4 to discuss your results.  Create a rank list for the group.
• What have you learned as a result of this activity?
• Can anyone point to something in your past that shaped the values you used in this activity?  Who/what programmed you?
• Value: “A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable” (TheFreeDictionary.com).

If you are curious: More related activities from CSU Fullerton faculty (pdf).



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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hofstede’s Dimensions of Value Orientations (W4-P4) Fa16

A high uncertainty avoidance person or culture would want to avoid any uncertainty.
If a person or generally a group of people have high uncertainty avoidance, would they be more future oriented or more past oriented?
Which would be more likely to take risks?  Hi-UA or low-UA?

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hall's High Context / Low Context (W4-P3) Fa16

What values do we have about how we should communicate with one another?
What is the good and proper way to communicate?
One way of getting answers to these questions is to look at Hall's concepts of high/low - context.

How does this relate to a more direct and indirect communication?   Same idea?

Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Robert Moran

Heard the phrase "reading between the lines"?  In what culture (high or low context) would you have to more often "read between the lines"?

Know of any individuals in your life you could label as high or low context communicators?

Would it be easier for a more homogeneous society to use high context communication?  Why?



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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales (W4-P2) Fa16

What are Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales?

Value Orientation Scales based on a studies done by anthropologists (Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck) during the 1950s in New Mexico.

Do these sound familiar?  Can you place a person you know or a cultural group into one of the three categories in the above five dimensions?  Some cultures are already placed above.  What about others?

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Dominant American Values? (W4-P1) Fa16

Value: “a principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable” (TheFreeDictionary.com).

Values are developed within a culture and are part of what one learns when one learns the culture of a group.

A chief source of values is religion.

Are there dominant American cultural values? What are they?  Where did they come from?

Note where each value is placed on the map.  Any significance?

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hofstede’s Dimensions of Value Orientations (U3-P4) Fa14

A high uncertainty avoidance person or culture would want to avoid any uncertainty.
If a person or generally a group of people have high uncertainty avoidance, would they be more future oriented or more past oriented?
Which would be more likely to take risks?  Hi-UA or low-UA?

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hall's High Context / Low Context (U3-P3) Fa14

How does this relate to a more direct and indirect communication?   Same idea?

Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Robert Moran

Heard the phrase "reading between the lines"?  In what culture (high or low context) would you have to more often "read between the lines"?

Know of any individuals in your life you could label as high or low context communicators?

Would it be easier for a more homogeneous society to use high context communication?  Why?


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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales (U3-P2) Fa14

What are Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales?

Value Orientation Scales based on a studies done by anthropologists (Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck) during the 1950s in New Mexico.

Do these sound familiar?  Can you place a person you know or a cultural group into one of the three categories in the above five dimensions?  Some cultures are already placed above.  What about others?


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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Dominant American Values? (U3-P1) Fa14

Value: “a principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable” (TheFreeDictionary.com).

Values are developed within a culture and are part of what one learns when one learns the culture of a group.


Are there dominant American cultural values? What are they?

Note where each value is placed on the map.  Any significance?


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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Activity: The Parable (Fa13)

The study of intercultural communication has a rich and interesting history.  That's one of the reasons that I study it. There is a long history of government organizations training people to be better intercultural communicators (e.g., diplomats).  Out of this training comes some helpful and long-lasting intercultural training exercises.  "The Parable" is one of those exercises.  Below is the parable as it appeared in a 1973 Unesco document (pdf).  Read the story and then rank in order that characters that you most approve of.  The person that you approve of at the top and the bottom would be the person that you least approve of.

See also Dr. Ting-Toomey's version of The Parable.

Dr. Hart's classroom instructions:

• Write down on a piece of paper, in rank order, the characters whose behaviors you most approve.
• Break into groups of 4 to discuss your results.  Create a rank list for the group.
• What have you learned as a result of this activity?
• Can anyone point to something in your past that shaped the values you used in this activity?  Who/what programmed you?
• Value: “A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable” (TheFreeDictionary.com).

More related activities from CSU Fullerton faculty (pdf).



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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Activity: U.S. Proverbs and Core Values Fa13

A proverb: "a short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept" (The American Heritage Dictionary).

Proverbs are typically used within a culture and are used to reinforce the values of that culture.

Examples:

• “Little children should be seen and not heard.”
• “A woman’s place is in the home.”

Write 3 or 4 U.S. proverbs and then go back and see if you can identify the core value stressed in the proverb.


Source: Teaching Culture: Strategies for Intercultural Communication


"Proverbs from around the World" Google search.


The 50 most important English proverbs





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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hofstede’s Dimensions of Value Orientations (U3-P4) Fa13

A high uncertainty avoidance person or culture would want to avoid any uncertainty.
If a person or generally a group of people have high uncertainty avoidance, would they be more future oriented or more past oriented?
Which would be more likely to take risks?  Hi-UA or low-UA?

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hall's High Context / Low Context (U3-P3) Fa13

How does this relate to a more direct and indirect communication?   Same idea?

Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Robert Moran

Heard the phrase "reading between the lines"?  In what culture (high or low context) would you have to more often "read between the lines"?

Know of any individuals in your life you could label as high or low context communicators?

Would it be easier for a more homogeneous society to use high context communication?  Why?



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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales (U3-P2) Fa13

What are Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales?

Value Orientation Scales based on a studies done by anthropologists (Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck) during the 1950s in New Mexico.

Do these sound familiar?  Can you place a person you know or a cultural group into one of the three categories in the above five dimensions?  Some cultures are already placed above.  What about others?


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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Dominant American Values? (U3-P1) Fa13

Value: “a principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable” (TheFreeDictionary.com).

Values are developed within a culture and are part of what one learns when one learns the culture of a group.


Are there dominant American cultural values? What are they?

Note where each value is placed on the map.  Any significance?



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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hofstede’s Dimensions of Value Orientations (U3-P6) fa12

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Hall's High Context / Low Context (U3-P5) fa12

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales (U3-P4) fa12

What are Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn, Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation Scales?

Value Orientation Scales based on a studies done by anthropologists (Kluckhohn, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck) during the 1950s in New Mexico.

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Activity: U.S. Proverbs and Core Values (U3-P3) fa12

Examples:

• “Little children should be seen and not heard.”
• “A woman’s place is in the home.”

Write 3 or 4 U.S. proverbs and then go back and see if you can identify the core value stressed in the proverb.


Source: Teaching Culture: Strategies for Intercultural Communication


"Proverbs from around the World" Google search.





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InterculturalCom: Cultural Values: Dominant American Values? (U3-P2) fa12

Are there dominant American cultural values? What are they?

Note where each value is placed on the map.  Any significance?



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