Interpersonal communication is the communication process by which “connected” interdependent people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages (DeVito, 2015). These are skills used in a person’s daily lives and they come so naturally that you don’t even notice that it’s happening. Good interpersonal skills can improve many aspects of anyone’s life, whether it is applied in professional settings/situations or directed amongst your peers, they lead to better understanding and relationships about not only whomever you’re speaking to but also the environment and cultures around you. Culture defined is a group of people that have a shared, learned, symbolic system of beliefs, values, and attitudes that shape …show more content…
There was a lot of compassion, courage, triumph and patience within the characters, specifically with Michael and Leigh Anne due to the fact that they went from being complete strangers who knew nothing of one another and not much communication between each other, into a close family that overcame these harsh road blocks no one should really have to go through.
The first topic this report will cover between Michael and Leigh Anne is the ethnicity, racism, discrimination and intercultural aspects within the movie. The film effectively and realistically portrays the reality of racism and classism. Michael is taken in by an upper class, White family when he is found homeless walking on the side of the road. The family who takes him in does not judge Michael’s race or class. However, the private school teachers and friends of the Tuohy family stare and convey hopelessness about Michael’s chances of success. Most of them all just turned away ignoring him completely. Leigh Ann’s friends joke about never having been on “that side of town” when speaking about where Michael grew up in the projects. Leigh Ann defends Michael and demonstrates acceptance as she protects her child. At first, the teachers at Michael’s school see no potential in Michael. They
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This is also a good scene where self-concept is exemplified by Leigh Anne. Social classism can also be seen whenever Michael stood up to his friends back in the projects about his new found family because he liked being with them for they were his new family that took care of and welcomed him in as one of them. The general environment settings of the movie also played a part into this as well. This film portrayed the setting within a predominantly white neighborhood and within a private school and showed a lot of the cultural social classism through this and the racism that tied along with it. The students and teachers would take Michael as a fool and that he was basically unteachable and stupid due to his slower learning, very poor grades, and background as to where he came from and what situation he was in. Another example of social classism and intercultural communication would be the scene where Leigh Anne goes to find Michael in Hurt Village, where his biological mother lived. While being there she interacts with one of the boys there and tells him not to cross into the other
This movie is full of social psychology topics, such as, self presentation, agression, group behaviors, stereotypes, and conformity. To begin, when Cady tells the girls that she is from Africa, Karen blurts out something very stereotypical by saying, “If you’re from Africa, why are you white?” Here, she is representing
Cultural intelligence is the capability that could give insights on how to cope with multi-cultural situations and how to engage properly in intercultural interactions. It is the individual’s ability to interact effectively in culturally diverse situations (Brislin, Worthley & Macnab, 2006). We could consider the cultural intelligence as constantly improving concept; something we can develop over time and it is not only changes through experience, but also through knowledge as well, which includes communication with other
In our society today social class effects us in our everyday lives. Social class may effect how people treat you and what friends you make. Social class played a big role in the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. In the eyes of Janie’s grandmother moving up in social class was the best thing that could happen for Janie. As a result of her upbringing, Janie would make important decisions such as who she would marry based on social class.
There is an apparent contradiction of class status among the characters illustrating how beauty determines social stratification. Morrison places each person in the class hierarchy based on how close they are to the white standard of beauty. The Fishers, the white family Pauline is employed by, are at the top of the class stratification. The only upper middle class family is white and they are the ultimate model of the blonde and blue eyed standard.
Martin, Judith N., and Thomas K. Nakayama. Intercultural Communication in Contexts. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. Print.
Out of circumstances of Michael’s low CGPA on his academic, he might not be able to obtain the first-class scholarship for the National Football League. Therefore, Leigh Anne hires a private tutor, Miss Sue, to assist Michael’s homework. With the dedicated of Miss Sue and the determination of Michael, he has a huge improvement on his grades which he scored 2.52 in his final CGPA. Hard work and effort never betrays, Michael got the golden opportunity to sign with the University Mississippi. However, a call from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), asking Michael to assist with an investigation which is they suspected the intend of Tuohy family adopted him.
All throughout the movie social class is a problem. Social class is the division of classes based on social, economic, and achieved status. All of the events on the ship are broken down based on which social class each person falls under. The upper class were those who were on a luxury trip, and
Not feeling comfortable with the idea of kicking Michael out onto the streets, his friend’s father goes to a Christian school on the other side of town and asks for him to be admitted by emphasizing Michael’s athletic ability. Admitted to the school, despite his low academic performance, with nowhere to go after the bell rings, Michael is seen by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy walking in the rain one night. The Tuohys are a wealthy Caucasian family. The Tuohy’s one night invitation eventually morphs into the Tuohy’s
Social class is a major theme in the book The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison is saying that there are dysfunctional families in every social class, though people only think of it in the lower class. Toni Morrison was also stating that people also use social class to separate themselves from others and apart from race; social class is one thing Pauline and Geraldine admire.Claudia, Pecola, and Frieda are affected by not only their own social status, but others social status too - for example Geraldine and Maureen Peal. Characters in the book use their social class as another reason for being ugly. Readers are reminded of the theme every time a new character enters into the book.
Social class, as defined by the film, is something that affects who you are as a person. In the film, the people saw class as the defining factor of a person. They saw class as a barrier between people. If one person is in a different class than another person, then obviously, they are not supposed to associate. They allowed their social class to dictate their action each day. It was amazing to me just how much the people in the film allowed their class to truly define them and really serve as a boundary in their life. The people in the film lived their daily life with their social class as the most influential factor. Their worth and value as individuals was not determined by anything else except the amount of money they had. It was really interesting to see how the amount of money a person had somehow equated with their worth in society. The same is true within our society today, but in the film, this aspect was especially evident. The film really shed a light on just how impactful social class is and just how much we allow it to
Intercultural communication is an evolving discipline that encapsulates the interactions between individuals or groups from different backgrounds. Diversity and the need for cultural awareness are forever increasing, and this solidifies the direction in which diversity will take in the future. Intercultural communication is going to be a tremendous part of our future and as individuals it will be part of our personal, social and professional relationships.
Humans have been communicating since four million years. On the other hand, the birth of culture is estimated to have taken place about 35,000 years ago. Today, both culture and communication have evolved considerably and have become interdependent of one another, to the point that communication is considered to be a product of culture. Thus, our own culture has a deep impact on our thoughts and behaviors. Since each culture has its distinct aspects, intercultural communication can be the cause of conflict and disorder. There are three main issues which are at the root of the problem of intercultural miscommunication : language as a barrier, cultural diversity and ethnocentrism. I will analyze these three notions in situations in which intercultural communication is frequent such as : the workplace, the classroom and vacation trips.
...udice in the social ladder. The Bennet family, although wealthy, was looked down upon, is relation to their social status. They were seen as low on the social ladder, because they had "new money." Lady Catherine, is another example of pride and prejudice displayed through social status, "Now and then they were honoured with a call from her ladyship, and nothing escaped her observation…" Lady Catherine noticed flaws in everyone and used her position and title of "Lady" to rise above everyone and make herself seem superior to them. Her position gives her pride and she flaunts it in a negative way.
To elaborate, by mentioning intercultural understanding, I meant that each cultural group has different ways to communicate. For example, Western culture encourages people to be up-front and straight-forward with their communication; contrastly, people who are influenced by Eastern culture might be less outspoken about their ideas and pay a lot of attention to nonverbal language of the people around them. Culture is something that if one have never encountered or exposed to it, he or she would never know. I hope that after this project, besides of the knowledge we gained from the research itselves, all four of us would improve even more on our intercultural and interpersonal communication skills. Because at the end of the day, the knowledge that one have learnt might be forgotten, but all of the skills that one have gained will stay for a very long time.
Class distinction is one of Jane Austen’s themes in the novel, and the differentiation related to it is evidently depicted. Reading the novel from the first chapter, I realize that the author clearly illustrates that class is what matters most in many of the incidences displayed by the characters. Unless an individual is of a given class, the idea that he or she has money is not valued, since only birth in a certain background is what is of value. When a person openly values money over class, such a person is frowned upon. In general terms, the Novel shows a social world extremely stratified and full of pretension and class struggle.