High context communication involves using hands and expressions to help express meaning.
Low context communication is the opposite, e.g. giving simple factual instructions
Polychronic is an adjective referring to the practice of doing more than one thing at a time. It is often called multi-tasking today.
Monochronic people tend to do one thing at a time, concentrating on one task, avoiding interruptions and taking deadlines & schedules seriously.
Diffuse: in a diffuse society people are not happy talking about work or family life.
Past-oriented societies follow the same traditions, generation after generation.
Ascription: having the same schooling, career or status as your father is an example of ascription. In an ascription-oriented culture people get their position or status from name, age & connections.
Culture shock: honeymoon, discomfort, irritation & reality are stages in how many people deal with adjusting to an alien culture.
Collectivism means putting the interests of a group or family before your own individual interests (individualism).
