Josh has created very strong general ideas about how people from other cultures behave and communicate. Why Josh should avoid always applying these ideas when he meets someone from another culture?
What will be an ideal response?
- Josh should avoid developing inaccurate, inflexible stereotypes of others and basing his perceptions of others only on those generalizations.
- Making snap judgments based only on past associations may lead him to inaccurate conclusions.
- That's why it's so important for Josh to become other-oriented by being a good listener, learning all he can about the other person, and not just relying on generalizations.
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