Question

Which dialectic of intercultural communication addresses the fact that some of our cultural patterns are constant and some are shifting?

a. history/past-presen
a. True
b. Falseuture dialectic
b. differences-similarities dialectic
c. static-dynamic dialectic
d. privilege-disadvantage dialectic?

Answer 1

Answer: c. Static-dynamic dialectics.

In intercultural communication, a dialectic is a method that weighs two different and contradictory ideas and tries to reconcile them. There are six main dialectics:

• history/past-present/future dialectic
• the culture-individual dialectic
• the personal-contextual dialectic
• the differences-similarities dialectic
• the static-dynamic dialectic
• the privilege-disadvantage dialectic

The static-dynamic dialectic recognizes that some elements of a person's character and culture are unchangeable, while other will change as the person grows and acquires more experience.