a culture that exists within the larger culture of a country or society information sent from a sender to a receiver in a quantitative sense, communication between two individuals external, physiological, psychological distractions to get to know a culture and understand what they do and why the ability to accomplish one's personal goals in a manner that maintains a relationship on terms that are acceptable to all parties a tolerance for a difference and accepting that difference accepting a difference even though it is wrong to you learning as much about a culture by any way you can observations that you use to communicate with a culture