After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

• Identify the challenges for intercultural communication presented by each of the regu­lators of human life.
• Explain how the regulators of human life help our understanding of today’s global conflicts.
• Identify the major threats individuals perceive to their sources of identities.
• Discuss what can be learned from taking a global perspective on the world’s identities and conflicts.
• Identify the major points in this textbook that point to ways to improve intercultural communication.