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Lesson 11 Flashcards

1
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State the percentage of the average conversation between 2 persons that is nonverbal.

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more than 65%

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The part of a speaker’s communication of concern to Plato and Aristotle was…

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the speaker’s offstage behavior
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random movements of the speaker while speaking
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the words of the speaker while speaking
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gestures of the speaker while speaking

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In his book The Silent Language, Hall’s major contention is that a great part of culture is communicated…

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informally by imitation of models
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formally by mistake and correction
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technically by a teacher
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intuitively

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State the most important theory presented by Edward T Hall about changing another person’s opinions or beliefs.

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the theory that such change must be introduced in the informal level of the appropriate message system of that person’s culture

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2 items of difference between Hesselgrave and Edward T Hall regarding the study of cross-cultural communication within the framework of the 7 dimensions of primary message systems

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He differs with Hall’s placing religion under the message system of defense.
Hall’s writings seem too complex to be entirely accepted by the person of action.

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

stroking, farewells, guiding another’s movements

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touching behavior

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

punctuality, duration of meetings, length of converstaion

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temporal relationships

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

seating arrangements, crowding, conversational distance

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spatial relationships

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9
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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

architectural style, colors, cosmetics

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artifacts and environmental factors

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

gestures, facial expressions, posture

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body motion

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

body shape, attractiveness, skin color

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physical characteristics

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Which of the 7 aspects of nonverbal cross-cultural communication match with this description?

pitch, rhythm, resonance

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paralanguage

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State why Hesselgrave is concerned about some scholars assigning too large a place to culture in determining behavioral norms.

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some behavioral patterns are built into humanity by our Creator

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14
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the missionary’s 3-fold responsibility in regard to behavioral norms.

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  1. he must behave according to the standards revealed by God in Scripture and in his own conscience.
  2. He must accommodate to behavioral patterns considered right or proper within his respondent culture.
  3. He must be able to distinguish between supracultural and cultural norms.
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15
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Christian communication includes what 2 things:

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Christian beliefs and Christian behavior

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How can the life of a missionary make his or her message credible and persuasive?

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by portraying the image of Christ through its moral, ethical, and spiritual aspects

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17
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Your textbook describes culture shock as an emotional subconscious response to strange environments. State a cause of missionary culture shock.

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they are not well prepared to encounter new ways of acting

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18
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When respondent cultural norms and biblical standards seem to be in conflict, missionaries should carefully weigh all factors and then do what….

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the majority of people are doing
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their Christian conscience leads them to do
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the most powerful respondents are doing
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expediency leads them to do

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19
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Summarize the biblical data concerning Paul and Christ that refutes the tendency of the West to correlate physical attractiveness and credibility in communication.

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Paul did not pretend to impress his audiences by his physique, and Christ did not choose physical beauty for Himself.

20
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Explain why sending Japanese Americans to Japan and African Americans to Africa as missionaries was not altogether successful

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other factors may have been far more important than skin color or outward appearance

21
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state the source of body language.

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it is learned behavior and varies with the culture

22
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To be bilingual means to know…

1
the body language of your respondents
2
two languages of gesture as well as two languages of words
3
two languages
4
the body language of gesture and the language of words

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2

23
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Touching behavior has the danger of misinterpretation because of its relationship to…

1
worship in the Japanese bow
2
respect in the Japanese box
3
extending the legs by the Gururumba
4
variations of sexual meaning among peoples

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4

24
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State the 3 aspects related to humankind that are intimately related to the problem of overpopulation

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humanity’s attitude toward space,
our tendency to cluster in large cities,
and the way we exploit the earth’s resources

25
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

history as lineal

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westerners

26
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

marketing day as time marker

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Nigerians

27
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

time as marching

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Westerners

28
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

great value of the past

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Classical Chinese

29
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

history as cyclical

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Indians

30
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

wheel-of-existence view of life

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Indians

31
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

promptness as indicator of business

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Japanese

32
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

long past and short future concept

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Africans

33
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

time as something to be endured

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Indians

34
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Match this way of viewing or valuing time with the people to whom it is attributed (options: Africans, Classical Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Nigerians, Westerners).

great value of the present moment

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Westerners

35
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paralanguage emphasizes 2 things:

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  1. the communicative importance of how something is said.
  2. the communicative meaning of silence
36
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Explain the relationship of how something is said to what is said.

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How something is said is frequently what is said.

37
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Summarize the balanced attitude toward the topic of artifacts and environment as expressed by Hesselgrave.

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Stubborn insistence on a continuation of home cultural habits with total disregard for local opinions is as unfruitful on the one hand as “going native” is on the other hand.

38
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

it deals with interaction distance

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space speaks

39
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

it is often wrongly concluded to be a universal language

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body language

40
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

it communicates even through silence

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paralanguage

41
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

height and skin color form a part of it

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physical characteristics

42
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

it deals with the things that will hinder fellowship

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artifacts and environment

43
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

the manner in which history is considered greatly affects it

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time talks

44
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Which behavioral dimension corresponds to this description:

misunderstanding based on sexual overtones sometimes occurs

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touching behavior

45
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List 4 obvious biblical insights into nonverbal missionary communication.

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(1) patterns of missionary living and acting are communication patterns
(2) missionaries must not guard their privacy too closely
(3) by means of their exemplary behavior, missionaries have the ability to bring behavioral patterns of lost souls to awareness of revelation and reason
(4) by means of practicing proper behavior, missionaries can help to overcome communicative imbalance caused by their traditional overemphasis on formal and technical instruction.

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