Lesson 7

Question 1

The apostle Paul communicated the gospel to the Corinthians…

1
without preaching and teaching skills
2
without logic and fact
3
realizing they lacked communication skills
4
by the convincing demonstration of the Holy Spirit

Answer 1

4

Question 2

List the 2 elements indicated that the Christian communicator needs in proper balance to communicate effectively.

Answer 2

manner of presentation and dependence on the Holy Spirit

Question 3

Define myopia

Answer 3

Myopia literally is nearsightedness but figuratively is shortsighted thinking. It is the failure to press on to inquire how others “think and how they formulate their ideas and beliefs”

Question 4

With reference to the hearts and minds of individuals, state the cognitive activity to be undertaken in an attempt to understand people who differ culturally.

Answer 4

The hope is “in the bridging of the chasm by individuals who will stretch their minds and hearts in an attempt to embrace and comprehend”

Question 5

If cross-cultural Christian missionaries reject their own cultural heritage in favor of their respondents’ cultural heritage, they will sacrifice…

1
much that is basic to historic Christianity
2
something that is basic to history
3
nothing that is basic to historic Christianity
4
nothing

Answer 5

1

Question 6

the 2 bisystemic approaches to the problem of cognitive differences are by whom?

Answer 6

Gulick and Northrop

Question 7

the 1 trisystemic approach to cognitive differences is by whom?

Answer 7

Smith

Question 8

cognition meaning

Answer 8

the process of knowing and the product of knowing

Question 9

3 adjectives for each:

Occidental thinking
Oriental thinking

Answer 9

Occidental: scientific, intellectualistic, aggressive

Oriental: mythological, emotional, artistic

Question 10

Who defined Occidental and Oriental thinking?

Answer 10

Sidney Lewis Gulick

Question 11

What was the basic idea of F C S Northrop’s bisystemic approach to cognitive differences?

Answer 11

the E and W have a common starting point - with the immediate reality that must be experienced and not communicated

then it diverges
E - continues to concentrate on the immediate aesthetic factor
W - forms a speculative hypothesis about the immediate factor

Question 12

Summarize Northrop’s understanding of what “to know” means in the East versus the West.

Answer 12

E: “to know” means to understand something on the “immediate” and “aesthetic” levels and to have grasped the reality behind them

W: “to know” means to investigate the theoretic possibilities surrounding a thing

Question 13

how do bisystemic approaches to cognitive differences split up?

Answer 13

East and West

Question 14

What are Smith’s three cognitive approaches to reality?

Answer 14

Conceptual - theoretical or postulational thinking

Intuitional or Psychical - emphasizes intuition and the knowledge that comes from inner experience and vision

Concrete Relational - life and reality are seen pictorially in terms of the active emotional relationships present in a concrete situation

Question 15

What are Hughe’s order of priority in regards to Smith’s 3 cognitive processes for the West, China, and India?

Answer 15

West: conceptual, concrete relational, psychical

China: Concrete Relational, Conceptual, Psychical

India: Psychical, Concrete Relational, conceptual

Question 16

State why cross-cultural communicators should be able to make a significant beginning in understanding the mind of respondent cultures.

Answer 16

none of the ways of thinking is completely foreign to us (just different priorities)

Question 17

State why Westerners arrange primary scriptural data into specific categories such as hamartiology, soteriology, ecclesiology, pneumatology, and Christology.

Answer 17

They think that to be communicated, a Scripture portion must yield itself to logical ordering and analysis.

Question 18

If theology is to be Christian, it must fit the….

Answer 18

facts of the Bible

Question 19

State how Westerners’ attitude toward nonliterate music and oral communication reveals prejudice between peoples.

Answer 19

They consider music played by ear to be inferior to music that is read and consider oral communication to be hearsay or rumor.

Question 20

Linearity-and-print bias (literate bias)….

1
produces thinking like that of preliterate cultures
2
denies the usefulness of teaching literacy to preliterate cultures
3
shields the mind from the richness of oral communication
4
captures in print all the meaning of spoken words

Answer 20

3

Question 21

State the cause of linearity-and-print bias losing ground in modern technological societies.

Answer 21

The advent of electronic media such as the phone, radio, and tv caused it to lose ground.