Module 1 Flashcards
Intercultural communication occurs:
a. whenever a person from one culture or co-culture sends a message to be processed by a person from a different culture or co-culture
b. whenever two people from different cultures meet
c. whenever one person sends a message to be processed by someone else
d. only with great stress and difficulty
a. whenever a person from one culture or co-culture sends a message to be processed by a person from a different culture or co-culture
Lustig and Koester believe that it is important to stress ____ when crafting a definition of intercultural communication:
a. the degree of similarity or amount of cultural difference between the interactants
b. differences in intelligence levels between the interactants
c. differences in competency levels between interactants
d. differences in motivational levels between interactants
a. the degree of similarity or amount of cultural difference between the interactants
By giving people guidelines about what things mean, what is important and what should or should not be done, culture establishes ____ in human interactions.
a. uncertainty
b. predicability
c. harmony
d. humor
b. predictability
According to the definition provided by Griffin (2005), which of the following is an act of communication:
a. Tammy is snoring and Susie gets mad.
b. Tammy is snoring and wakes herself up.
c. Tammy is snoring, wakes herself up, and apologizes to Susie for being so loud.
d. Susie sees Tammy sleeping and thinks “I better sleep in a friends dorm tonight or I will never get enough rest to do well on my exam tomorrow.”
e. all of the above
c. Tammy is snoring, wakes herself up, and apologizes to Susie for being so loud.
Nearly 2/5ths of the world population face a serious shortage of what resource?
a. food
b. water
c. shelter
d. adequate health care
b. water
True or False:
High contact cultures tend to be located in warmer weather climates, while low contact cultures tend to be located in cooler climates.
True
Enculturation is:
a. the process by which we internalize positive values, beliefs, and attitudes about our home culture through continued immersion/exposure.
b. underexposure to other cultures.
c. an inability to accept difference.
d. a strong sense of identity or attachment to our home culture.
a. the process by which we internalize positive values, beliefs, and attitudes about our home culture through continued immersion/exposure.
According to the TedTalk speaker, in Norway, how do you know when the bench at a bus stop is full and you should stand?
a. when there are two people sitting on either end of the bench far away from one another.
b. when there are three or more people on the bench.
c. when there is one person sitting on the bench.
d. when the bench is so full there is no more space for another person.
a. when there are two people sitting on either end of the bench far away from one another.
_____ are the primary means through which a culture transmits its beliefs and practices from one generation to another.
a. interpersonal communication patterns
b. media messages
c. social institutions
d. political structures
a. interpersonal communication patterns
Globalization is:
a. inevitable
b. a force that homogenizes cultures
c. a potential cause of conflict
d. all of the above
e. b and c, but not a
d. all of the above
Tammy is a Native American and feels a strong tie to her ethnic heritage. Susie is German American and has no strong ties to her German ethnicity. This is an example of how our _____ is derived from our sense of belonging to a particular group.
a. national identity
b. regional identity
c. religious identity
d. personal identity
e. cultural identity
e. cultural identity
Communication is often characterized as receiver-based because:
a. the receiver is the intended recipient of the message
b. the receiver can choose to ignore a message
c. the receiver is the one who actually interprets a message and assigns meaning to it.
d. the receiver gives a response to a message he/she receives.
e. all of the above
e. all of the above
What is the complicating factor discussed in the reading that impacts all we know about racial differences?
a. there is no “pure” race - all human beings are of mixed genetic origins, making an “racial” distinctions or classifications impossible based on biology or genetics.
b. race is a biological reality
c. race is an identity characteristic that cannot be “hidden” from others
d. differences among groups of people based on race have been amplying documented.
a. there is no “pure” race - all human beings are of mixed genetic origins, making an “racial” distinctions or classifications impossible based on biology or genetics.
Tammy was listening to Susie give a speech. A few minutes into the speech Tammy closed her eyes and rested her head back on the wall. Tammy is:
a. extremely rude
b. listening intently
c. For Susie’s sake, hopefully Japanese
d. For Susie’s sake, hopefully caucasian American
c. For Susie’s sake, hopefully Japanese
What are the six forces that maintain cultural differences as discussed in the reading?
a. History, ecology, technology, biology, institutional networks, and interpersonal communication patterns.
b. History, geography, technology, biology, institutional networks, and interpersonal communication patterns
c. History, ecology, technology, biology, media networks, and interpersonal communication patterns
d. History, ecology, technology, biology, institutional networks, and family communication patterns
a. History, ecology, technology, biology, institutional networks, and interpersonal communication patterns.
