Oral Com Midterms

Question 1

Happens when individuals interact, negotiate, and create meaning while bringing in their varied cultural backgrounds

Answer 1

Intercultural communication

Question 2

6 stages of development model of intercultural sensitivity

Answer 2

Denial, defense, minimization, acceptance, adaptation, intergration

Question 3

Individual does not recognize cultural differences

Answer 3

denial

Question 4

Individual starts to recognize cultural differences and is intimated by them

Answer 4

Defense

Question 5

Individual see cultural differences, they bank more on the universality of ideas rather than on cultural differences

Answer 5

Minimization

Question 6

Individual appreciate important cultural differences in behaviors and eventually in values

Answer 6

Acceptance

Question 7

Individual is very open to world views when accepting perspectives

Answer 7

Adaptation

Question 8

Start to go beyond their own cultures and see themselves and their actions based on multifarious cultural viewpoints

Answer 8

Integration

Question 9

Characteristics of competent intercultural communicators

Answer 9

Flexibility, reflectiveness or mindfulness, open-mindedness, sensitivity, adaptability,