Week 5: College

Question 1

What are the 4 sources of potential noise?

Answer 1

1. noise by sender
2. noise in channel
3. noise in receiver
4. noise in environment

Question 2

Within external noise, what is the difference between negative and positive noise (2)

Answer 2

1. negative = outcomes worse than intended, negative effect for receiver
2. positive = outcomes better than intended, positive effect for receiver

Question 3

What was found in the noise experiment with tit-for-tat breeds cooperation? (2)

Answer 3

1. if computer played tit for tat + 1 noise had no effector.
   2 Otherwise noise caused less cooperation

Question 4

What is the egocentric bias (in senders)

Answer 4

we overestimate the extent wo which others can understand us and are able to read our feelings

Question 5

What is the illusion of transparency?

Answer 5

We don’t convey meaning as well as we think we do

Question 6

What is the closeness-communication bias? (2)

Answer 6

our degree of transparency varies depending on how close someone is to us
2. We think our estimated accuracy goes up however there is no difference. Romantic parters are not better at seeing through us

Question 7

What is empathic accuracy?

Answer 7

the ability to correctly judge the feelings, thoughts and intentions of others

Question 8

Is there a gender difference in woman/men regarding empathic accuracy? If so, what is the reason? (2)

Answer 8

1. There is a difference, woman outperform men
2. Due to motivation and not skills
   If men are motivated, they perform just as good as women

Question 9

What makes someone empathically accurate?

Answer 9

1. It takes 2 –> you’ll have to be empathic and the other has to have a certain level of expresiveness

Question 10

What are the 2 different approaches to intercultural communication?

Answer 10

1. Essentialist approach
2. non-essentialist approach

Question 11

What is the essentialist view on culture?

Answer 11

1. culture = something we have and are born/programmed with.

Question 12

What is the non-essentialist view on culture? (2)

Answer 12

1. culture is something we do
2. Larger definition, culture can happen between individuals that can develop their own customs and rules of engagement

Question 13

What is the contribution of essentialist and non-essentialist view on culture?

Answer 13

1. Essentialist; a descriptive view (list of differences/dichotomy)
2. non-essentialist: dynamic constructivist view –> looking for common ground or commonality

Question 14

What is the advise when meeting strangers?(3)

Answer 14

1. BE HOT
2. LEAVE JACOB AT HOME
3. USE LSD

hot = honest, transparency. open
jacob = judgements, advice, criticism, opinions, believes
lsd = listen, summarize dig

Question 15

What is paradox about the essentialist view on culture?

Answer 15

1. Good to have a list of differences BUT these differences lead to prejudice