Week 5: Ting-Toomey & Dorjee intercultural and intergroup comms article

Question 1

If an intercultural or intergroup communicator is seen as competent is determined by? (3)

Answer 1

1. communication appropriateness
2. Communication effectiveness
3. Communication adaptability

Question 2

What is communication/intergroup appropriateness?

Answer 2

the degree to which the exchanged behaviors are regarded as proper and match the expectations

Question 2

what is communication/integroup effectiveness

Answer 2

the degree to which communicators achieve mutually shared meaning and goal-related outcomes during the interaction

Question 3

What is communication /intergroup adaptability?

Answer 3

the ability to change our interaction behaviors and goals to meet the needs of a situation

Question 4

What are the intergroup communication criteria? (3)

Answer 4

Intergroup appropriateness
Intergroup effectiveness
Intergroup adaptability

Question 5

What is the correct approach for the culture: individualism - large power distance

Answer 5

status-achievement

Question 6

What is the correct approach for the culture: individualism - small power distance

Answer 6

impartial approach

Question 7

what is the correct approach for the culture: collectivism - low power distance

Answer 7

communal approach

Question 8

what is the correct approach for the culture: collectivism - high power distance

Answer 8

benevolent approach

Question 9

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 9

you consider the views and standars for your own in-group as more important than any outgroup (defensive, cultural conditioned)

Question 10

When is ethnocentrism increased?

Answer 10

when the outgroup is seen as a threat

Question 11

What do ethnocentrism cultures do and believe? (3)

Answer 11

1. Denial of cultural difference
2. Defense against cultural difference
3. Minimization of cultural difference

Question 12

What do ethnorelativists believe and do (3)?

Answer 12

1. accept cultural difference
2. adapt to cultural difference
3. integration of cultural difference

Question 13

What is true about dominant groups (1)?

Answer 13

They expect the minority to conform or adapt to them

Question 14

What are the 3 different strategies to make when communicating with others?

Answer 14

accomodation (match communication)
Non-accomodation (highlight difference)
Maintenance (just be yourself)

Question 15

What does mindfulness mean?

Answer 15

attending to one’s own internal assumptions, emotions, intentions, cognitions attitudes and behaviors

Question 16

What are the 3 facets of mindfulness

Answer 16

1. Being present in the now
2. Meta-cognition awareness
3. Affective attunement

Question 17

How is mindfulness viewed in western countries?

Answer 17

the adaptation of communication assumptions, attitudes and perspectives of the others