Comms371 Test 2

Front 1

The process by which others attribute identities to an individual is?

Back 1

Ascription

Front 2

Which is true about high context communication?

Back 2

A style of communication in which much of the information is contained in the contexts and nonverbal cues rather than explicitly in words

Front 3

Worldviews are?

Back 3

Some of our learning and perception his group related that is we see the world in particular ways because we belong these group related perceptions are so fundamental that we really question them

Front 4

Which approach to intercultural communication has the goal of initiating social change?

Back 4

A society with a feminine, low power, low-uncertainty avoidance, and a collectivistic (or critical approach) approach.

Front 5

A culture with less specific gender roles that values the quality of life for all has a?

Back 5

a. feminine

b. has a higher rank in feminine values orientation

Front 6

Which is true considering the influence of culture on the formation of our identities?

Back 6

Identity management - the way individuals make sense of their multiple images concerning the sense of self in different social contexts

Identity Tourism - A concept that refers to people taking on the identities of other races, genders, classes, or sexual oritenation for recreational purposes

Front 7

Which of the following describes how competent intercultural communicators negotiate identities in conversation?

Back 7

An interpretive perspective: identities are not created by self alone but are co-created through communication with others.

Front 8

How did E.T. Hall contribute to the origins of intercultural communication?

Back 8

pioneered the systematic study of IC, with this publication of 'The Silent Language' (1959) and 'The Hidden Dimension' (1966)

Front 9

The study of meaning is?

Back 9

How individual words communicate the meanings we intend and semantics

Front 10

It is important to understand the power in construction of historical accounts because?

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It influences the content of the history we know and the way it is delivered. It dictates what is taught and what is silenced, what is available and what is erased.

Front 11

Which dialectic of intercultural communication addresses the fact that some of our cultural patterns are constant and some are shifting?

Back 11

Static-dynamic dialectic

Front 12

Which of the following is true about the relationship between communication and context?

Back 12

1. context is typically created by the physical or social aspects of the situation in which communication occurs.

2. people communicate differently depending on the context

3. context may consist of the social, political, and historical structures in which the communication occurs

3a. social context is determined on the societal level

3b. political context includes those forces that attempt to change or retain existing social structures and relations

3c. historical context is determined from the background/past etc.

Front 13

"Symbolic Significance" in the definition of communication can be defined as?

Back 13

the importance of meaning that most members of a cultural group attach to a communication activity

Front 14

Which identity stresses the importance of emotional connectedness to and interdependence with others?

Back 14

familial identity

Front 15

"A symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed" is a definition of?

Back 15

communication

Front 16

How does the nonverbal communication differ from verbal communication?

Back 16

rules for nonverbal communication vary among cultures and contexts

nonverbal comm includes gestures and appearance

it operations at a subconscious level

when a misunderstanding arises, we are most likely to question our verbal, rather than our nonverbal comm

it is more difficult to identiy nonverbal miscomm or misperceptions

Front 17

which of the following is NOT typically communicated by nonverbal behaviors?

Back 17

the following ARE communicated by NV

relational messages

status and power

deception

Front 18

Which of the following is true about nonverbal behavior

Back 18

Most of our nonverbal meanings and behaviors are learned through implicit socialization.

most nonverbal comm operates at a subconscious level (how does this affect cultural misunderstandnings?)

Nonverbal behaviors can reinforce, substitute, or contradict verbal behaviors

Front 19

what labels refers to the way people conceptualize and think about time

Back 19

chronemics

Front 20

which of the following is true about cultural spaces?

Back 20

The people who we first interact with start influencing us

cultural and social contexts in which our identity forms

dynamic and changing

can be metaphorical

Cultural space: the particular configuration of the comm that constructs meanings of various places

Front 21

Which orientation to time prevails in the US

Back 21

monochronic

Front 22

Which of the following is NOT a universal facial expression?

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universal expressions INCLUDE: happy, sad, angry, fear, disgust, and surprise

Front 23

This study is one of the many ways to think about language, plus it provides us with a useful foundation for our exploration of language in intercultural comm

Back 23

Linguistics

Front 24

This school of thought rejects the Sapir-Whorf assumption that the particular language we speak compels us to perceive the world in a particular way and prevents us from thinking in different ways.

Back 24

Qualified relativist position

Front 25

Which communication style is preferred by most people in the US

Back 25

low-context

Front 26

The process of learning language is known as ?

Back 26

language acquisition

Front 27

Researchers are able to prevent their own cultural biases from affecting their intercultural research

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FALSE

Front 28

Code switching refers to the phenomenon of changing languages, dialects, or accents.

Back 28

TRUE

Front 29

Worldviews have little influence on the approachh researchers take to studying intercultural comm

Back 29

FALSE

Front 30

The ability to behave effectively and appropriately in interacting across cultures is called intercultural competence

Back 30

TRUE

Front 31

Social science, interpretivist, and critical perspectives are contradictory and cannot be connected in ways that help us better understand social reality

Back 31

FALSE

Front 32

The goal of researchers who study human behavior from the interpretive perspective is to explain and predict human behavior

Back 32

FALSE

Front 33

Interdisciplinary means integrating knowledge from different areas of study in conducting research and constructing theory

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TRUE

Front 34

Cultures that emphasize quick results in endeavors and social pressure to conform have a long term orientation

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FALSE

Front 35

Positive stereotypes are not damaging or harmful to individuals of a cultural group

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FALSE

Front 36

Prejudice is often expressed by nonverbal behaviors

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TRUE

Front 37

Blind childrens facial expressions are very different from seeing children's facial expression

Back 37

FALSE