Intercultural Communication

Claudia immigrated to the United States a few months ago, and has begun to learn the American customs. She is becoming immersed into the dominant U.S. culture, and is giving up the norms, values, and culture of her culture of origin, to take on those of the new, dominant culture and, therefore, would be going through this process:

Acculturation

According to the Contact Hypothesis, for contact between different cultures to lead to positive outcomes, it is necessary that:

All of the above

Specialized language that is used by a large group within a culture to define the boundaries of their group from others who are in a more or less powerful position in society would best describe which term discussed in class? An example of this would be when kids try to speak in Pig Latin as a way of alienating others from their conversation.

Argot

Ideas people assume to be true about the world are known as what?

Beliefs

François moved to the United States from France, and has lived here for over thirty years now. He has learned the dominant culture and can effectively function in U.S. society. He also travels back to Paris often, and can easily still function in French society. François would be considered:

Bi-cultural

"The nail that stands up is soon to get hammered down" is an expression to indicate the values of which kind of culture?

Collectivistic

Terms which may elicit many different personal emotions and can have different meaning to different people would best describe which term discussed in class?

Connotative

Which of the following is true about Uncertainty Avoidance?

Countries high on Uncertainty Avoidance prefer absolute certainties and fear the unknown

According to Milton Bennett's Ethnocentric to Ethnorelativism progression, what is the first step in being Ethnocentric?

Denial

Variation to language with distinctive vocabulary, grammar, an pronunciation that are spoken by particular groups of people or within a particular region best describes which term from class? An example would be that people in the U.S. West Coast say Soda, whereas people in the East Coast may say Cola, and other regions may use the word pop, all do describe the same thing.

Dialects

The developed science of translation from one language to another to represent the source language as closely as possible best describes which term discussed in class?

Dynamic equivalence

The fact that New Orleans is built below sea level, which makes the city susceptible to floods, is an example of which of the following cultural forces?

Ecology

Adolf Hitler had the belief that his German culture was superior to all other cultures. He devalued anybody who was not of the same ethnic background. He would best be described as what?

Ethnocentric

All cultures have the same orientation to time and consider it to be a very important aspect of culture.

False

It is important to make sure to give direct eye contact to people you are talking to in any culture because it is a universal sign of respect.

False

Low context cultures tend to use much more nonverbal messages whereas high context cultures are very straight forward and to the point.

False

Symbols are universal representations of ideas which translate to mean the same thing in all cultures and in all languages.

False

Technical time in the United States would be identified in terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, decades, centuries, etc.

False

The dictionary meaning of a word is always connotative.

False

Cultures that highly value nurturing, gender equality, and minimization of gender role differences as well as discrimination would be considered what?

Feminine

Cultures that place much of the emphasis of their communication on nonverbal messages, and communicate indirectly would best describe which of the following?

High context

Cultures that communicate predominantly through non-verbal messages, which rely heavily upon cultural knowledge and context verses cultures that utilize words as the primary means of communication would best describe which Taxonomy?

High vs. low context

The Shadow of Hate video best illustrates which Cultural Force?

History

"The squeaky wheel gets the oil" is an expression to indicate the values of which kind of culture?

Individualistic

The following are examples of which type of Cultural Force -- schools, churches, trade unions, government?

Institutional networks

According to Milton Bennett's Ethnocentric to Ethnorelativism progression, what is the final step in the progression to complete Ethnorelativism?

Integration

The oral process of moving from one code to another code to try and make sense of another cultural language would best describe which term from class?

Interpretation

Cultures that communicate very overtly, where the meanings are found in the words used would best be described as what?

Low context

Which metaphor of U.S. cultural diversity, discussed in class, suggests it is not acceptable for cultural groups to maintain their unique identities when immigrating, but instead, must transition and blend into the dominant culture, to be just like everyone else?

Melting Pot

Adapting to a new culture and environment, as discussed in class, entails all of the following aspects EXCEPT:

Mental adaptation

Thinking of time as a finite commodity that should be maximized would best describe which of the following concepts?

Monochronic

Adapting to cultural habits and nonverbal behaviors by mimicking and understanding the customs of a new dominant culture best describes which component of cultural intelligence (CQ)?

NOT Cognitive Quotient

Socially shared expectations of appropriate and accepted behaviors would be best known as what?

Norms

The extent to which people encourage others to improve task-oriented performance and excel for achievement is part of which GLOBE Taxonomy?

Performance orientation

The way in which cultures deal with issues of equality, social hierarchies, and the ability to challenge authority figures and major political decisions best describes which Cultural Taxonomy of Hofstede?

Power distance

Saying that somebody is sick after they land an awesomely cool snowboarding trick to indicate that we like the move they just landed, verses saying that somebody is sick who is in a hospital bed has two clearly different meaning based on which verbal code?

Pragmatic

The idea that the structure of language determines how people in a culture will think, and the idea that people who speak a different language will see the world completely differently due to the words in their language, best describes which concept discussed in class?

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

The tendency to judge individuals by the group into which we put them into is known as:

Stereotyping

"Carmen to buy some milk from the store has gone" is not grammatically correct in English, but it would be the correct way to structure a sentence in other languages due to this verbal code discussed in class:

Syntactic

The favorable social impression that a person wants others to have of them is known as:

The face

Educational background, geographical location, marital status, and socioeconomic status are examples fo group-related dimensions of power that are changeable.

True

Jargon refers to a set of words or terms that are shared by individuals with a common job or profession or experience.

True

Physical appearance is a form of nonverbal communication.

True

The ability to imagine what it's like to be a member of a different culture refers to the emotional quotient of cultural intelligence.

True

What a culture regards as good or bad, right or wrong, beautiful or ugly, important or worthless, would be best known as what?

Values

Instant gratification is desirable in cultures that value a ____________ time orientation.

short-term