COMM 303 Test 2 Complete Answers
The self-humbling verbal style is reflective of__________ communicators. ✔️High-context
During the selective _________ part of the perception process, Richard picks out cues from his cultural
landscape, selectively choosing from incoming data. ✔️Attention
According to research, we use the "public space" zone to mark our personal safety boundary and signal
that our friends should not stand too close to us and intrude upon our need for 18-48 inches of spatial
distance. ✔️False
Collectivists tend to emphasize __________ communication style and individualists tend to emphasize
__________ communication style. ✔️High-context; low-context
_________ is the study of how people in different cultures structure, interpret, and understand the time
dimension. ✔️Chronemics
Samantha attributed her A on her exam to her natural intelligence and another student's A to his bribing
the teacher. This demonstrates which attribution principle? ✔️Favorable self-bias and other-derogation
principle
According to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, in the "__________ of culture
difference" stage/state, individuals intentionally incorporate diverse cultural worldviews into their
identity. ✔️Integration
When you use a straightforward "no" to refuse a request, your direct communication approach is
reflective of a ___________ communication style. ✔️Low-context
__________ is an arbitrary, symbolic system that labels and categorizes objects, events, groups, people,
ideas, feelings, and many other phenomena. ✔️Language
, As a minority group member, when Naomi interacts with members of the dominant ethic group in her
culture, she is asked insensitive questions and is spoken to very slowly. She is experiencing the degree of
ethnocentrism called the distance of ✔️Indifference.
_________ communication is defined as the use of nonlinguistic and paralinguistic cues that are
consciously or unconsciously expressed and decoded through multiple communication channels.
✔️Nonverbal
Much of Jay's prejudice toward a particular minority group in his culture involves seeing himself as a
victim and blaming the minority group for taking all the jobs. That illustrates which theory or approach
to prejudice? ✔️Scapegoating theory
Global nomads refer to people of any age or nationality who have lived a significant part of their
developmental years outside their passport country. ✔️True
Native speakers of their own language tend to operate at the _________ stage, conversing fluently
without needing to worry about language rule patterns. ✔️"Unconscious competent"
Culture shock produces an identity disorientation state. ✔️True
In ________ stereotyping, we assume that the categories we have been using are merely "first best
guesses" rather than definitive answers. ✔️Mindful or flexible
A _________ would stay quiet or even chime/join in when their friends start to bully another minority
member. ✔️Fair weather liberal
Verbal tracking involves tracking the mistakes made by the cultural stranger and pointing these out.
✔️False
_________ adjustment refers to the feelings of well-being and satisfaction during cross-cultural
transitions. ✔️Psychological
The self-humbling verbal style is reflective of__________ communicators. ✔️High-context
During the selective _________ part of the perception process, Richard picks out cues from his cultural
landscape, selectively choosing from incoming data. ✔️Attention
According to research, we use the "public space" zone to mark our personal safety boundary and signal
that our friends should not stand too close to us and intrude upon our need for 18-48 inches of spatial
distance. ✔️False
Collectivists tend to emphasize __________ communication style and individualists tend to emphasize
__________ communication style. ✔️High-context; low-context
_________ is the study of how people in different cultures structure, interpret, and understand the time
dimension. ✔️Chronemics
Samantha attributed her A on her exam to her natural intelligence and another student's A to his bribing
the teacher. This demonstrates which attribution principle? ✔️Favorable self-bias and other-derogation
principle
According to the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, in the "__________ of culture
difference" stage/state, individuals intentionally incorporate diverse cultural worldviews into their
identity. ✔️Integration
When you use a straightforward "no" to refuse a request, your direct communication approach is
reflective of a ___________ communication style. ✔️Low-context
__________ is an arbitrary, symbolic system that labels and categorizes objects, events, groups, people,
ideas, feelings, and many other phenomena. ✔️Language
, As a minority group member, when Naomi interacts with members of the dominant ethic group in her
culture, she is asked insensitive questions and is spoken to very slowly. She is experiencing the degree of
ethnocentrism called the distance of ✔️Indifference.
_________ communication is defined as the use of nonlinguistic and paralinguistic cues that are
consciously or unconsciously expressed and decoded through multiple communication channels.
✔️Nonverbal
Much of Jay's prejudice toward a particular minority group in his culture involves seeing himself as a
victim and blaming the minority group for taking all the jobs. That illustrates which theory or approach
to prejudice? ✔️Scapegoating theory
Global nomads refer to people of any age or nationality who have lived a significant part of their
developmental years outside their passport country. ✔️True
Native speakers of their own language tend to operate at the _________ stage, conversing fluently
without needing to worry about language rule patterns. ✔️"Unconscious competent"
Culture shock produces an identity disorientation state. ✔️True
In ________ stereotyping, we assume that the categories we have been using are merely "first best
guesses" rather than definitive answers. ✔️Mindful or flexible
A _________ would stay quiet or even chime/join in when their friends start to bully another minority
member. ✔️Fair weather liberal
Verbal tracking involves tracking the mistakes made by the cultural stranger and pointing these out.
✔️False
_________ adjustment refers to the feelings of well-being and satisfaction during cross-cultural
transitions. ✔️Psychological
