D312 Final Exam Prep: Questions with 100%
correct answers
low context
A (n) ______ communication is one in which the mass of the message is vested in the explicit
code.
How languages shape the way we think video
- around 7,000 languages in the world
- second language = second soul
- tribe doesn't use left or right, they use NSEW, organize things differently depending on where
they are sitting (east to west, time is locked to the landscape)
- some languages don't have numbers
- some languages have a lot of colors, some have little (russians have dark and light blue, not just
blue, able to tell the difference faster and their brains react to the shift between them)
- german and spanish have genders and they think of such things differently
- describe accidents differently across languages, english is who did it versus spanish is it was an
accident, guides reasoning (vase example - he broke the vase vs the vase broke, assigns blame in
one)
- big, deep, early, broad and weighty effects
language
______ is a symbolic code of communication consisting of a set of sounds with understood
meanings and a set of rules for constructing messages.
grounding
, vast amount of common information that the sender and receiver must share for the
communication event to be successful
jargon
language associated with a particular subgroup but is often a very specialized or technical
language of people engaged in a similar occupation or activity.
euphemism
When a communicator substitutes a bland or less direct expression to refer to a word that is not
often used publicly, such as words associated with sexual relations or bodily functions; replace
words not often used publicly; people don't die but rather pass away; people aren't fired but
rather let go; more of just a word or two
Low touch cultures include all of the following EXCEPT...
eastern Europeans
English
northern European
Asian
eastern Europeans
the surpising paradox of intercultural communication
- thumbs up can mean so many things (good, f u, one, five)
- one symbol can mean so many things yet none at the same time
- said good for you to a german coworker on a promotion which turned out to be a snarky remark
correct answers
low context
A (n) ______ communication is one in which the mass of the message is vested in the explicit
code.
How languages shape the way we think video
- around 7,000 languages in the world
- second language = second soul
- tribe doesn't use left or right, they use NSEW, organize things differently depending on where
they are sitting (east to west, time is locked to the landscape)
- some languages don't have numbers
- some languages have a lot of colors, some have little (russians have dark and light blue, not just
blue, able to tell the difference faster and their brains react to the shift between them)
- german and spanish have genders and they think of such things differently
- describe accidents differently across languages, english is who did it versus spanish is it was an
accident, guides reasoning (vase example - he broke the vase vs the vase broke, assigns blame in
one)
- big, deep, early, broad and weighty effects
language
______ is a symbolic code of communication consisting of a set of sounds with understood
meanings and a set of rules for constructing messages.
grounding
, vast amount of common information that the sender and receiver must share for the
communication event to be successful
jargon
language associated with a particular subgroup but is often a very specialized or technical
language of people engaged in a similar occupation or activity.
euphemism
When a communicator substitutes a bland or less direct expression to refer to a word that is not
often used publicly, such as words associated with sexual relations or bodily functions; replace
words not often used publicly; people don't die but rather pass away; people aren't fired but
rather let go; more of just a word or two
Low touch cultures include all of the following EXCEPT...
eastern Europeans
English
northern European
Asian
eastern Europeans
the surpising paradox of intercultural communication
- thumbs up can mean so many things (good, f u, one, five)
- one symbol can mean so many things yet none at the same time
- said good for you to a german coworker on a promotion which turned out to be a snarky remark
