D312 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
low context - Answers - 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 - Answers - - 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 - Answers - ______ is a symbolic code of communication consisting of a set
of sounds with understood meanings and a set of rules for constructing messages.
grounding - Answers - vast amount of common information that the sender and receiver
must share for the communication event to be successful
jargon - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - eastern Europeans
, the surpising paradox of intercultural communication - Answers - - 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
- even if speaking the same language, different cultural backgrounds can lead to
miscommunication
- the filtering process can be distorted when decoding
- after a deal "struck", US invited Chinese out to celebrate, Chinese never signed deal
because head of Chinese was only greeted by junior member of company and was told
to sit wherever when he should've been given head of table (signed after 8 months)
- verbal and nonverbal tools for encoding and decoding
- language can confuse or connect, and we need to adapt to connect
- anything you may consider normal may very well not be normal in a different culture]
communication - Answers - the act of transmitting message, including information about
the nature of the relationship, to another person who interprets these messages and
gives them meaning
encoding - Answers - a sender/speaker processes the information they want to say into
how they will say it
channel - Answers - how communication will be given (e.g. voice)
decoding - Answers - receiver; breaking down what was received from a sender to
comprehend what it meant in their eyes
slang - Answers - informal language
idioms - Answers - culturally unique ways of combining words; often differ from literal
meaning; "she has a bun in the oven"; more phrase
proverbs/maxims - Answers - short sayings that express obvious truths in a culture;
often advise about behavior; provide insight into cultures values; "an eye for an eye"
"don't spit in the wind"
nonverbal communication - Answers - body positions and gestures (can mean different
things, avoid gestures until one is sure of meaning), facial experssion (basic
expressions are the same around the world, culture can influence facial expression),
eye contact (cultural differences in gaze patterns)
proxemics - Answers - study of the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set
between themselves and others
communication styles - Answers - explicit vs implicit, direct vs indirect, silence vs verbal
overkill, use of praise
ANSWERS
low context - Answers - 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 - Answers - - 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 - Answers - ______ is a symbolic code of communication consisting of a set
of sounds with understood meanings and a set of rules for constructing messages.
grounding - Answers - vast amount of common information that the sender and receiver
must share for the communication event to be successful
jargon - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - eastern Europeans
, the surpising paradox of intercultural communication - Answers - - 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
- even if speaking the same language, different cultural backgrounds can lead to
miscommunication
- the filtering process can be distorted when decoding
- after a deal "struck", US invited Chinese out to celebrate, Chinese never signed deal
because head of Chinese was only greeted by junior member of company and was told
to sit wherever when he should've been given head of table (signed after 8 months)
- verbal and nonverbal tools for encoding and decoding
- language can confuse or connect, and we need to adapt to connect
- anything you may consider normal may very well not be normal in a different culture]
communication - Answers - the act of transmitting message, including information about
the nature of the relationship, to another person who interprets these messages and
gives them meaning
encoding - Answers - a sender/speaker processes the information they want to say into
how they will say it
channel - Answers - how communication will be given (e.g. voice)
decoding - Answers - receiver; breaking down what was received from a sender to
comprehend what it meant in their eyes
slang - Answers - informal language
idioms - Answers - culturally unique ways of combining words; often differ from literal
meaning; "she has a bun in the oven"; more phrase
proverbs/maxims - Answers - short sayings that express obvious truths in a culture;
often advise about behavior; provide insight into cultures values; "an eye for an eye"
"don't spit in the wind"
nonverbal communication - Answers - body positions and gestures (can mean different
things, avoid gestures until one is sure of meaning), facial experssion (basic
expressions are the same around the world, culture can influence facial expression),
eye contact (cultural differences in gaze patterns)
proxemics - Answers - study of the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set
between themselves and others
communication styles - Answers - explicit vs implicit, direct vs indirect, silence vs verbal
overkill, use of praise
