Exam 3: Context, Perception, and Competence

Field dependence is the degree to which perception of an object is influenced by the background or environment in which it appears.

Contrast how Eastern and Western cultures sense and perceive the world.

When viewed from the perspective of high- and low-context cultures,language often separates people.

In ______ societies,people tend to be guided more by personal responsibility than by shaming one's group.

Some people are less likely than others to separate an object from its surrounding ______.

Human perception can be thought of as the three-step process in the order of ______.

Self-concept refers to the willingness of individuals to openly and appropriately reveal information about themselves to their counterparts.

The perception process has ______ steps.

______ are cultures in which less has to be said or written because more of the meaning is in the physical environment or already shared by people.

The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures describes intercultural communication ______.

______ refers to attaching meaning to sense data and is synonymous with decoding.

______ are cultures in which little of the meaning is determined by context because the message is explicit,detailed,and redundant.

A ______ person is one who respects cultures and has tolerance for differences.

According to Nisbet (2003),humans sense and perceive the world in ways unique to their ______.

Perception ends with the reception of sensory data.

Feeding and rarely killing rats because of a belief that rats accompany Ganesh whenever he travels is an example of perceptual interpretation.

Which of the following is one of the skill areas of intercultural communication competence identified by Chen (1990)?

High-context cultures such as China express more mutual face or ______ maintenance.

The second step in the perception process is ______.

John was raised in London and Anne was raised in Peru.When they marry,the culture their union might create would be considered a ______ culture.