Exam 6: Adapting to Others: Diversity and Communication

To adjust your behavior in response to the other person or persons you are communicating with is to _____.

Discuss the difference between empathy and sympathy and give an example of each term.

In a high-context culture,the meaning is constructed more on subtle information such as facial expressions and silence than on the words that are used.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a culture that values a centralized approach to power?

A worldview is a perception shared by a culture about how that culture perceives the role of various forces in explaining why events occur as they do in a social setting and is one of the primary filters that influences how we make sense of the world.

_____ is the unfair or inappropriate treatment of people based on their group membership.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a collectivistic culture?

Briefly explain what problems exist when we practice ethnocentrism.

Being _____ is to be aware of what you are doing and how you are communicating with others.

An expressive orientation emphasizes _____.

Which of the following statements correctly reflects your book's definition of gender?

The term sexual preference is preferred over the term sexual orientation.

People from the United States often think that individual choice and achievement is important.This would be an example of _____.

Explain how ethnicity and race are related but different.

The instrumental orientation is described as a(n)_____ approach while the expressive orientation is described as a(n)_____ approach.

Greg's new job required that he make a sales presentation in Korea.When he arrived,he was stressed due to the differences in language,customs,and food.How would you best describe what Greg was feeling?

A judgment based on the assumption that we already know all the information we need to know about a person is called _____.

Define what it is to be interculturally communication competent.

Ethnicity is a social classification based on a number of factors,including which of the following?

A culture that values teamwork over individual accomplishment would be known as a(n)_____ culture.