Exam 6: Adapting to Others: Diversity and Communication

The opposite of being other-oriented is to be _____.

To be _____is to be aware of how you communicate with others.

_____ cultures are those that value relationships,caring for the less fortunate,and do not value traditional male and female roles.

A co-culture is a group that lives near,but not in,a larger culture.

What is meant by social decentering?

Globalization is the spread of one culture around the globe.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a high-context culture?

Sympathy and empathy are interchangeable emotions.

In a low context culture,language and the meaning of words is not as important as subtle contextual cues such as facial expressions and voice.

_____ is the process of developing an emotional reaction that is similar to the reaction being experienced by another person.

Cultures that value having power in the hands of a smaller number of people accept an approach to power known as _____.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a culture that has a greater tolerance for uncertainty?

Larry visits a Russian company to present a business proposal.His interaction with this group would be considered an example of _____.

Stephanie felt uncomfortable when she gave her first speech in class.She was the only African-American in her class;all the other students were white.She had been raised in a neighborhood in St.Louis that was predominantly African-American,and she was accustomed to frequent audience responses that meant involvement with and support of the speaker.When her classmates sat there passively without saying a word and making few facial expressions,she felt they were bored,perhaps even hostile.Before her second speech,she continually told herself,"They don't mean to be rude or disinterested,they just have different cultural rules for appropriate behavior during a speech." This helped her feel more confident during her speech.Stephanie was using which method of adapting to the audience?

The attitude that one's own cultural approaches are superior to others is called _____.

Cultures that tend to have equal distribution of authority and control have a decentralized approach to power.

Social decentering is an emotional process.

A cultural group within a larger culture is referred to as a _____.

Sympathy is an acknowledgement that someone is feeling a certain emotion.

Explain and give examples for two of the barriers to effective intercultural communication.