Provide examples of how culture impacts nonverbal communication
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Students' examples will vary but should indicate their understanding that people from different cultures have different display rules. For example, collectivist cultures often consider direct eye contact overly forward, impolite, or inappropriate, while individualist cultures often consider direct eye contact a sign of honesty and forthrightness.
2. Different cultures have different meanings for the same gesture. For example, the thumb and forefinger forming a circle means "OK" in most of the United States, but it means "money" in Japan, "zero" in some Mediterranean countries, and "I'll kill you" in Tunisia.
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Which of the following statements is true of persuasive speaking, but not informative
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A. make sure the audience has a chance to view the aids before the presentation. B. rehearse their presentation using the presentation aids. C. make small versions of the aids to be handed to the audience. D. avoid practicing with the aids so that they do not become too comfortable with them.