Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. One of the best ways to begin to understand people from a different culture is to have dinner with them, because it is safe to assume that dinner etiquette is basically the same all over the world.
2. To varying degrees, all people are biased and ethnocentric.
3. Members of cultures like the United States with a low degree of uncertainty avoidance can easily tolerate cultural differences with outsiders.
4. We can preempt potential problems related to intercultural communication, but we cannot control all of the variables that can cause negative consequences.
5. When practicing intercultural communication, we can expect individuals will universally adhere to their cultures’ prescriptions.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
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If you know your dialect will be unfamiliar to your audience all of the following strategies are suggested in chapter 18 except: a. do nothing because your audience will adapt as you continue to speak
b. talk about how your region of birth or your ethnic heritage shapes your use of language. c. soften the accent associated with your dialect if that accent hinders understanding. d. define terms that are unfamiliar to your audience.
A(n) ________ speech allows people to speak without having to handle a script or set of notes.
A. read B. memorized C. scripted D. extemporaneous
Phillip is daydreaming in class and does not hear what the teacher is saying until his name is called. This is an example of _______
a. selective attention b. selective exposure c. perceptual accentuation d. halo effect
With ______, coverage efforts are more about the physical place and what is happening there than any particular aspect of one thematic area.
A. geographic beats B. focus groups C. thematic beats D. conceptual beats