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According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language structure is necessary in order to produce ________.
a. cognition or thought
b. special verb tense
c. affect or feeling
d. differentiated pronouns
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The strongest version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis reflects ________.
a. linguistic discrimination
b. linguistic determinism
c. linguistic hegemony
d. linguistic freedom
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The words we use reflect which of the following?
a. attitudes
b. values
c. beliefs
d. A, B, and C are true.
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Describe how gay men use verbal and nonverbal communication to safely indicate attraction and interest in public places.
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What are some reasons that negotiating intimacy might be more difficult for lesbians and gay men?
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What are the six interactive stages through which nonheterosexual individuals pass as they develop their identity?
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How do media portrayals of lesbians and gays perpetuate stereotypes? And how do the media foster positive images toward gays and lesbians?
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Explain five of the twelve communication improvement strategies identified by Ribeau, Baldwin, and Hecht.
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What are the seven primary intergroup communication issues that often arise during conversations between African Americans and European Americans?
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What features of conversation characterize satisfying conversations for African Americans, Mexican Americans, and European Americans?
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What are the three major problems within the field of gender and communication? How can these problems be solved?
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What are some of the ways that masculine and feminine individuals communicate differently? Describe at least four communicative differences.
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How have theories of sex, gender, and communication changed over the years?
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What suggestions do Braithwaite and Braithwaite give for communicating with people with disabilities?
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What role does language play in the redefinition of disability for disabled and temporarily able-bodied persons?
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Describe the different stages of individual adjustment to disabled culture.
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Discuss the research findings related to virtual communities and acculturation.
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What have been some problems with research on disabled persons communication?
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Explain the concept of third culture and discuss research on third culture formation in virtual communities.
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Whats the difference between being disabled and handicapped?
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Explain the concept of boundary wisdom and how it is important for intercultural communication.
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What accounts for the rise in the number of persons with disabilities?
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How do U.S. American and Chinese axiology differ?
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How has the history of the United States as a geopolitical entity helped establish the current status quo in terms of dominance and nondominance?
Q:
How did the media coverage of the Google withdrawal from China and the 2008 Beijing Olympics differ in the United States and in China?
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Explain what Folb means by nondominance. Which people fit into this category? How are nondominant people perceived by those who dominate a culture?
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Why is deconstruction important in the field of intercultural communication?
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How are hierarchies formed and reinforced in societies?
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How can the study of the meaning of terms in different languages shed light on cultural values and intercultural communication?
Q:
Explain how culture arose and how children are initiated into cultures.
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How does Asiacentricity differ from Asiacentrism?
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Which statement below is true of same-sex relationships?
a. Determining which person in the relationship does what needs to be negotiated bit by bit.
b. One person in the couple usually plays man and the other usually plays the woman.
c. Gay and lesbian couples are usually stricter about their definitions of cheating than heterosexual couples.
d. Gay men and lesbians are less likely to stay in touch with former partners than heterosexual people.
Q:
What is Kawaida philosophy?
Q:
In order to safely communicate with gay strangers, gay men use ________ to indicate they are interested in another man.
a. a firm handshake
b. a quick head nod
c. prolonged eye gaze
d. smiling and waving
Q:
List the four major critiques of multiculturalism that were summarized by Fleras and Elliot.
Q:
The idea that heterosexuality is normal and homosexuality is deviant as opposed to different is known as ________.
a. heterosexism
b. homosexism
c. same-sexism
d. asexualism
Q:
What critiques of Canadian multiculturalism do Bissondath and Gwyn offer?
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According to one study, ________ do(es) not exist.
a. gaydar
b. masculine lesbians
c. effeminate males
d. homosexuality
Q:
How have Canadian multiculturalism policies changed over time?
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Which of the following is NOT a stereotype of gay males?
a. Gay males are effeminate.
b. Gay males know how to dress.
c. Gay males are hypermasculine.
d. Gay males are sexual predators.
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Explain the critiques of U.S. American multiculturalism provided in the books by Miller and Schmidt.
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If an African American changes the topic of conversation during an interaction with a European American in order to keep the interaction flowing smoothly, which communication improvement strategy is he or she using?
a. asserting ones point of view
b. language management
c. avoidance
d. other-orientation
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Describe Horace Kallens opinion of assimilation in the United States.
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If an African American is deliberately contradicting stereotypes during a conversation with a European American, which communication improvement strategy is he or she using?
a. asserting ones point of view
b. other-orientation
c. avoidance
d. positive self-presentation
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According to Saint-Jacques, what are the problems with courses about various cultures in the educational system?
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When an African American is frustrated by a European American being phony, which issue has affected the conversation?
a. acceptance
b. authenticity
c. understanding
d. power dynamics
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Explain the importance of stress in the cultural adaptation process.
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A European American bringing up African American topics like sports or music is an example of ________.
a. authenticity
b. personal expressiveness
c. indirect stereotyping
d. interaction management
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What is the stress-adaptation-growth dynamic?
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Which statement below best describes a satisfying conversation for most African Americans according to Ribeau, Baldwin, and Hecht?
a. A satisfying conversation is one in which the speaker shows little concern or interest for the conversation partner.
b. A satisfying conversation is one in which a goal was attained rather than feelings expressed.
c. A satisfying conversation is one in which both conversational partners are cool, rational, and dispassionate.
d. A satisfying conversation is one in which genuineness and expressiveness are communicated by both parties.
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Contrast the process of acculturation with the process of deculturation.
Q:
a. Eliminate the distinction between sex and gender.
b. Separate perceptions of behavior from actual behavior.
c. Assume that other people share our experiences and perceptions.
d. Stop considering how masculine cultural biases influence communication.
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What is the role of communication in the process of cultural adaptation?
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Which statement below does NOT describe a problem facing gender and communication research?
a. People do not take perceived behavior into account alongside actual behavior.
b. People assume that someone who dresses like a lady will also talk like one.
c. People consider the same behavior to be admirable in males but unacceptable for females.
d. People overestimate the masculine bias in communication and society.
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Which of the following does Shuter urge researchers to explore since they remain largely uninvestigated?
a. the effects of social media on intercultural competence
b. the role of virtual gaming worlds in improving intercultural competence
c. the effects of mobile devices on acculturation
d. A, B, and C are correct.
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Which statement below accurately represents research findings about communication differences between masculine and feminine individuals?
a. Feminine individuals tend to be more argumentative than masculine individuals.
b. Feminine individuals tend to use fewer swear words than masculine individuals.
c. Feminine individuals tend to disclose more personal information than masculine individuals.
d. Feminine individuals tend to be more goal-oriented than masculine individuals.
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Which statement below is true?
a. Extensive research indicates that social media rapidly accelerates the acculturation process.
b. Online international communication can facilitate language acquisition and intercultural competence.
c. Research on virtual gaming worlds indicates that they hinder the acculturation process for members in those communities.
d. A, B, and C are true.
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In which stage of development do children imitate others by mirroring their behavior?
a. the preparatory stage
b. the play stage
c. the game stage
d. the role-playing stage
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Research indisputably suggests that ________.
a. using multiple new media technologies in a virtual community may increase emotional attachment of participants and therefore increases the prospect for intercultural dialogue
b. third cultures can much more easily be constructed in virtual communities than they can in face-to-face communities
c. virtual communities make it much easier to have intercultural dialogues because collaboration online is usually more effective than collaboration in offline communities
d. A, B, and C are correct.
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According to the Bern sex role inventory, a person who is high in masculinity and high in femininity would be labeled as ________.
a. masculine
b. feminine
c. androgynous
d. undifferentiated
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When interactants are aware of their differences and can suspend their judgment of the other in order to provide an accepting, supportive, and cooperative climate for interaction, they have built a(n) ________.
a. virtual community
b. third culture
c. acculturation mechanism
d. organic cultural community
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Which of the following is good advice for nondisabled people interacting with people with disabilities?
a. Use terms such as handicapped, physically challenged, and crippled unless asked not to do so.
b. Avoid communication with people who are disabled if you are uncomfortable.
c. Dont make people with disabilities have to ask for your help.
d. Dont assume that people with disabilities cannot speak for themselves or do things for themselves.
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What does Intercultural New Media Studies investigate?
a. how people interact with computers
b. how mass media affects culture
c. how technology affects intercultural communication
d. how computers can be taught human language
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The difference between a disability and a handicap is:
a. the limitations of a disability can be overcome by accommodations
b. there are no limitations involved with a disability
c. the two words are synonymous
d. the term handicap refers only to people in wheelchairs
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What label does Chen give to the process of acknowledging and accepting foreign elements and then integrating those elements into ones own group?
a. demarcation
b. shi jie da tong
c. yin and yang perception
d. boundary wisdom
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Of the three phases identified when adjusting to a disability, which phase is identified as one where the individual realizes that the relationships and communication with nondisabled people have changed?
a. stigma isolation
b. stigma recognition
c. stigma incorporation
d. stigma denial
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Chinese methodology can best be described as ________.
a. logical
b. intuitive
c. analytical
d. linear
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In which of the three phases of adjusting to a disability is an individual focusing on the physical changes and rehabilitation rather than social relationships and communication?
a. stigma isolation
b. stigma recognition
c. stigma incorporation
d. stigma denial
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U.S. American epistemology is ________ while Chinese epistemology is ________.
a. reciprocal; egalitarian
b. ascribed; achieved
c. associative; independent
d. reductionistic; interconnected
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Nondisabled persons are sometimes referred to as _____ by members of the disabled culture.
a. TABs (temporarily able-bodied)
b. normal
c. able-bodied
d. futurely disabled
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All of the following are megatrends that will have a major impact on intercultural communication theory in the future EXCEPT______________.
a. individualism
b. localism
c. regionalism
d. nationalism
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The label handicapped person is problematic and objectionable to people with disabilities because it emphasizes the disability instead of the ________.
a. culture
b. relationship
c. situation
d. person
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Which option below illustrates the Asian relationship between the individual and the community?
a. rights-consciousness
b. duty-consciousness
c. Kawaida
d. Enlightenment principles
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Focusing on how every person is handicapped in one way or another by their physical attributes and how every person is dependent on others in many aspects of their lives is part of which redefinition process?
a. redefinition of self
b. redefinition of nondisabled culture
c. redefinition of disability
d. redefinition of a whole person
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According to Miike and Yin, what does the field of intercultural communication suffer from?
a. a lack of Asiacentrism
b. an excess of comparative Eurocentrism
c. an overreliance on Kawaida philosophy
d. a lack of studies contrasting studies of Western and Eastern communication styles
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Which of the following forms of redefinition by people with disabilities describes the following comment made by one of Braithwaites informants: I am a person like anyone else?
a. redefinition as members of a new culture
b. redefinition of self
c. redefinition of disability
d. redefinition of life
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What does a comparison of the English word expression with the Chinese word biaoda and the Japanese word hyogen teach us about worldview and communication?
a. The Chinese and Japanese words reflect the Asian values of implicitness, subtlety, and ambiguity.
b. The Chinese and Japanese words reflect the universal values of honesty and truth.
c. The Chinese and Japanese words reflect the East Asian values of directness and explicitness.
d. The Chinese and Japanese words reflect Asian hierarchical values since they are only spoken by high-status people.
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Which of the following was identified by Crewe and Athelstan (1985) as a key life function that may be affected by a disability?
a. mobility
b. employment
c. self-care
d. A, B, and C are true.
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Asiacentricity involves ________.
a. considering the Asian worldview to be superior
b. using a Eurocentric framework to study Asian communication practices
c. looking at non-Asian cultures from an Asian-centered standpoint
d. using Asian ideas and ideals to study Asian cultures and peoples
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About how many people in the United States have some type of disability?
a. one in five people
b. one in ten people
c. one in twenty people
d. one in thirty people