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linguistics
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The interpretive perspective assumes the existence of an external reality that can be described by researchers.
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Hall suggests that different cultural groups have different rules for personal space and that these affect intercultural communication.
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Gudykunst's studies based on individualistic versus collectivist values that explain how communication styles vary from culture to culture are an example of:
a. critical research.
b. rhetorical research.
c. interpretive research.
d. social science research.
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How did Edward T. Hall contribute to the origins of intercultural communication?
a. Hall developed a technology that increased our ability to communicate with people in other cultures.
b. Hall explored the relationship between a person's national identity and values orientations.
c. Hall helped describe the relationship between language learning and conflict.
d. Hall identified and wrote about cultural differences in nonverbal communication.
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Which of the following is true of the development of the intercultural communication area of study?
a. It originated with scholars looking for practical answers to help overseas workers.
b. This area of study is almost the same as the research done in the field of sociology.
c. It began as a result of people's displeasure over the foreign relations concerning the Vietnam conflict.
d. The primary goal of scholars was to develop theories that described intercultural communication processes.
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Researchers who use the _____ approach to studying intercultural communication are interested not only in understanding human behavior but also in changing the lives of everyday communicators.
a. rhetorical
b. interpretive
c. critical
d. functionalist
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Which of the following approaches to studying intercultural communication assumes that human behavior is predictable and that culture is a variable that can be measured?
a. the functionalist approach
b. the interpretive approach
c. the critical approach
d. None of the answers is correct.
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Which of the following is primarily used in the critical approach to studying intercultural communication?
a. field studies and observations
b. questionnaires and observations
c. textual analysis of media
d. interviews and experiments
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The social science approach to studying intercultural communication is also called the:
a. variable approach.
b. qualitative approach.
c. functionalist approach.
d. collectivist approach.
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Researchers using a critical perspective attempt to explain:
a. how macrocontexts such as political structures influence communication.
b. how specific cultural differences might predict communication conflicts.
c. intercultural communication by providing in-depth descriptions of cultural patterns.
d. variations in communication strategies used by people from different cultures.
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One limitation of the social science approach to studying intercultural communication is:
a. the potential to place too much focus on the historical and political contexts while ignoring the relationships between the people being studied.
b. the lack of empirical measures for assessing communication strategies.
c. the possibility that the methods used in this approach are not culturally sensitive.
d. the inability to compare communication interactions between different cultural groups.
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The goal of the _____ approach to studying intercultural communication is to predict specifically how culture influences communication.
a. critical
b. interpretive
c. rhetorical
d. social science
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The study of how people use personal space is called:
a. pathetics.
b. psychology.
c. linguistics.
d. proxemics.
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Which dialectic of intercultural communication addresses the fact that some of our cultural patterns are constant and some are shifting?
a. history/pastpresent/future dialectic
b. differencessimilarities dialectic
c. staticdynamic dialectic
d. privilegedisadvantage dialectic
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Which of the following might explain why early intercultural researchers paid little attention to intercultural communication in domestic contexts?
a. Most of the researchers had international intercultural experience.
b. They were disinterested in studying conflicts.
c. Most felt that this research would involve a violation of personal ethics.
d. There were no research instruments designed for use in domestic studies.
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The privilegedisadvantage dialectic recognizes that:
a. all people are disadvantaged in most contexts.
b. all people are advantaged if they decide to be.
c. some people are disadvantaged in some contexts and neutral in others.
d. some people are disadvantaged in some contexts and privileged in other contexts.
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_____ are underlying assumptions about the nature of reality and human behavior.
a. Proxemics
b. Dialectics
c. Worldviews
d. Macrocontexts
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What are some of the contributions to the study of intercultural communication made by anthropologists?
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Identify and explain two of the dialectics of intercultural communication.
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How might self-reflexivity improve intercultural communication?
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How have the changing demographics in the United States affected intercultural
communication?
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Ethnography of communication is a quantitative method used to identify cultural patterns of oppression.
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The similarity of linguistic terms and meanings across cultures is called conceptual equivalence.
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Scholars' cultural beliefs and experiences influence them to focus on particular areas of the world and not others, resulting in academic "silent zones," where there is little study of cultural communication.
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William B. Gudykunst proposed the face negotiation theory that attempts to explain how and why people make particular conversational choices.
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The critical approach to studying intercultural communication is a research method in which scholars try to interpret the meanings or persuasion used in texts or oral discourses in the contexts in which they occur.
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Describe the difference between etic and emic research perspectives.
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How has the practical focus, from which the field of intercultural communication originated, influenced contemporary approaches to studying intercultural communication?
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Choose one of the three approaches to studying intercultural communication, and describe the limitations of this approach.
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Create an argument advocating the dialectical approach to studying intercultural communication.
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What is one of the challenges of using the dialectical approach to studying intercultural communication?
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Identify and discuss four of the six imperatives for studying intercultural communication.
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Compare and contrast the universal and relativist positions with regard to ethical interculturalinteraction.
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In what ways have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq underscored the need to study
intercultural communication?
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How has the history of immigration influenced the cultural relations within the United States?
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A dialogical approach focuses on the importance of dialogue in developing and maintaining relationships between individuals and communities.
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Cultural humility is the process of learning to understand oneself and one's position in society.
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The way individuals make sense of their multiple images concerning the sense of self in different social contexts is referred to as self-reflexivity.
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"Melting pot" is a metaphor that assumes that immigrants and cultural minorities will be assimilated into the U.S. majority culture, losing their original cultures.
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In what ways might economic conditions make a difference in attitudes toward foreign workers and immigration policies?
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In what ways might the study of intercultural communication be helpful in understanding the ethical issues involved in intercultural interaction?
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Identify and discuss three ways in which we might become ethical students of culture.
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Many American companies provide little or no training before sending their workers overseas.
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Anti-immigrant, nativist sentiment was well supported at the government level during the late 1800s.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act officially prohibited the Chinese from immigrating to the United States.
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Maquiladoras are an example of how multinational corporations can reap lower labor costs while adhering to U.S. environmental policies.
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Until the 1960s, most immigrants to the United States came from Europe.
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The majority of immigrants to the United States now come from Latin America or Asia.
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Generally speaking, all immigrants can assimilate in the American "melting pot."
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The universalist position holds that cultural behavior can only be judged within the context in which it occurs.
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In the next 20 years, the racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S. population will be distributed
more evenly across the nation.
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Token stories of success and upward mobility (illustrated by Oprah, Ross Perot, and Madonna) reinforce _____ and perpetuate the myth that there is equal opportunity for all to achieve upward mobility in the United States.
a. heterogeneity
b. class structure
c. economic diversity
d. assimilation
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Being aware of one's cultural limitations and taking an "other-oriented" approach in intercultural encounters is termed _____.
a. dialogical approach
b. self-reflexivity
c. identity management
d. cultural humility
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_____ refers to certain bodies of cultural knowledge and cultural competencies.
a. Cultural capital
b. Diasporic group
c. Global village
d. Cultural humility
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Ethnic and national groups that are geographically dispersed throughout the world are known as _____.
a. cultural capitals
b. diasporic groups
c. global villages
d. colonies
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Assembly plants or factories, mainly of U.S. companies, established on the U.S.Mexican border and primarily using Mexican labor are known as _____.
a. maquiladoras
b. diaspora
c. sojourners
d. colonies
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The way individuals make sense of their multiple images concerning the sense of self in different social contexts is known as _____.
a. nativism
b. cultural humility
c. identity management
d. anglocentrism
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The process by which we "look in the mirror" to see ourselves as cultural beings is known as _____.
a. self-reflexivity
b. self-awareness
c. journaling
d. heterogeneity
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The term _____ refers to the result of increased contact (through the Internet, media reports, and travel) among people around the world.
a. global village
b. heterogeneity
c. self-reflexivity
d. assimilatable
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The term _____ refers to the ability of southern and eastern European immigrants to "blend" into the general U.S. population.
a. global village
b. heterogeneity
c. self-reflexivity
d. assimilatable
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Principles of conduct that help govern the behavior of individuals and groups are known as _____.
a. morals
b. ethics
c. values
d. beliefs
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_____ are the result of the tendency for members of particular ethnicities to settle in the same area (such as Latinos in Englewood and East Los Angeles).
a. Class structures
b. Ethnic tensions
c. Global villages
d. Enclaves
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Economic disparity among the ethnic groups in the United States can be best understood by looking at _____.
a. enclaves
b. their class structure
c. assimilatable groups
d. their economic mobility
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The expansion of businesses into markets around the world is known as _____.
a. immigration
b. mobility
c. heterogeneity
d. globalization
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Historically, the anti-immigrant nativistic movements of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries:
a. targeted immigrants of southern European descent only.
b. were not supported by the government of the United States.
c. promoted violence against newer immigrants to the United States.
d. were a form of economic protection for enclave communities.
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The changes in the patterns of immigration during the last 40 years illustrate the fact that the population of the United States is becoming much more _____.
a. heterogeneous
b. classist
c. nativist
d. ethical
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According to Martin and Nakayama, the study of intercultural communication in order to proselytize others without their consent illustrates a(n) _____ issue about the application of intercultural knowledge.
a. ethical
b. practical
c. religious
d. demographic
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People who believe that behavior can only be judged within the context in which it occurs are operating from a _____ position of ethics.
a. relativist
b. cultural
c. universalist
d. demographic
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Rebecca is appalled that in some countries girls regularly marry before they reach the age of fifteen. She believes that all females should be adults before they marry regardless of their culture because of issues of education, prenatal health, and economic rights. Rebecca has assumed the _____ position of ethics.
a. relativist
b. westernized
c. universalist
d. politicized
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Toni tells his Chinese friend Guiwen that he should not be angry about the perceived superficial friendliness of many Americans without first understanding the cultural context of their behavior. Toni has taken a _____ position of ethics.
a. explanatory
b. universalist
c. relativist
d. nonjudgmental
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The _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication refers to the need to understand differences in a diverse work environment, identify new business markets, and develop new products for differing cultural contexts.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. demographic
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The need to market products effectively in different countries illustrates the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. demographic
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The possibility of communicating with people from different cultures via e-mail, fax, and the Internet illustrates the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. self-awareness
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John, an engineer in a multinational corporation, e-mails coworkers from India and Taiwan on a weekly basis. John's communication illustrates the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. demographic
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Changes in the composition of the U.S. population illustrate the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. demographic
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John and Nancy were raised in Illinois and speak only English. Many of their neighbors, however, have immigrated from countries outside the United States and speak English as a second language. John's and Nancy's desire to have a positive relationship with their diverse neighbors illustrates the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. technological
c. peace
d. demographic
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Violence, conflict, and tension between differing cultural groups in constant contact illustrate the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. self-awareness
c. peace
d. demographic
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Ethnic conflicts in Bosnia and the Soviet Union as well as ethnic tensions in other multicultural nations illustrate the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
b. ethical
c. peace
d. demographic
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Increased understanding of one's self as a cultural being illustrates the _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. self-awareness
b. demographic
c. ethical
d. technological