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What is the primary focus of cross-cultural communication?

  • It promotes a single culture over others.
  • It emphasizes the superiority of one's own cultural norms.
  • It compares and analyzes communication behaviors across different cultures. (correct)
  • It eliminates misunderstandings by avoiding cultural comparisons.

    • Which statement correctly differentiates intercultural communication from cross-cultural communication?

  • Intercultural communication is solely about avoiding culture shock.
  • Intercultural communication is based on a single culture; cross-cultural communication involves multiple cultures.
  • Intercultural communication is one-way; cross-cultural communication is two-way.
  • Intercultural communication involves interaction between cultures, while cross-cultural communication compares them. (correct)

    • Why is it important to study different cultures according to the content?

  • It explains our past, offers insights about our present, and predicts the future. (correct)
  • It helps to disregard history and focus solely on current behaviors.
  • It primarily aims to promote one culture over all others.
  • It provides insights about the future while ignoring past events.

    • What is a downside of understanding multiple cultures as highlighted in the content?

    <p>It often leads to confrontations and conflicts between groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is identified as the oldest source of identity?

    <p>Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary assertion about culture and communication?

    <p>Culture and communication are interconnected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspective emphasizes harmony in communication?

    <p>Confucian Perspectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is associated with the mechanistic view of communication?

    <p>David Berlo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one aspect of the Confucian ethical-moral system?

    <p>Five types of relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are one-way communication models characterized?

    <p>They are useful in studying communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of two-way communication models?

    <p>They started to flourish later in communication studies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role did David Berlo aim to achieve with communication?

    <p>Enhance communication about agricultural technologies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT one of the five relationships Confucius identified?

    <p>Friend and Friend</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'Race' primarily refer to in a biological context?

    <p>Visible physical features like skin color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a subculture?

    <p>A group with shared cultural features distinguishing them from the larger society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who classified humans into four racial types in the 18th century?

    <p>Carolus Linnaeus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the sociohistorical definition of race differ from the biological definition?

    <p>It considers race to be unstable and socially determined</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following elements is NOT a characteristic of culture?

    <p>Passed down genetically</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is described as a large group of people characterized by shared descent?

    <p>Ethnic group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do ethnic groups commonly exhibit that differentiates them?

    <p>Distinctive values and rules for behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can limit knowledge of other cultures?

    <p>Perceptual biases stemming from one's own culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'lien' represent in a societal context?

    <p>The community's confidence in one's moral character</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In high-context cultures like China, how is communication primarily conducted?

    <p>Using nonverbal cues and implicit messages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Maya misunderstand about Isabelle's communication?

    <p>Maya thinks Isabelle is being rude.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the conversation between Isabelle and Maya get interrupted?

    <p>Isabelle's transmitter runs low on battery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is 'mien' as it relates to American culture?

    <p>Image and prestige achieved through success</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the communication style in low-context cultures?

    <p>Direct and assertive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of communication is emphasized in low context societies?

    <p>Communication is explicit and clear.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which region of China is Dogmeat particularly popular?

    <p>Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'facework' refer to?

    <p>Strategies to enhance one's social image</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the information provided, how does the brain relate to the environment?

    <p>The brain both shapes and is shaped by the external world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sense is NOT mentioned in the content as part of sensation?

    <p>Balance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant action did California take in 1989 regarding animals kept as pets?

    <p>It made it a misdemeanor to sell, buy, or accept pets intended for food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common way one can lose face in interactions?

    <p>By being rebuffed in a social overture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do high-context cultures typically view individuals in relation to the group?

    <p>As integral parts of a larger community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes high-context cultures according to the provided content?

    <p>They rely heavily on shared experiences and nonverbal messages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'unpackaged' state refer to in sensory data processing?

    <p>Data is raw and requires assembly into meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement about communication in high-context cultures is inaccurate?

    <p>Nonverbal messages are less important.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the setting in which Isabelle and Maya's conversation takes place?

    <p>They are at a train station.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the risk associated with Johnston Pump Company's advertising campaign in Saudi Arabia?

    <p>It unintentionally offended local cultural sensibilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do urban Chinese today perceive dogs?

    <p>As pampered companions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement about sensory processing is accurate based on the content?

    <p>Much neural processing occurs after receiving a stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the case study of the Japanese tea ceremony exemplify?

    <p>The significance of shared experiences in understanding meanings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect does a high-context culture have on individual perception according to the information provided?

    <p>It decreases the perception of self as separate from the group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common feature of low-context cultures compared to high-context cultures?

    <p>Preference for written and detailed communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Intercultural Communication

    • Loosely, an umbrella term for interactions between people from different cultural or subcultural backgrounds, aiming for shared message understanding.
    • Refers to communication in settings with multiple coexisting cultures.
    • Focuses on productive interactions between cultures.
    • Requires understanding and respect for all cultures rather than ethnocentrism.

    Cross-Cultural Communication

    • Often confused with intercultural communication.
    • Primarily compares two or more cultures, analyzing communication behaviors in similar situations but differing cultural contexts.
    • May lead to individual change rather than mutual understanding.

    Multi-Cultural Communication

    • Occurs where people from multiple backgrounds coexist, but interactions aren't necessarily deep.
    • A prerequisite for intercultural or cross-cultural communication.
    • No integration or assimilation is present.

    Culture

    • Shared characteristics (values, behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, practices) learned and adapted across generations.

    Identity (Chapter 1)

    • Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio (2010) argues diverse social networks regulate life for survival.
    • Geographical separation led to social network regulators, forming beliefs and identities.
    • Downside: Often leads to confrontations and conflicts between groups.
    • Six forms of regulators/sources of identity: religion, national identity, class, gender, race/ethnicity, and civilization.

    Why Study Intercultural Aspects

    • To better communicate with people from varying backgrounds for effectively living, working, playing in an interconnected world.
    • To understand how language and nonverbal communication are interpreted differently across cultures.
    • To understand how historical relationships inform modern intercultural interactions.

    Origin of Identity

    • National identity is often equated with cultural identity, but arbitrary political boundaries don't always reflect actual identities.
    • Class and identity: Marx and Engels (1850) viewed identity through production relationships (capitalists/proletariat). Max Weber viewed class as a combination of wealth, status, and power.

    The Importance of Studying Intercultural Communication.

    • Important to understand cultures to understand our past, present, and future.
    • Understand how cultures have developed via communication.
    • Allows for effective communication even across wide linguistic differences.

    The Media of Intercultural Communication

    • Loosely, refers to the methods through which intercultural communication takes place.
    • Early methods included human couriers.
    • Now includes telephone, landlines, mobile phones, English as dominant language on the internet, and social media.
    • Internet uses continue to increase, but there's debate as to whether English dominance will continue.
    • Translation technology can help break language barriers.

    Cultural Communication Competence

    • Requires understanding and respecting cultural values.
    • Includes affective (sensitivity), cognitive (awareness), and behavioral (skills) dimensions.
    • Includes the ability to maintain a counterpart's identity in communication.

    Cultural Definitions of Communication

    • Inseparable from culture, using communication to learn and share culture.
    • Confucian perspective: Stresses harmony, notable in China, Korea, Singapore. Core values: Selflessness, duty, patriotism, hard work, respect.
    • Western perspectives: Emphasizes the linear aspects following the SMCR (source, message, channel, receiver).

    Components of Communication

    • Source: Initiator with an idea
    • Encoding: Translating ideas into symbols
    • Message: The translated information
    • Channel: The means of transmission (print/electronic/waves)
    • Noise: Distortion of the message (external/internal/semantic)
    • Receiver: Recipient receiving the message or not.
    • Decoding: Assigning meaning to the received symbols.
    • Receiver Response: actions taken by the recipient.
    • Feedback: Receiver response noticed and interpreted by the source context; making the process two-way.
    • Context: Communication environment

    How Differences Lead to Conflict

    • Conflict often arises from judging another culture as inferior based on one's own culture's viewpoint.
    • The original meanings of the word "barbarian" illustrate how the judgment of "uncivilized" can be associated with different cultural behaviors.

    Subcultures, Co-cultures and Microcultures

    • The concept of group membership.
    • Large number of groups with shared cultural features (e.g., geographic region, ethnicity, class) distinct from the wider society but still dependent on it.
    • Co-cultures: Sets themselves apart from the larger culture but coexist within it. Examples include diverse ethnic groups.
    • Microcultures: Shared symbols, behaviors, and values distinguishing smaller groups within a wider culture. Examples include professional groups like nurses or doctors.
    • Subcultures vs. Counterculture: Subgroups exist within the dominant culture, whereas countercultures actively oppose mainstream culture. Membership in subgroups may be short-term or long-term.
    • Subcultures vs. Microculture: Subcultures encompass many people, and microcultures refer to identifiable smaller groups.

    Models of Communication

    • Linear Model (one-way): Source encodes the message, transmitted through a channel to a receiver, often affected by noise.
    • Interactive Model (two-way): Includes feedback, acknowledging the role of noise and context.
    • Transactional Model (most realistic): Both sender and receiver are simultaneously involved in the communication process.

    Cultural Perception and Organization

    • Perception is a process of receiving, selecting, and interpreting sensory data.
    • Culture deeply influences how we perceive and organize stimuli.
    • Differences in perception between cultures are a common source of miscommunication.

    Concepts of Face and Communication

    • Face is important in managing interactions, particularly in high-context cultures (e.g. China).
    • Facework is how we maintain or challenge others' face in communication.
    • Losing face involves situations that threaten one's image or social status.
    • This relates to a culture's values of social harmony and avoiding conflict.
    • Communication challenges between high and low context cultures arise from how information is exchanged (implicit vs. explicit communication).

    Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

    • Individualism-Collectivism: Describes how societies integrate with one another, ranging from loosely structured to tightly integrated groups.
    • Masculinity-Femininity: Contrast between assertive, competitive, success-focused versus nurturing, caring cultures.
    • Power Distance: Measures unequal power acceptance in society.
    • Uncertainty Avoidance: Tolerance of ambiguity/risk and need for structured environments.
    • Confucian Work Dynamism (long-term/short-term orientation): Values thrift, persistence, and traditional obligations versus quick results and short-term gains.
    • Indulgence Versus Self-Restraint: Contrasting cultures that value freely expressing desires versus those with stricter social norms and restraints.

    Trompenaars' Cultural Dimensions

    • Universalism-Particularism: Importance of laws or specific circumstances in decision-making.
    • Individualism-Communitarianism: Priority of the individual versus the group.
    • Specific vs. Diffuse: Distinction between personal/professional life.
    • Neutral vs. Emotional: Degree of emotional expression in communication.
    • Achievement vs. Ascription: Basis for status.
    • Sequential vs. Synchronous Time: Linearity of time versus interconnectedness of time.
    • Internal vs. External Direction: Control over environment versus adaptation to it.

    Religion and Identity

    • Religious beliefs deeply shape identity and communication, especially in strong religious cultures.
    • Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are some of the most widespread.
    • Key values, practices, history, and leadership vary enormously across traditions.

    Communication and Culture: Key Intersections

    • Religion fundamentally shapes worldview and influences communication practices and etiquette.
    • Different cultural understandings/definitions of time impact cross-cultural communication, especially interactions between individuals from monochronic vs polychronic cultures.
    • Understanding how culture and language influence perceptions is important for effectively communicating across cultures.
    • Intercultural miscommunication may arise from differing levels of directness and explicit verbal expression, while nonverbal cues are important factors in understanding.
    • Language plays a major role in influencing perceptions and thought processes (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis).
    • Culture is a code we learn and share requiring communication, and nonverbal communication further conveys culture.
    • Intercultural communication involves cultural embeddedness, vocabulary equivalence, and idiomatic equivalence.

    Migration, Communities, Nationalism and Language

    • Migration (emigration & immigration) is fundamentally driven by push and pull factors (economic, political, social).
    • Cultural identity can be affected by migration and by nationalistic forces.
    • Language can be a barrier in certain situations with immigration, particularly when cultural differences exist.
    • Communities within cultures (diaspora) or cultures within cultures may form if strong group identities exist (Amish, Hmong)
    • Globalization and technology have impacted cultural exchange.
    • Many regions, including South America, Europe, and the US have significant multicultural populations.

    Status of Women and Gender

    • Gender equality is not consistent across cultures, with variations in legal, social, and economic factors affecting equal opportunities.
    • The influence of historical factors affects communication patterns and behavior.
    • Understanding different gender roles across cultures is crucial for avoiding miscommunication.
    • Gender neutrality, acceptance of transgenderism, and third-gender identities are emerging within cultures.
    • Human rights relate to the degree of respect afforded to individuals in all countries, which affects culture in numerous ways.

    Key Concepts Affecting Intercultural Communication

    • Values: Core beliefs shaping goals and motivations.
    • Attitudes: Outgrowths of values.
    • Etic Knowledge: Outsider's learning.
    • Cultural Myths and Values: Beliefs shaping behavior.
    • Competition vs. Cooperation: Values impacting communication.

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