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Which of the following is true about the development of the intercultural communication area of study

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It originated with scholars looking for practical answers to help overseas workers.

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Which approach to intercultural communication has the goal of initiating social change?

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critical

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Which of the following approaches to intercultural communication views reality as external to humans?

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social science

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Which methods are primarily used in the critical approach to intercultural communication?

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text and media analyses

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The social science approach is also called the

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functionalist approach

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Researchers using a critical perspective attempt to explain

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how macrocontexts such as political structures influence communication.

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One limitation of the social science approach is

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the possibility that the methods used are not culturally sensitive.

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The goals for the social science approach are to

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describe and predict human behavior.

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The study of how people use personal space is called?

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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?

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static-dynamic dialectic

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The Privilege-Disadvantage dialectic recognizes that

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some people are disadvantaged in some contexts and privileged in other contex

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Which of the following might explain why early intercultural researchers paid little attention to intercultural communication in domestic contexts?

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Most of the researchers had international intercultural experience.

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The Privilege-Disadvantage dialectic recognizes that

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some people are disadvantaged in some contexts and privileged in other contexts.

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Worldviews are

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assumptions about the nature of reality and human behavior.

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Gudykunst's studies of differences between individualist and collectivist cultures in how uncertainty is reduced during communication interactions is an example of

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social science research.

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Researchers from the interpretive perspective assume the existence of an external reality that can be described by researchers.

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False

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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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True

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The strength of the interpretivist approach is that it provides an in-depth understanding of communication patterns in particular cultural communities.

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True

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The training that is meant to facilitate intercultural communication among various gender, ethnic and racial groups in the United States is called cross-cultural training.

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False

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Early intercultural communication research was dictated by the needs of middle-class U.S. professionals conducting business overseas.

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False

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Experiences of U.S government and business personnel working overseas after World War II suggest that language training alone is a sufficient form of preparation for working in foreign countries.

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False

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Social science, interpretivist, and critical perspectives are contradictory and cannot be connected in ways that help us better understand social reality.

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False

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The assumption that language shapes our ideas and guides our view of social reality is called the Gudykunst hypothesis.

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False

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The dialectical perspective suggests that people are either privileged or disadvantaged depending on the culture to which they belong.

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False

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The goal of researchers who study human behavior from the interpretive perspective is to explain and predict human behavior.

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False

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A social science approach to defining culture would include which of the following?

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culture is learned and shared

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Hofstede defined culture as

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a programming of the mind

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Which is true of traditional definitions of culture in intercultural communication studies?

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They focused on the nation-state or ethnic group level of culture.

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Carbaugh suggests that the concept of culture is defined by patterns of symbolic action and meaning that are

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widely accessible. commonly intelligible. deeply felt.

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When researchers study culture as performative, what are they examining?

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They are studying the way people enact and represent their worldviews.

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"A symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed" is a definition of

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communication

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Which of the descriptions below is NOT an accurate representation of the relationship between communication and culture?

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Culture and communication are not really related to each other.

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The worldview and the set of deeply held beliefs of a cultural group defines

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cultural values

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Which pair BEST describes communication?

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symbolic and a process

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In what way has cultural studies influenced the study of intercultural communication?

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It has brought attention to the cultural groups that are trying to negotiate their identities in the United States.

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"Symbolic significance" in the definition of communication can be defined as

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the meaning that most members of a cultural group attach to a communication activity.

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Religions such as Buddhism which focuses on improving the natural goodness of humans believe

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human nature is basically good

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A culture with less specific gender roles that values the quality of life for all has a

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low degree of masculinity.

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Dominance, harmony, and subjugation are all value orientations that correspond to which of the following cultural problems?

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What is the relationship of humans to nature?

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A culture in which importance is placed on the family or work teams over the individual has a high degree of

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collectivism.

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The relationship between communication and culture may be best described by saying that culture has tremendous influence on communication but that communication only moderately affects culture.

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False

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In intercultural interactions, the status of the communicators has very little effect on their communication.

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False

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The social science approach to intercultural communication places emphasis on the role of perception in cultural patterns.

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True

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When ethnographers of communication suggest that observed cultural patterns are "deeply felt," it means that the patterns must be sensed collectively by members of the cultural group.

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True

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The acceptance of multiple perspectives toward defining culture enables a researcher to more narrowly define what culture is.

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False

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Uncertainty avoidance is practiced only in a few cultures.

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False

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Culture primarily functions at a subconscious level.

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True

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Most people share equal power in communication interactions.

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False

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The dialectical approach reminds us that the context may determine which value a person manifests at a given time.

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True

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The disempowered are unable to negotiate power.

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False

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The acceptance of multiple perspectives toward defining culture enables a researcher to more narrowly define what culture is.

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False

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