Week 1, 2, & 3
Name one of the five qualities of an effective intercultural communicator.
Empathy, intercultural experience, approach tendencies, global attitude, listening skills
This is the ability to control events and meaning.
Power
This type of environment includes adaptations to the natural environment including housing and landscaping.
Built environment
This is the cognitive storage area in which small amounts of information are held for a short period of time.
Short-term memory
Name one of the six distinct intermarriage stressors.
Child rearing, family connections, affection expression, gender expectations, time orientation, language
This mode of acculturation occurs when individuals prefer low levels of interaction with their host culture while maintaining a close connection with their native culture.
Separation
Jose wakes up to an alarm going off in his home. He recognizes it as the fire alarm. What type of sign is the fire alarm?
Indexical
Sydney gets on the elevator in the Humanities building on campus. Another student gets on with her and begins to sing a song aloud. If this were in a larger space, Sydney would be able to simply walk away. However, the small area is making this situation very awkward. Which variable of EVT is most prominent here?
Environment variables
These are categories based on easily seen similarities or differences between people.
Conspicuous differences
These nonverbal behaviors are primarily hand gestures that have a direct verbal translation.
Emblems
These are mental shortcuts used to alleviate the need for central processing information.
Heuristic cues
In Dr. Zoe's family, the young children are taught to address grown ups and "Ms." or "Mr." To this day, she still refers to her mom's friends as Ms. Cindy and Ms. Suzanne. This is an example of which dimension of cultural variability?
Luke is studying in a study room in the library. His surroundings are quiet and he can only hear the occasional footsteps and whispers outside of the room. What type of environment is this?
Low load environment
Dr. Zoe is an Eagles fan. She is sad about losing to the 49ers this weekend, but she does not hate 49ers fans. She does, however, strongly dislike Cowboys fans. What type of group are Cowboy's fans to Dr. Zoe?
Out-group
Dr. Zoe plans to spend the holidays with her husband's family. She is expecting a lot of hugs and cheek kisses. What type of culture does this illustrate?
Contact culture
When Salali gets out of bed in the morning, they make sure to really think about their outfit for the day. They consider their activities, who they will see, and even the weather. Salali is using which type of processing according to the Elaboration Likelihood Model?
Central processing or high message processing
High-context
Cole is taking a nursing course where he will be tasked with making a presentation to his entire class. On the day of his presentation, he sets up his notes at the front of a large lecture hall. The closest peer to him is about 15 feet away. He will need a microphone to speak. This is an example of which type of social distance?
public distance
Lizzie calls her bestfriend to complain about finals week. Instead of offering a solution to Lizzie's problem, her friend tells Lizzie, "I know how you feel. Finals week sucks. Tell me more about how you feel." Which cross-cultural communications style does this best illustrate?
Affective communication
This negative outcome of intergroup contact is often illustrated in the saying, "They are all the same!"
Group homogeneity effect
Christian and Alex are in a conflict about whether a hotdog is a sandwich. Alex tells Christian, "If you don't agree with me that a hotdog is definitely a sandwich, we can't be friends." According to Jack Gibb, which type of message is Alex sending?
Control message
Muted group theory
In between classes, Lara Jae notices a group of students gathering on the quad. She is intrigued so, she walks toward the group. All of a sudden, they begin to break out into song. Lara Jae's heart starts beating faster as she did not expect this at all. What component of EVT does this best illustrate?
Arousal value
Estuardo is planning to spend the holidays with his extended family. His uncle is a very detailed storyteller. whenever he tells Estuardo a story about his childhood, he uses rich imagery and metaphor. Which cross-cultural communication style does Estuardo's uncle us?
Elaborate
David is in the middle of a heated argument with his friend Michael about whether or not the capital of Hawaii is Honolulu or Maui. David is confident that it is Honolulu while Michael is sure it's Maui. When they both find out the answer is Honolulu, David says, "That's probably a common mistake. I was just guessing anyway." This illustrated which style of facework?
Integrating