MIN WU CMST 1061 LATEST
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Members of a collectivist culture __________.
Select one:
a. think of themselves more as part of a group
b. tends to have more competitive communication
c. value personal freedom
d. tends to have more assertive communication
e. regard each person as distinct from other people - ANSWERS-A
Participation is a response to social diversity that involves incorporating
practices of other social groups into our own communication repertoires
Select one:
a. true
b. false - ANSWERS-True
The social, symbolic, and material practices of a social group that shape
its members' perspectives and communication processes are known as
__________.
Select one:
a. co-cultures
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b. relativism
c. understanding
d. standpoint
e. ethnocentricism - ANSWERS-D
The tendency to regard our culture and our way of life as normal and
superior to other people and other ways of life is known as __________.
Select one:
a. moral relativism
b. cultural relativism
c. standpoint theory
d. ethnocentrism
e. stereotyping - ANSWERS-D
The type of communication styles used by individualistic cultures which
are very explicit, detailed, and precise are __________.
Select one:
a. low-context
b. ethnocentrism
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c. social communities
d. cultural relativism
e. high context - ANSWERS-A
The type of culture in which people act relatively independent of others
is called________culture.
Select one:
a. low-context
b. individualistic
c. high-context
d. collectivist
e. cultural relativism - ANSWERS-B
Toleration is a response in which we accept and approve differences
between us and other social groups.
Select one:
a. False
b. True - ANSWERS-False
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EXAM 1
When we communicate with others, we learn their culture's views and
rules.
Select one:
a. false
b. True - ANSWERS-True
According to the required supplementary reading #1, meaning is our
internal response to either the reality (objects, events, or situations
experienced through our senses) or the symbols used by a language
community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog for a
particular person or a group of people would be their internal response
(images appearing in their mind, or loving feelings aroused) when they
either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear the word
"dog".
True or False - ANSWERS-True
In the transactional model of communication, each person participates
simultaneously as a sender and receiver of messages.
True or False - ANSWERS-true
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EXAM 1
Members of a collectivist culture __________.
Select one:
a. think of themselves more as part of a group
b. tends to have more competitive communication
c. value personal freedom
d. tends to have more assertive communication
e. regard each person as distinct from other people - ANSWERS-A
Participation is a response to social diversity that involves incorporating
practices of other social groups into our own communication repertoires
Select one:
a. true
b. false - ANSWERS-True
The social, symbolic, and material practices of a social group that shape
its members' perspectives and communication processes are known as
__________.
Select one:
a. co-cultures
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EXAM 1
b. relativism
c. understanding
d. standpoint
e. ethnocentricism - ANSWERS-D
The tendency to regard our culture and our way of life as normal and
superior to other people and other ways of life is known as __________.
Select one:
a. moral relativism
b. cultural relativism
c. standpoint theory
d. ethnocentrism
e. stereotyping - ANSWERS-D
The type of communication styles used by individualistic cultures which
are very explicit, detailed, and precise are __________.
Select one:
a. low-context
b. ethnocentrism
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c. social communities
d. cultural relativism
e. high context - ANSWERS-A
The type of culture in which people act relatively independent of others
is called________culture.
Select one:
a. low-context
b. individualistic
c. high-context
d. collectivist
e. cultural relativism - ANSWERS-B
Toleration is a response in which we accept and approve differences
between us and other social groups.
Select one:
a. False
b. True - ANSWERS-False
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EXAM 1
When we communicate with others, we learn their culture's views and
rules.
Select one:
a. false
b. True - ANSWERS-True
According to the required supplementary reading #1, meaning is our
internal response to either the reality (objects, events, or situations
experienced through our senses) or the symbols used by a language
community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog for a
particular person or a group of people would be their internal response
(images appearing in their mind, or loving feelings aroused) when they
either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear the word
"dog".
True or False - ANSWERS-True
In the transactional model of communication, each person participates
simultaneously as a sender and receiver of messages.
True or False - ANSWERS-true
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