CMST 1150- Culture and Communication

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Believing that the way one’s own culture does things is the right and normal way to do it.  

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• Intercultural Communication

• Ethnocentric Bias

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Compares the communication styles and patterns of people from very different cultural and social structures, such as nation-states.

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• Intercultural Communication

• Ethnocentric Bias

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Examines how people from different cultural/ social structures speak to one another and what difficulties or conflicts they encounter, over and above the different languages they speak.

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• Intercultural Communication

• High Context Culture

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

A set of beliefs, a heritage, and a way of being that is transacted in communication.

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• Intercultural Communication

• High Context Culture

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

A culture that emphasizes the total environments (context) where speech and interaction take place, especially on the relationships between the speakers, rather than just on what they say.

• Cross-Cultural Communication

• Low Context Culture

• High Context Culture

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Assumes that the message itself means everything, and it is much more important to have a well-structured argument or a well-delivered presentation than it is to be a member of the royal family or a cousin of the person listening.

• Collectivist

• Low Context Culture

• High Context Culture

• Coded Systems of Meaning

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Subscribing to a belief system that stresses group benefit and the overriding value of working harmoniously rather than individual personal advancement.

• Collectivist

• Low Context Culture

• High Context Culture

• Individualist

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Subscribing to a belief system that focuses on the individual person and his or her personal dreams, goals and achievements, and right to make choices.

• Collectivist

• Low Context Culture

• Monochronic Culture

• Individualist

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

A culture that sees time not as linear and simple but as complex and made up of many strands, none of which is more important than any other—hence, such culture’s relaxed attitude toward time.

• Conflict

• Polychronic Cultures

• Monochronic Culture

• Individualist

Which of the following terms best describes the definition below?

Real or perceived incompatibilities of processes, understandings, and viewpoints between people.

• Conflict

• Polychronic Cultures

• Monochronic Culture

• Conflict As Opportunity