Exam 2: Culture and Interpersonal Communication

Your__________ is a commitment to the beliefs and philosophy of your culture.

Of the following phrases or scenarios, which best fits within a collectivist culture?

__________refers to the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that a culture assigns to masculine and to feminine.

In a_______ culture such as_______ , both men and women are encouraged to be modest and oriented to maintaining quality of life.

Define ethnocentrism and identify the five distances on the ethnocentric continuum.

An individual acquires his or her culture through________ .

According to ________, speakers make their communication styles similar to their listeners' styles to gain approval and achieve greater efficiency.

Seeing your own culture as inherently better than other cultures is____________ .

Which of the following values is most embraced by masculine cultures?

The final stage in culture shock is the _______.