Exam 6: Communication, Culture, and Diversity

______ is placing your own cultural beliefs in a superior position, leading to a negative judgment of other cultures

What did Walter Fisher (1984) mean when he indicated that "humans are all storytelling creatures"?

When you encounter a language barrier, what is a good tactic to employ?

When hate speech occurs in education, it is often called ______.

In a ______ culture, the background knowledge that individuals gather from their relationships is always relevant to what goes on during any communicative experience.

According to Deborah Tannen, women tend to seek ______ talk when communicating with others, and men tend to seek ______ talk in their communication.

Nonverbal communication in athletics, like slapping a person on the behind when they've done a good job, don't translate well to other settings like a classroom. This example illustrates that ______.

______ is communication used to intimidate and segregate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity.

The rising frequency of importation and exportation of goods falls within the ______ imperative.

Which imperative is most concerned with the shortening of communicative distance via the Internet?

______ refers to a blend of both feminine and masculine traits.

______deals with the way that members of a culture handle change and ambiguity within social or cultural contexts.

Which cultural imperative becomes most salient in a time of war and acts of terrorism?

What might be the problem with using nonverbal cues to determine someone's ethnic background?

We never truly understand the complexity of our own culture until we compare it with other cultures.

Describe cultural rituals that occur for freshmen in your university.

In collectivistic cultures, decisions are normally made by a single person with a high level of authority.

Some organizations are putting in place training for cultural competence in order to increase cultural sensitivity, tolerance, and appreciation of diversity in the workplace.

How is short-term time orientation illustrated by fast-food restaurants?

Which type of communication is used to humiliate people based on age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, social class, and more?