Exam 2: Barriers to Intercultural Communication

______ refers to the law enforcement practice of scrutinizing certain individuals based on characteristics thought to indicate a likelihood of criminal behavior.

In the United States,the idea that dominant culture values some based on race is often referred to as ______.

Discuss how stereotyping can become a self-fulfilling prophecy for the person stereotyped.

China emphasizes ______ order.

Identify and discuss major areas of misunderstandings between China and the United States.

The effect of making Chinese products cheap is due to the fact that Chinese currency is ______.

Discuss China's media policies.

______ is the irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group,race,religion,or sexual orientation.

______ includes threats or verbal slurs directed against specific groups.

Hong Kong was promised at least 50 years of press freedom after its return to China in 1997.

China has become a major competitor with the United States for oil.

______ leads all nations in carbon dioxide emissions.

In the United States,the term ______ describes how a dominant culture empowers some over others,due to race.

Discuss with examples how racism affects intercultural communication.

______ is prejudice with the exercise of power on or over the group through historical or institutional structures.

Which of the following,according to LaRay Barna (1997),is one of the barriers to intercultural communication?

People most likely to be highly ______ tend to be uncritical of higher authority,overgeneralize,and think in bipolar terms.

Give examples of prejudice in the United States.

Discuss the impact on the environment of China's economic development.

The word stereotyping was first used in the Christian Bible to describe judgments made about other groups.