Exam 2: Barriers to Intercultural Communication

______ impede communication by causing us to assume that a widely held belief is true of any one individual.

Using the word Americans to describe only individuals living in the United States is an example of cultural nearsightedness.

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

What is the official language(s)of Hong Kong?

Across all cultures,it is appropriate to display emotions in front of the same types of people (parents,lovers,etc.).

Which of the following explains part of the Roma's history in Europe?

Discuss assuming similarity instead of difference as a barrier to intercultural communication.

Positive or negative judgments made about others on the basis of their group membership is ______.

Hundreds of thousands of Roma were exterminated in Nazi gas chambers and concentration camps.

Discuss with examples how prejudice affects intercultural communication.

In China,the ______ approves all media programming.

______ theory assumes that,during the initial phase of interaction with another person,your primary communication goal is to discover information about the other person.

In the reading by Benjamin Franklin,the commissioners from Virginia were victims of which barrier to intercultural understanding from the list below?

China has a recorded history of ______.

Discuss how the Roma have experienced prejudice.

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

When encountering strangers,you experience ______ or not knowing how to interpret the person's reactions.

A less extreme form of ethnocentrism can be labeled cultural ______.

The father of modern China is ______.

Discuss anxiety as a barrier to intercultural communication.