Exam 4: Communicating Across Cultures

What is the best method for avoiding miscommunication?

The Japanese preference for humanity, reciprocity, and analytic logic is known as ________.

Which of the following terms refers to the influence of closeness and space on communication?

The Japanese ningensei style of communication refers to the preference for humanity, reciprocity, a receiver orientation, and an underlying distrust of words and analytic logic.

The term kinesic behavior refers to communication through body movements-posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact.

In low-contact cultures, people prefer to stand close, touch a great deal, and experience a "close" sensory involvement.

During a business meeting in the United States, a relaxed posture is acceptable, but in Europe or Asia such body language would most likely be interpreted as ________.

Define decoding and list three main causes of incongruence in the decoding process.

According to the GLOBE project, workers from countries that ranked low on performance orientation, e.g., Russia or Greece, ________.

The international business manager of Toro Automobiles, based in London, is currently in Indonesia negotiating with potential partners to set up a manufacturing plant.He is intrigued and startled by the lack of apprehension shown by every person he has met in standing close to him when greeting him.This is because the persons or the groups involved in the meeting are a part of a ________.

Which of the following does NOT constitute a normal interpersonal communication task for managers?

Which of the following terms is used to refer to the positive or negative evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor toward objects or concepts and effects the communication process?

Which of the following is a true statement about polychronic cultures?

Classified and compartmentalized, time serves to order life in a ________.

________ refers to how something is said rather than the content-i.e., the rate of speech, the tone and inflection of voice, other noises, laughing, or yawning.

Larry is a top-level manager at Smart-Tech, an American semiconductor firm.Larry is involved in the negotiation procedures between Smart-Tech and a Saudi Arabian financial group.Larry arrives in Saudi Arabia hoping to quickly conclude the business deal.However, to his surprise the Arabs show no great interest in coming to a decision, despite several rounds of discussion.This type of behavior from the Saudi Arabian financial group is most likely attributed towards its ________.

Which of the following is an example of proxemics?

________ describes the process of sharing meaning by transmitting messages through media such as words, behavior, or material artifacts.

In high-context cultures, feelings and thoughts are not explicitly expressed; instead, one has to read between the lines and interpret meaning from one's general understanding.

Subtle differences in eye behavior are known as ________.