跨文化交际课堂作业题及答案(1)

Part I.

Directions: There are 30 questions in this section. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Choose the RIGHT ONE that can best complete the question.

1. According to Marxist philosophy, globalization is what people in the third world have already experienced for

several centuries. It is called ________.

A. modernization B. colonization C. industrialization D. internalization

2. ________takes place when individuals become an integral part of the new culture while maintaining their

cultural integrity.

A. Culture shock B. Integration C. Cultural identity D. Acculturation

3. ________ refers to anything that distorts the message the source encodes.

A. Noise B. Message C. Source D. Context

4. is typically used to refer to the study of a particular idea or concept within many cultures. The goal of

such investigations is to conduct a series of intercultural analyses in order to compare on culture to another on the

attributes of interest.

A. Interethnic communication B. Interracial communication

C. Cross-cultural communication D. Intercultural communication

5. ________refers to belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor

of the universe.

A. Belief B. Religion C. Ideal D. Value

6. _______ refers to attaching meaning to sense data and is synonymous with decoding.

A. Perception B. Interpretation C. Sensation D. Selection

7. ______ is any policy, practice, belief or attitude that attributes characteristics or status to individuals based on

their race.

A. Sexism B. Collectivism C. Racism D. Individualism

8. _____ style uses moderate amount of talk with low uncertainty avoidance, and is common in low-context

culture.

A. Elaborate B. Exacting C. Succinct D. Contextual

9. Direct plan is favored by ____cultures with deductive patterns.

A. results-oriented B. relationship-oriented C. mission-oriented D. process-oriented

10. _____ is the study of how people perceive and use time.

A. Chronemics B. Proxemics C. Kinesics D. Oculesics

11. _____is the traditional way of greeting in Northeast Asian countries like Korea and Japan.

A. Bowing B. Firm handshake C. Embracing D. Handshake with slight pressure

12. __________ stresses that it is important that others’ behavior is no longer evaluated as good or bad, as viewed

through the filtering cultural lenses, but that people have different approaches to different people.

A. Ethnocentrism B. Ethnology C. Ethnorelativity D. Ethnopsychology

13. __________ refers to the specific behaviors through which individuals’ capacity to express cognitive and

affective experiences outwardly is shown.

A. The cognitive competence B. The motive competence

C. The behavioral competence D. The affective competence

14. _____ style focuses on the speaker and role relationships. People with such communication style stress high

power distance. This style is popular in collectivist and high-context culture.

A. Contextual B. Personal C. Succinct D. Elaborate

15. Which of the following statements about macro-culture is true _____

A. It emphasizes the commonality of human needs.

B. It implies losing ethnic differences and forming one large society.

C. It can be defined as cultures within cultures.

D. It is a new culture.

16. Which of the following statements about intercultural communication is not true _____

A． It is communication between people of different cultures.

B． We need understanding and acceptance in intercultural communication.

C． During the process of intercultural communication, one should turn one’s back on one’s own culture.

D． We should develop tolerance and acceptance in intercultural communication.

17. _____, although also part of the dominant culture, are groups with which the dominant culture does not agree

with and with which it has communication problems.

A. World cultures B. Subgroups C. Microcultures D. Co-cultures

18. _____is the socialization process you go through to adapt to your society.

A. Deculturation B. Acculturation

C. Assimilation D. Enculturation

19. refers to the traumatic experience that an individual may encounter when entering a different culture.

A. Dissimilation B. Assimilation

C. Integration D. Culture shock

20. _____refers to that portion of the receiver response of which the source has knowledge and to which the source

attends and assigns meaning.

A. Receiver B. Decoding C. Encoding D. Feedback

21. _____refers to communication between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are distinct

enough to alter the communication event.

A. Interethnic Communication B. Interracial Communication

C. Intracultural communication D. Intercultural communication

22. _____ deals with a society’s tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity; it ultimately refers to man’s search for

Truth.

A. Cultural values B. Power distance C. Cultural dimension D. Uncertainty avoidance

23. The _____ dimension measures a culture’s dominant values ranging from aggressive masculine traits to nurturing

feminine traits.

A. cultural values B. power distance C. masculinity-femininity D. uncertainty avoidance

24. Cultures in which less has to be said or written because more of the meaning is in the physical environment or

already shared by people are _____.

A. direct context B. indirect context C. low context D. high context

25. ______ is assuming that a person has certain qualities (good or bad) just because the person is a member of a

specific group.

A. Racism B. Prejudice C. Sexism D. Stereotyping

26. ____ refers to some words or actions that are avoided by a particular group of people, or in certain culture for religious

or social reasons.

A. Euphemism B. Taboo C. Argot D. Dialect

27. While the highest goal of communication in the Eastern Cultures is to achieve ___, the highest goal of

communication in the West is to achieve the practical cooperation from others.

A. propriety B. further relationship C. practical purpose D. definite result

28. _____ is the term used for communicating through various types of body movements including facial

expressions, gestures, posture and stance, and other mannerisms that may accompany or replace oral

massages.

A. Chromatics B. Olfactics C. Haptics D. Kinesics

29. _____in some cultures is an art and is considered an integral part of building intercultural professional and social

relationship.

A. Embracing B. Tipping C. Gift giving D. Etiquette

30. The _________ aspects of intercultural communication competence are the mental capacities of comprehension and

ability to understand the meanings of various verbal and nonverbal codes.

A. cognitive B. motive C. behavioral D. affective

Part II. True or False.

Directions: There are 10 statements in this section. Write T for TRUE, F for FALSE

1. Values refer to rules for appropriate behaviors, which provide the expectations people have of one anther and of others.

2. The similarity of the original culture to the new host culture is one of the most important factors in successful

acculturation.

3. The symbols human beings use are objective.

4. Four values fundamental to western ethics are autonomy, responsibility, care, justice.

5. Different from the belief “subjugation to nature”, western people believe they are the masters of the nature..

6. The United States can clearly be seen as collectivism.

7. Although stereotypes are considered as being negative judgments, they can also be positive.

8. In the Russian states, the “bear hug” may follow a strong, firm handshake between good male friends.

9. All words can find the counterparts in another language.

10. People in the United States like the body’s natural smell so they seldom wear fragrance.

Part III.

Terms Interpretation

1. Intercultural communication

2. Culture

3. Communication

4. Uncertainty avoidance

5. High context

6. Stereotype

7. Taboo

8. Nonverbal communication

参考答案

Part I.

Multiple Choice

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Part II. True or False.

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Part III. Terms

1. Intercultural communication refers to communication between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol

systems are distinct enough to alter the communication event

2. Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms, which affect the behavior of

a relatively large group of people.

is the perception of verbal (worded) and nonverbal (without words) behaviors and the assignment of meaning to

them

avoidance measures how much ambiguity people will endure and how much risk they like to take

Or It deals with a society’s tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity; it ultimately refers to man’s search for truth

in which less has to be said or written because more of the meaning is in the physical environment or already

shared by people are high context

is more broadly used to refer to negative or positive judgments made about individuals based on any observable

or believed group membership

refers to some words or actions that are avoided by a particular group of people, or in certain culture for religious

or social reasons

communication refers to intentional use of nonspoken symbol to communicate a specific message