Basic Communication: Uncertainty Avoidance

Which of the following below are not high with uncertainty avoidance?

• New cars, homes, repairs by experts

• Fast acceptance of new products such as internet and e-mail

• There is a hesitance towards new product and technologies

• Conservative investment

In the classroom, students hesitate to try new learning methods or reflective learning.

The statement above is:

• Low uncertainty avoidance

• Moderate uncertainty avoidance

• High uncertainty avoidance

Which of the following situations represent high uncertainty avoidance?

• In Huda's workplace, there is a low degree of formalization and standardization.

• The objectives of research about "Earth is Flat" proposed by Suhaimi Saad are vague.

• Irfan shows his emotions openly whenever he is with his mother.

• In school, teachers may admit that they sometimes have no answer.

Which of the following countries scored the lowest uncertainty avoidance?

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What is the absolute definition of uncertainty avoidance?

• How norms differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability.

• Minimize the occurrence of unknown and unusual circumstances and to proceed with careful changes step by step.

• Society's tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity

• Letting the future come without the control or plan of it.

Uncertainty avoidance is study of ________________

• Cross-cultural psychology

• Personality psychology

• Social psychology

• Cognitive psychology

In politics, cultures with high uncertainty avoidance citizens tend to have

• Many laws with laws being more specific as to welcome any uncertainty in the interpretation

• Low interest in politics and citizen protests are repressed.

• High interest in politics and citizen support the government's authority

• No political unrest

Education is one of the areas which uncertainty avoidance deals with the most.

The answers below are the criteria of high uncertainty avoidance in education system except:

1) Learning is open minded with less focus on facts.

2) Teachers are not necessarily viewed as all knowing

3) Teachers are viewed as having all the answers

4) Learning is structured

• 2 and 4

• 3 and 1

• 1 and 2

• 3 and 2

People of moderate uncertainty avoidance cultures are in between the high and the low uncertainty avoidance. These in take some characteristics from both avoidance.

The people with moderate uncertainty avoidance are those who live in :

• United States

• Ireland

• Japan

• Finland

The areas which uncertainty avoidance deals with the most are:

• Technology

• Law

• Dress code

• Religion