Chap 3 How Culture Affects Perception-Jandt

The neurobiological process by which we become aware of our environment is:

• perception

• sensation

• intercultural competence

• culture

China has a recorded history of:

• 250 years

• 1200 years

• 2500 years

• 4000 years

According to Nisbett (2003), Eastern cultures:

• see a world of discrete, unconnected things

• have an analytic view of focusing on objects & their attributes

• are inclined to see the world as continuous masses of matter

• sense the world largely the same as other cultures do

Speakers of English have difficulty hearing the difference between Japanese words that differ only in vowel length is an example of:

• selection

• interpretation

• organization

• sensation

______ refers to attaching meaning to sense data & is synonymous with decoding.

• Organization

• Sensation

• Selection

• Interpretation

Cultures in which more of the meaning of communication is determined by the environment are called:

• low context

• eco-context

• high context

• surround context

T or F: Most Latin American cultures are low-context

• True

• False

Explain the concept Describes the communication strategies one uses to enact self-face & to uphold, support, or challenge another person's face.

• face mask

• facework

• face control

• face power

In _____ societies, people tend to be guided more by personal responsibility than by shaming one's group.

• high-context

• low-context

• Draconian

• collectivistic

Low context culture is associated with:

• collectivism

• individualism

• communism

• despotism