INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

What is the primary goal of intercultural communication?

• To reinforce cultural differences

• To transmit information within a single culture

• To impart information, ideas, and opinions across various cultures

• To promote cultural isolation

How does culture influence communication in intercultural contexts?

• Culture has no impact on communication.

• Culture determines the language used but not the message content.

• Culture determines how individuals encode messages and interpret them.

• Culture only influences the choice of medium for communication.

How does cross-cultural communication differ from intercultural communication?

• Cross-cultural communication emphasizes social customs, while intercultural communication focuses on languages.

• Cross-cultural communication primarily involves understanding how people from different places act, communicate, and perceive the world.

• Cross-cultural communication has no significant differences from intercultural communication.

• Cross-cultural communication focuses on encoding messages in various languages.

In which academic fields does intercultural communication play a significant role?

• Astronomy and geology

• Economics and political science

• Anthropology and cultural studies

• Mathematics and physics

What does cross-cultural communication primarily involve?

• Understanding how people from different places act, communicate, and perceive the world

• Encoding messages in various languages

• Transmitting information within a single culture

• Reinforcing cultural differences

In communication between two people of the same culture, how does the receiver interpret the message?

• Based on the sender's values, beliefs, and expectations

• Based on their own culture, ignoring the sender's background

• Using information from their culture, but the interpretation is always the same

• Ignoring cultural factors completely

What is attribution in the context of communication?

• Blaming confusion on cultural differences

• Assuming that people from different cultures are deceitful

• Disregarding cultural factors in communication

• The process of understanding another person's behavior

What does the concept of cultural convergence suggest?

• In a closed social system, communication leads to greater cultural diversity.

• In a closed social system with unrestricted communication, cultures become more uniform over time.

• Communication has no impact on cultural diversity.

• Cultural convergence is the same as cultural divergence.

Which theory focuses on linguistic strategies to decrease or increase communicative distances?

• Intercultural Adaptation Theory

• Cultural Convergence Theory

• Communication Accommodation Theory

• Co-cultural Theory

What does the concept of cultural convergence suggest?

• In a closed social system, communication leads to greater cultural diversity.

• In a closed social system with unrestricted communication, cultures become more uniform over time.

• Communication has no impact on cultural diversity.

• Cultural convergence is the same as cultural divergence.