Cultural Communication Quiz

Communication differs from dissemination because …….

• it is a three-way process

• it is a one-way process

• it is a four-way process

• it is a two-way process

Culture is the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, that encompasses, not only art and literature, but lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, ……. and ……...

• traditions, beliefs

• all publics in a community

• ethnics, people

• all publics in a culture

Culture can be ……. by different aspects such as ethnicity, religion, and language

• shared

• inherited

• defined

• grown

The “surface culture” (10-20%) of The Iceberg Cultural Model includes

• Underlying behaviors, practices and discourses

• Observable behaviors, practices and discourses

• Observable beliefs, philosophies and attitudes

• All of them

"People are more likely to express the view that we are here to work hard and achieve recognition/success" is related to which preferred personality in Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Value Orientation theory?

• being

• doing

• becoming

• trying/striving

In communication, ……… is the step when the receiver tries to response to the message that has been sent by the sender.

• Encoding

• Interpretation

• Decoding

• Feedback

Perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and values belong to ……. of the Iceberg Cultural model

• the surface culture

• Both surface and deep culture

• The deep culture

• None of them

"Value the quality of life, incline toward the balance between work and life, emphasize the harmony and cooperation instead of competition" refer to which cultural dimension in Hosftede's model?

• Individualism

• Feminism

• Collectivism

• Masculism

…… refers to the fact that individuals are expected to take care of only themselves and their immediate families

• Individualism

• Feminism

• Collectivism

• Masculism

In the most inner circle, identity is created by self and by group membership, therefore, is more ……

• dynamic

• distinct

• static

• easily affected by historical and social forces