NEW
Font size
WorksheetsCross Cultural Mgmt: Barriers to Intercultural Communication
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
All the answers below are the things that matter in non-verbal communication, EXCEPT:
Body language
Silence
Assumption
These are what assumptions are related to, EXCEPT
to how people think about themselves
to how people think that things work
to the presumed likings of people
to the presumed choices of people
Why in Eastern culture silence is valued?
Mark pauses in a discourse
Sign of indifference
Avoid improper use of words
Assumptions are also related to …
Time & culture
Time & space
Culture & silence
Cultural assumptions that is space-related have to do with
Life is seen as continuity or not
Belonging or not belonging
Assumption relates to identity, which means:
It relates to the orientation towards the past and present
It relates to ideal conduct in certain social contexts
It relates the unity of mankind beyond the border
Stereotyping people has a negative impact on any intercultural relationship it feeds our confirmation bias, which means
We have the tendency to confirm our prejudice instead of seeking accurate observations
We believe that people are genuinely different from one another
We naturally have a healthy dose of motivated skepticism
If confronted by negative stereotype, people tend to do such things, EXCEPT
Deny the truth of such accusations
Feel under attack
Defend their personality
Always find a way to think objectively
Stereotypes are necessary for establishing one’s own cultural identity, because
It confirms the worth of a cultural group involved
It becomes a tool to compare itself to other group and become aware
What is an Ethnocentrism attitude means?
The perception that every culture has its own good and difference that must be respected
Perception of the other always is based on one’s own culture
world-oriented view that focuses on using the best approaches
