Deck 2: Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Question 1

The definition of culture preferred by the authors includes all of the following concepts except____. ​

A)​the biological parts of human life
B)​subjective elements
C)​the non-biological parts of human life
D)​objective elements
E)​none of these

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A good analogy for the relationship between a culture and a group of people would be: ​

A)​a car and its driver
B)​gasoline for an engine
C)​a mind and its body
D)​self and brain
E)​personality and self 

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Most communication behavior is: ​

A)​innate
B)​inborn
C)learned
D)​habitual
E)​none of these

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Pinocchio's nose is an example of ____. ​

A)​learning culture through proverbs
B)​learning culture through folktales,legends,and myths
C)​learning culture through art
D)​deceitfulness
E)​public shame

Question 5

Encoding is an external activity.​

Question 6

Not every culture uses symbols.​

Question 7

The idea that "Self is not innate,but is acquired in the process of communicating with others" best describes what use of communication? ​

A)​person perception
B)​identity
C)​interpersonal needs
D)​influence
E)​control

Question 8

Andy asked Bill to tell Chris about the plan.Bill nodded in agreement. The nod is:           

A)​Bill as receiver
B)​noise
C)​encoding
D)​feedback
E)​decoding

Question 9

A sense of self is acquired through the process of communicating with others.​

Question 10

When the authors refer to words that mean different things in different languages,to what characteristic of communication are they referring? ​

A)​communication is contextual
B)​communication is symbolic
C)​communication is dynamic
D)​communication is static
E)​all of these

Question 11

​The idea that you might talk differently in front of a few people than you might in front of hundreds is reflects what characteristic of communication: 

A)​contextual
B)​source-centered
C)​dynamic
D)​symbolic
E)​receiver-centered

Question 12

All people,regardless of culture,have a need to communicate and interact with others.​

Question 13

How cultural traits "make sense" in that culture's context reflects culture as: ​

A)​an  integrated system
B)internalization
C)​structuration
D)​ideation
E)​perpetuation

Question 14

Every communicative event is characterized by a multitude of competing stimuli.​

Question 15

What is the basic function of culture? ​

A)​to teach people how to adapt to their environment
B)​to teach people ethical behavior
C)​to perpetuate itself
D)​to differentiate one group from another
E)​to satisfy ego and identity needs

Question 16

Skype is a software application that allows people to communicate with live audio and video in real-time.Skype uses a different channel than typical face-to-face interactions.​

Question 17

The definition of communication used in the text includes all of the following ideas except: ​

A)​dynamic process
B)​share thoughts
C)​using symbols
D)​general settings
E)​particular settings

Question 18

Which of the following is not true about culture: 

A)​culture is transmitted from generation to generation
B)​culture is based on symbols
C)​culture does not have boundaries
D)​culture is an integrated system
E)​culture is dynamic

Question 19

Which component of communication is most accurately represented If Andy is trying to decide how to explain a change in plans to Bill and Chris.​

A)​messages
B)​encoding
C)​decoding
D)​feedback
E)​noise

Question 20

Culture is accurately reflected in which of the following statements? ​

A)​culture is innate
B)​culture and communication are inseparable
C)​culture is monolithic
D)​culture includes opera but not sporting events
E)​all of these

Question 21

Television has been directly linked to socialization.​

Question 22

What is the relationship between communication and identity?​

Question 23

History,unlike religion and culture,give objective guidance for daily life.​

Question 24

Language is fundamental to the functioning of culture.​

Question 25

Culture is made up of only those objective elements which have increased the probability of survival in the past.​

Question 26

Folktales are often simple morality lessons focusing on what the culture's perspective is on right and wrong or good and evil​

Question 27

Define individualism and collectivism.Provide at least two specific cultural examples of each.​

Question 28

What are the major components of communication? ​

Question 29

Provide an example of how noise might impact the encoding and decoding process.​

Question 30

Art is influenced by culture,but the relationship is not reciprocal.​

Question 31

As people grow up,they learn symbols but not the cultural meaning of those symbols.​

Question 32

Historically,societies have insisted that religions adapt their own cultural traditions rather than the other way around.

Question 33

The authors argue that improving intercultural requires a clear understanding of the phenomenon of culture.​

Question 34

Provide a definition of communication and compare to the one presented in the text.​

Question 35

Discuss at least two of the four uses of communication presented in chapter two.​

Question 36

Values reflect culture,but they play no role in perpetuating the culture.

Question 37

Because of the brevity of proverbs,their influence is often overlooked.​

Question 38

All of our messages,to some degree or another,do something to someone else.​

Question 39

Most communication behavior is innate or inborn.​

Question 40

Schools represent informal ways of learning culture.​

Question 41

List and describe at least three of the five elements of culture discussed in the text.​

Question 42

Provide at least two examples of how culture is an integrated system.

Question 43

Is communication behavior mostly learned or mostly innate? Explain.​

Question 44

How do folktales,legends,and myths "teach" culture?​

Question 45

What is the role of the mass media in culture?​

Question 46

Does art reflect culture or does culture reflect art? Use examples in your explanations.​

Question 47

Explain why culture is dynamic.​

Question 48

Defend the idea that culture is learned. ​

Question 49

What does it mean to say communication is contextual?  Include examples based on location,occasion,time,and number of participants.​

Question 50

What are the functions of culture?​

Question 51

What are proverbs and what impact do they have on culture?  Provide at least one example of a native and non-native proverb.​