Question 1

What are the two characteristic of intercultural communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conflict and uncertainty
B)  Harmony and language
C)  Language and society
D)  Personality and conflictE) A) and B)
F) All of the above A

Question 2

Observing nonverbal communication across cultures reveals that expression and interpretation of nonverbal communication is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Universal
B)  Cross cultural
C)  Culture specific
D)  StereotypicalE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

The syntax and grammar of a language refer to

Accepted Answer

A)  A system of meanings governing vocabulary
B)  A system of events in a paragraph
C)  A system of rules governing word forms and how words should be strung together to form meaningful utterances
D)  A system of rules governing back-translations and achieving center between two culturesE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) C

Question 4

You can't understand a culture without understanding that culture's language

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is monolingualism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Each person speaks more than two languages
B)  Each person speaks only one language
C)  Each person speaks more than five languages
D)  Each person speaks multiple languagesE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Which is Not an example of nonverbal behaviors?

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A)  Facial expressions
B)  Gestures
C)  Distance
D)  Gaze
E)  All of the above are correctF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Code switching refers to the:

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A)  Ability to understand a different language
B)  "Overseer" in the brain that decodes language
C)  Jump a bilingual brain makes between languages
D)  Difficulty some people have learning a new languageE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Further research on code switching may be useful in determining

Accepted Answer

A)  Why some individuals can switch languages more easily than others
B)  System differences in second languages learned at birth or later on in life
C)  If cultural systems exist in the mind
D)  All of the above
E)  a and b onlyF) B) and C)
G) None of the above D

Question 9

_______ refer(s) to nonverbal gestures that carry meaning,like a phrase or sentence.What does this refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Channels
B)  Conversation regulators
C)  Emblems
D)  EncodingE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Humans have the innate ability to learn languages; however,we know little about how that occurs

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What does the following statement explain? Problems associated with learning a foreign language include experiencing cognitive difficulties and taking more time to respond while processing information

Accepted Answer

A)  Response bias
B)  Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
C)  Foreign language processing difficulties
D)  Language difficultyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Which one is not true about the findings by Berling and Kay (1969) ,

Accepted Answer

A)  All languages contain terms for white and black.
B)  They examined 78 languages and found that 11 basic color terms form a universal hierarchy
C)  Some languages,such as English and German,use all 11 terms: others,such as Dani (New Guinea) ,use as few as two
D)  They failed to find an evolutionary order in which languages encode universal categoriesE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Which are NOT the main components of intercultural competence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Motivational factors
B)  Knowledge factors
C)  Skill factors
D)  Attitude factorsE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Nonverbal behaviors are

Accepted Answer

A)  Communications using only nouns and articles
B)  The behaviors of nouns
C)  All the behaviors that occur during communication other than words
D)  All the behaviors that occur using wordsE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

In Japan,the English words for 'I','we',and 'you',can have different meanings because

Accepted Answer

A)  In Japanese,what you call yourself and others is totally dependent on the relationship between you and the other person.
B)  The Japanese are undecided as which is the best way to translate 'I','we',and 'you'
C)  There is no clear understanding about how the English speakers view the difference among I,we,and you
D)  None of the aboveE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  Regardless of the differences in language,people think the same
B)  Regardless of the differences in thinking,people talk the same
C)  Speakers of different languages think differently due to differences between their languages
D)  Speakers of different languages are more likely to gossipE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Research on the perception and language of color was used to _________ the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.Fill in the blank.

Accepted Answer

A)  Support
B)  Refute
C)  Reclaim
D)  AcknowledgeE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following does NOT correctly explain the finding of a study by Pinker(1995) in terms of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  He found that many f the earlier studies claiming linguistic relativity were severely flawed
B)  He pointed to the fact that we can think without words and language,suggesting that language does not necessarily determine our thoughts
C)  He cited evidence of deaf children who clearly think while lacking a language,but soon invent their own language
D)  All of the above are correctE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

The following are true about intra-cultural communication:

Accepted Answer

A)  Involves shared verbal and nonverbal language
B)  Is not limited to words
C)  Is unconscious and automatic
D)  All of theseE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 20

_______ refers to a temporary decline in the thinking ability of people using a foreign language in which they are less proficient than their mother tongue.

Accepted Answer

A)  Language difficulty
B)  Cognitive bias
C)  Foreign language effect
D)  Language specific system errorE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 9: Culture Language and Communication

What are the two characteristic of intercultural communication?

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Observing nonverbal communication across cultures reveals that expression and interpretation of nonverbal communication is __________.

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The syntax and grammar of a language refer to

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You can't understand a culture without understanding that culture's language

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What is monolingualism?

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Which is Not an example of nonverbal behaviors?

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Code switching refers to the:

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Further research on code switching may be useful in determining

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_______ refer(s) to nonverbal gestures that carry meaning,like a phrase or sentence.What does this refer to?

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Humans have the innate ability to learn languages; however,we know little about how that occurs

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What does the following statement explain? Problems associated with learning a foreign language include experiencing cognitive difficulties and taking more time to respond while processing information

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Which one is not true about the findings by Berling and Kay (1969) ,

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Which are NOT the main components of intercultural competence?

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Nonverbal behaviors are

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In Japan,the English words for 'I','we',and 'you',can have different meanings because

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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that

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Research on the perception and language of color was used to _________ the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.Fill in the blank.

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Which of the following does NOT correctly explain the finding of a study by Pinker(1995) in terms of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

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The following are true about intra-cultural communication:

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_______ refers to a temporary decline in the thinking ability of people using a foreign language in which they are less proficient than their mother tongue.

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