跨文化交际 选择题 部分简答题说课讲解

I. Multiple Choice (2 points each)

Directions: There are some statements in this section. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, choose the ONE that best completes the statement.

1. When you talk with your friends about Picasso, Beethoven, you are talking about culture from ______ perspective.

A.anthropologic

B. intellectual

C. social

D. psychological

2. The dialogues at the United Nations, for example, would be termed _________.

A.interracial communication

B. interethnic communication

C.international communication

D. interpersonal communication

3. _____ is the process of putting an idea into a symbol.

A. Decoding

B. Channel

C. Encoding

D. Source

4. _____ refers to anything that distorts the message the source encodes.

A. Noise

B. Message

C. Source

D. Context

5._____ refers to the response of a receiver to a sender’s message.

A. Receiver

B. Decoding

C. Encoding

D. Feedback

6. Definitions of communication from many Asian countries stress ________, which is most notable in cultures with a Confucian tradition.

A. harmony

B. exchanging information

C. respect

D. instrumental function

7. Communication does not occur in isolation or in a vacuum, but rather it takes place in a physical and a social context; both establish the rules that govern the interaction. It reflects _____.

A. communication is symbolic

B. communication is systematic

C. communication is irreversible

D. communication is transactional

8. In China, if a Tibetan communicates with a Han, it is _____.

A. interracial communication

B. interethnic communication

C.international communication

D. interpersonal communication

9. The _____ is the person with an idea he or she desires to communicate.

A. message

B. context

C. source

D. feedback

10. _____ refers to the exchange of messages between members of the dominant culture within a country.

A. Interethnic Communication

B. Intercultural Communication

C. international Communication

D. Interregional Communication

11._____ occurs when the sender and the receiver exchanging messages are from different races with different physical characteristics.

A. Interethnic Communication

B. Interracial Communication

C. Intracultural communication

D. Intercultural communication

12. _____ refers to one’s sense of belonging to a particular culture or ethnic group.

A. Cultural identity

B. Cultural value

C. Cultural norm

D. Subculture

13. _____ is the environment in which the communication takes place and which helps define the communication.

A. Receiver response

B. Source

C. Context

D. Feedback

14. Mr. Wang, a Chinese immigrant in U.S, has adapted himself so well to American culture that he gradually lost his Chinese cultural identity. This process is called_____.

A. separation and segregation

B. integration

C. assimilation

D. marginalization

15. Liming, a Chinese student, just began his study in a university in the United States. In his first week in U.S, he thought everything was new and exciting, and he enjoyed himself a lot. Liming is in_____ stage of culture shock.

A. honeymoon

B. crisis

C. reintegration

D. gradual adjustment

16. _____ refers to maintaining one’s original culture and not participating in the new culture.

A. Separation and segregation

B. Assimilation

C. Marginalization

D. Integration

17. _____ refers to an individual’s learning and adopting the norms and values of the new host culture.

A. Acculturation

B. Deculturation

C. Marginalization

D. Assimilation

18. _____ is the socialization process you go through to adapt to your society.

A. Deculturation

B. Acculturation

C. Assimilation

D. Enculturation

19. _____ takes place when individuals become an integral part of the new culture while maintaining their cultural integrity.

A. Culture shock

B. Integration

C. Cultural identity

D. Acculturation

20. An American company that operates in Japan almost caused a disaster in the United States—Japanese relations by addressing 500 red Christmas cars to its Japanese joint-venture partner, since funeral notices are red in Japan. This case has reflected that each country has its art for _____.

A. tipping

B. greeting

C. card exchange

D. giving gift

21. In______, the handshake is accompanied with a light kiss; even males kiss both cheeks after a handshake.