Anthropology of Communication Final
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Course Introduction
Anthropology of Communication explores the diverse ways humans use language and other forms of communication to create, maintain, and transform social life. The course examines communication practices within and across cultures, emphasizing the role of language, symbols, gestures, and media in shaping identity, power dynamics, and cultural meaning. Drawing on ethnographic methods and key theories, students analyze the relationship between communication and cultural norms, ritual, performance, multilingualism, and social change, gaining insights into how people negotiate understanding and miscommunication in a rapidly globalizing world.
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Communication Between Cultures 9th Edition by Larry A. Samovar
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Chapter 1: Intercultural Communication: A Requirement for the
Interdependent Global Society
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Q1) Higher education has resisted globalization.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) By 2023,minorities are expected to constitute the majority of all U.S.children under the age of 18.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The idea that "one must suspend judgment of other people's practices in order to understand them in their own cultural terms" is referred to as:
A)cultural relativism
B)altercentrism
C)objectivism
D)cultural perceptualism
E)foundationalism
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo
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Q1) 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
Answer: A
Q2) Every communicative event is characterized by a multitude of competing stimuli.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) History,unlike religion and culture,give objective guidance for daily life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Because of the brevity of proverbs,their influence is often overlooked.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Deep Structure of Culture: Lessons From the Family
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Q1) By observation,imitation,and practice,each family introduces young children to many of the values and behaviors that are important to a culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The Chinese perception of collectivism is deeply rooted in ____.
A)Taoism
B)Tai Chi
C)Confucianism
D)Bushido
E)Marxism
Answer: C
Q3) Collectivist cultures tend to include all of the following except ____.
A)the U.S.
B)Asian cultures
C)Arab cultures
D)Latino cultures
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: World-View: Cultural Explanations of Life and Death
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Q1) How does Christianity relate to ideas of community,individualism,doing,courage,and the future?
Q2) According to Judaism,who did God choose to function as "father" to the Jewish people?
A)Muhammad
B)Abraham
C)Isaac
D)Siddhartha
E)none
Q3) Identify the statement that is not correct about Hinduism.
A)world's oldest known religion
B)highly monolithic
C)created before people maintained written records
D)originated in what is now northern India
E)lacks a single canonical text
Q4) What is worldview and how is it reflected and manifested in culture?
Q5) What are the Analects and how do they relate to Confucianism?
Q6) Muslims belief the Torah is the infallible Word of God.
A)True
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Chapter 5: Cultural History: Precursor to the Present and Future
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Q1) What did the authors of the text mean when they wrote,"China is an example of how governments can use history as a form of communication?
Q2) Spain's invasion of Mexico introduced Catholicism and a rigid social class system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) By 2025,China is anticipating 350 million people living in cities that do not exist today.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the major social issues facing Islamic civilizations today.
Q5) How has the geography of Russia shaped its history?
Q6) The early frontier individualism of U.S.setters commonly portrayed in the media is very accurate.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Explain the Tokugawa era of Japan and how it is manifest in Japanese culture today.
Q8) Why does Japanese culture have a collectivist orientation?
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Chapter 6: Cultural Values: Road Maps for Behavior
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Q1) Chinese culture has a strong focus on the present time orientation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Perception is learned because once you perceive something in a particular way,which interpretation does not usually change.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For low-context cultures,the verbal message contains most of the information and very little is embedded in the context or the person's nonverbal activity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Countries ranked highest for individualism include Venezuela,Panama,Ecuador,and Guatemala.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and explain three common U.S.phrases that reflect the American value of directness,openness,and honesty.
Q6) Differentiate between the concepts of being,being-in-becoming,and doing.
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Chapter 7: Culture and Identity: Situating the Individual
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Q1) One can have both a national and regional identity at the same time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An example of regional identity would be a/n:
A)Italian
B)Southerner
C)American
D)Columbian
E)German
Q3) Identity is normally not associated with commemorative events.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Phinney's three stage model of identity acquisition includes:
A)unexamined ethnic identity,ethnic identity search,ethnic achievement
B)biological inheritance,ethnic identification,ethnic presentation
C)ethnic identification,ethnic clarification,ethnic emancipation
D)unexamined ethnic identity,examined ethnic identity,insulated ethnic identity
E)biological inheritance,unexamined ethnic identity,examined ethnic identity
Q5) List and describe at least two ways in which cultural identity can be enacted. Give a personal example for each.
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Chapter 8: Verbal Messages: Exchanging Ideas Through Language
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Q1) What are conversational taboos?
Q2) How has technology,and the Internet in particular,influenced languages in general
Q3) Language serves other functions than directly expressing or exchanging ideas.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Language is a shared set of arbitrary symbols or signs that a cooperative group of people have mutually agreed to use to help them create meaning.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Differences in spelling between American English and that used in England were the result of ____.
A)the natural evolution of language
B)a calculated effort
C)limited access to dictionaries and other resources in Colonial America
D)simple but repeated errors
Q6) Accents refer to differences in vocabulary,grammar,and even punctuation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Nonverbal Communications: The Messages of Action,
Space, Time, and Silence
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Q1) How does the communicative value of body movement vary across cultures? Include examples of both posture,and gestures.
Q2) The Japanese and Chinese restraint of strong feelings is considered to be a sign of immaturity and foolishness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People of the Asian world tend to think of time as something fixed in nature.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe the functions of nonverbal communication. Provide an intercultural communication example for each.
Q5) Many of the critical meanings generated in human encounters are elicited by touch,glance,vocal nuance,etc. ,with or without accompanying words. A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain what is meant by monochronic time,or M-time. Name at least two cultures that have this orientation and provide two examples that demonstrate the relationship.
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Chapter 10: Intercultural Communication in Contexts:
in Business, Education, and Health-Care
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Q1) Self-efficacy stems from lifelong experiences resulting in beliefs and perceptions affecting how people see themselves individually and collectively.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define empathy and identify explain how to become more empathic using Cooper and Simond's guidelines.
Q3) Discuss the notion of death and dying. How do health belief systems affect the approach health care providers should take to discussing these issues with patients and their families.
Q4) Low context,highly industrialized,and individualistic societies such as the U.S.are predominantly field dependent.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the supernatural/magico/religious tradition of health beliefs. Be sure to include the underlying premises,causes for illness,and treatment.
Q6) Describe the holistic tradition of health beliefs. Include the underlying premises,the causes of illness,and the approach to treatment.
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Chapter 11: The Challenges of Intercultural Communication: Managing Differences
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Q1) At what stage of culture shock does a person begin to recognize the reality of the new setting?
A)adaptation
B)exhilaration
C)disenchantment
D)adjustment
E)effective functioning
Q2) Explain the four functions that prejudice may serve and give an example for each one.
Q3) Culture shock refers to:
A)major changes originating within one's home culture
B)a mental state experienced by an individual when transitioning between a familiar culture to an unfamiliar culture
C)major changes originating outside one's home culture
D)the perception that one's home culture is overwhelmed by external cultural forces
Q4) Culture shock is caused by the transition from a familiar culture to an unfamiliar one.
A)True
B)False
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