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Questions Number 11 Triandis Chapter 7. Culture and communication (181-206) |
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| 1. | What are isomorphic attributions? What are nonisomorphic attributions? Give an example of each. (182) | |||
| 2. | Do collectivist cultures pay more attention to context than individualistic cultures? Explain. Contrast collectivist and individualist cultures in regards to context. Give examples. (184-186) | |||
| 3. | How does the content of communication vary among cultures? (188-189) | |||
| 4. | Messages are most persuasive from what sources in collectivist cultures? Individualist cultures? (189) | |||
| 5. | Face-to-face communication is more preferred by collectivists or individualists? Explain why. (190) | |||
| 6. | How do collectivists and individualists differ in the structure of messages they prefer? (190-191) | |||
| 7. | How do collectivists and individualists differ in the goals they have for communication? (191-192) | |||
| 8. | How do collectivists and individualists differ in the nature of social relationships they maintain? Explain why. (192-193) | |||
| 9. | What are ideological cultures and pragmatic cultures. How do they communicate. How can communication between them be made effective? (193-194) | |||
| 10. | What are associative and abstract communication styles? What are some of the problems with associative thinking? (194-197) | |||
| 11. | What impact does education have on associative thinking? Explain. (196) | |||
| 12. | How are emotions the same and different between collectivist and individualist cultures? explain. (196) | |||
| 13. | How does eye contact differ among culture? Explain. (198-199) | |||
| 14. | How does touching differ among cultures? Explain. (199-201) | |||
| 15. | How does physical distance differ among cultures? Explain. (201202) | |||
| 16. | How does level of voice differ among cultures? Explain. (202) | |||
| 17. | How does exaggeration differ among cultures? Explain. (203-205) | |||
| 18. | How do gestures differ among cultures?(Explain. (205) | |||
| 19. | How does timing differ among cultures? Explain. (205) | |||
| 20. | How do gifts and toasts differ among cultures? Explain (205-206) | |||