Author Question: In intercultural situations, decoders can never be as sure as they are in intracultural situations ... (Read 202 times)

lracut11 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In intercultural situations, decoders can never be as sure as they are in intracultural situations that they are interpreting signals and messages as originally intended by encoders. This is the result of _____.

a) cultural differences in the use of all nonverbal channels
b) the similarities in the ground rules of interaction between cultures
c) the lack of anxiety that is needed to decode critical messages
d) interactants being accustomed to receiving signals ambiguously

Question 2

According to a study conducted by Harkness and Super (2006), which of the following statements about parental ethnotheories is accurate?

a) American parents hold an ethnotheory about the importance of spending special time with their children.
b) Dutch parents hold an ethnotheory about the importance of spending special time with their children.
c) French parents hold an ethnotheory of spending family time with their children.
d) American parents hold an ethnotheory of spending family time with their children.