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Com 100 Exam 2 (ASU) Questions and Answers, Exams of Advanced Education

A collection of questions and answers related to com 100 exam 2 at arizona state university (asu). It covers various topics in communication, including culture, individualism, collectivism, context, power distance, masculine vs. Feminine societies, time orientation, uncertainty avoidance, attraction theory, social penetration theory, and relationship stages. The document offers a concise overview of key concepts and definitions, but lacks in-depth analysis or critical thinking exercises.

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Culture - Correct Answer-Totality of learned, shared symbols, language, values and
norms that distinguish one group from another
Individualism - Correct Answer-People who believe their primary responsibility is to
themselves
Collectivistic - Correct Answer-People who believe their primary responsibility is to their
family, community, employers, and their group.
Context - Correct Answer-The situation around us.
Low Context Culture - Correct Answer--People are expected to be direct and say what
they mean.
-Direct, Clear, Statments, are valued.
High Context Culture - Correct Answer--People are taught to speak in an indirect,
inexplicit way.
-"Beat around the bush" or "talk around" the subject.
Low Power Distance - Correct Answer--People believe that no one person or group
should have excessive power.
-The US is a low power distance society.
High Power Distance - Correct Answer--Certain groups, such as the royal family or
members of the ruling political party, have much greater power than the average citizen.
Masculine vs Feminine Society - Correct Answer-not gender based, but how people
communicate.
Masculine Society - Correct Answer-Ambition
Achievement
Acquisition of material goods.
People have sex-specific gender roles for men and women.
Feminine Society - Correct Answer-Nurturance
Quality of life
service to others
People do not have sex-specific gender roles for men and women.
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Culture - Correct Answer-Totality of learned, shared symbols, language, values and norms that distinguish one group from another Individualism - Correct Answer-People who believe their primary responsibility is to themselves Collectivistic - Correct Answer-People who believe their primary responsibility is to their family, community, employers, and their group. Context - Correct Answer-The situation around us. Low Context Culture - Correct Answer--People are expected to be direct and say what they mean.

  • Direct, Clear, Statments, are valued. High Context Culture - Correct Answer--People are taught to speak in an indirect, inexplicit way.
  • "Beat around the bush" or "talk around" the subject. Low Power Distance - Correct Answer--People believe that no one person or group should have excessive power.
  • The US is a low power distance society. High Power Distance - Correct Answer--Certain groups, such as the royal family or members of the ruling political party, have much greater power than the average citizen. Masculine vs Feminine Society - Correct Answer-not gender based, but how people communicate. Masculine Society - Correct Answer-Ambition Achievement Acquisition of material goods. People have sex-specific gender roles for men and women. Feminine Society - Correct Answer-Nurturance Quality of life service to others People do not have sex-specific gender roles for men and women.

Monochromatic Culture - Correct Answer--People view time as finite and tangible commodity.

  • save time, spend time, invest time, fill time, waste time, make time, "time is money" Polychromatic Culture - Correct Answer--people view time as fluid and holistic, and infinite.
  • time is a never ending river. Uncertainty Avoidance - Correct Answer--People try to avoid situations that are unstructured, unclear, or unpredictable
  • drawn to familiarity, unlike, taking risks, and tend to favor rules and laws. Uncertainty Acceptance - Correct Answer--people are open to new situations and more accepting of people and ideas that are different from their own.
  • "live and let live" Complementary - Correct Answer-relationship where "opposites attract" and is the surface level of familiarity Proximity - Correct Answer-relationship where people who are close to us are people we are more attracted to. Similarity - Correct Answer-Relationship where people connect with deeply seeded beliefs. Attraction Theory - Correct Answer-We are attracted to people in pattern ways 4 factors of attraction theory - Correct Answer--Appearance
  • Proximity
  • Similarity
  • Complementary Uncertainty Reduction Theory - Correct Answer--People find uncertainty to be unpleasant so the reduce their uncertainty by getting to know others.
  • As uncertainty about a person decreases, liking for that person increases.
  • influenced by culture. (ie. in the elevator and instead of silently waiting for your floor, you reach out and talk to the other people inside.) Equity Theory - Correct Answer-The best relationship is one where my costs and benefits, are equal to those of partners my costs & benefits = their costs & benefits (ie. I leave my home to move in with a friend, i live with my SO = they lose their privacy, they live with me)

autonomy vs connection - Correct Answer--you have an innate connection where you want to be with and fit in with people. However you also have the desire to stick out and be yourself. openness vs closeness - Correct Answer-to what extent do you want to disclose yourself predictability vs Novelty - Correct Answer--how planned our lives are. do you want everything structured and planned or do want to be free floating with no plans? Predicting Divorce - Correct Answer-after watching couples for 10 minutes, Gotten can predict divorce with 90% accuracy. criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling - Correct Answer-The most harmful type of messages in an intimate relationship Criticism - Correct Answer-a direct attack on the persons character contempt - Correct Answer-most harmful and the most subtle message. (ie sarcasm, eye rolling, etc) defensiveness - Correct Answer-Meeting another person complaints with criticism Stonewalling - Correct Answer-One person is talking, and the other is just nodding and saying "uh huh", "k", "yea", etc. How might we be wrong? - Correct Answer-which of the following is a good example of a question to combat the natural biases of groups.