Question: QUESTION 6 Which statement regarding oculesics is incorrect? A. People in the United States do not favor direct eye contact. B. People in China lower

QUESTION 6

  1. Which statement regarding oculesics is incorrect?

    A.

    People in the United States do not favor direct eye contact.

    B.

    People in China lower their eyes as a sign of respect.

    C.

    The Japanese direct their gaze below the chin.

    D.

    Eye contact is very intense in the Middle East.

1 points

QUESTION 7

  1. Which statement concerning haptics is incorrect?

    A.

    Touching may be interpreted as a form of sexual harassment.

    B.

    Some cultures are more comfortable with bodily contact than others.

    C.

    Japan is considered a "touch" culture.

    D.

    In the Middle East, avoid touching someone with your left hand.

1 points

QUESTION 8

  1. Which statement relating to chromatics is incorrect?

    A.

    Chromatics can have negative and positive connotations.

    B.

    Americans and Japanese both wear black to funerals.

    C.

    Brides in India often wear red or yellow.

    D.

    In China, a green hat signifies that your wife or sister is a prostitute.

1 points

QUESTION 9

  1. Which statement is incorrect?

    A.

    Costly business blunders are often the result of a lack of knowledge of another culture's nonverbal communication patterns.

    B.

    Processes of reasoning and problem solving are the same in all cultures.

    C.

    Attitudes toward time and use of space convey nonverbal messages in intercultural encounters.

    D.

    When in another culture, an appropriate caution would be to watch the behavior of the persons you are talking with and match their style.

1 points

QUESTION 10

  1. Which statement is incorrect?

    A.

    Knowing cultural variations in the use of silence is helpful when conversing with persons in another culture.

    B.

    Determining cultural meanings associated with various colors is advised to assure that nonverbal messages associated with color are positive ones.

    C.

    Good advice when communicating with persons in other cultures is to keep gestures to a minimum.

    D.

    Although oral communication varies from culture to culture, nonverbal communication is almost always interpreted the same in each culture.

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