Cross cultural understanding: a handbook to understand others’ cultures

EXERCISES 1: 
True/False Questions : 
1. Japanese are coming into contact with people from other 
countries more often these days. 
2. Intercultural communication only involves communication 
between people from different countries. 
3. A study about what techniques Americans use to persuade 
and what techniques Japanese use to persuade would involve 
intercultural communication. 
4. International communication is communication between 
individuals from different nations. 
5. A program preparing Japanese workers to go to their 
company's office in England would be taking a culture- 
specific approach. 
6. When the sender and receiver are from the same culture, the 
receiver is likely to interpret the message the way the sender 
intends, because they share similar values, beliefs, 
expectations, etc. 
7. When cultures are very different, there is a greater likelihood 
that a message will be misinterpreted. 
8. Because their language, religion, philosophy, and social 
attitudes are so different, and American farmer and a Chinese 
farmer would not have anything in common. 

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9. Perceptions of beauty are the same in all cultures. 
10. Though beliefs and values vary within a culture, certain 
beliefs and values are held in common in one culture. 
11. When there are different expectations for behavior, there can 
be difficulties between people of different cultures. 
12. Families in the United States and Japan are very different in 
the way they communicate. 
13. The family and the school are both important social 
institutions for passing along culture. 
14. Language is not an obvious cultural barrier. 
15. Language is not a barrier to communication for people with 
the same native language. 
16. We tend to think a lot about how we communicate 
nonverbally. 
17. One way to improve communication with people of a 
different culture is to learn about both that culture and your 
own culture. 

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