問題一覧
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139 Acoording to the textbook, what does a woman want when she complains?
Sympathy
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109 Which of the following examples was used to illustrate cultural differences in beliefs?
If you catch a cold, then you should not have a bath.
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160 Is disagreeing considered to be good or bad practice in Western society? Why?
Good practice, as it is a sign of intelligence.
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198 Which of the following countries is mainly low context style culture?
Germany
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184 Touching is very important in American sports because it builds:
Trust between players
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220 Which of the following countries has the lowest Group-Based Culture Index Score?
Canada
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163 Complete the following sentence. An apology is to the Japanese as an _____ is to Westerners.
Explanation
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105 Who thinks that eating sushi is not a part of Japanese culture?
Anthropolpgists
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130 Which of the following statements is the least true?
Girls tend to talk at the same time.
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173 What is the connection between receiving compliments and giving apologies in Western culture?
Debete style.
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122 Which of the following is surface culture?
The custom of backing into a parking space when parking a car.
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205 In the story about Jane and Keiko, Jane does not understand Keiko. Why not?
Jane's culture influenced the way she understand Keiko's non-verbal message.
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144 Which of the following is hidden culture?
Stop responding to emails.
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222 Which of the following linguistic phenomena happens more in group-based cultures?
Pronoun omittion
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119 The textbook describes a story of Western living in Japan being frustrated by Japanese people inviting him for dinner, and then being stood up. What is his advice?
Take an invitation to dinner with a grain of salt.
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190 What type of communication does the phrase "Please do not leave your clothes in the washing machine" illustrate?
Low context style
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201 Which of the following situations is most likely to use high context style communication?
A doctor and nurse working together in Japan.
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148 The textbool tells a story about Takahashi-san in a meeting. What did Takahashi-san intend to do?
Participate in the discussion.
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218 Why do Westerners sometimes have a difficulty understanding the "指定校" system?
The system uses indivisual's grades to represent a group.
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132 Acoording to the textbook, why do men communicate?
To show to others that they are able to do things well.
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146 The textbook tells a story about Takahashi-san in a meeting. Why was his boss at him?
He did not argue with his collegues.
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234 Which of the following countries has the lowest Social Power Distance Index Score?
Israel
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142 The long-answer problems contain the expression 'transition sentence'. In this context, what does the word 'transition' mean?
To link two different sections.
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107 Which of the following is not part of the difinition of culture?
Behaviors
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202 Which of the following situations is most likely to use low context style communication?
Asking a stranger for direction in the United States
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106 Which of the following is not part of the difinition of culture?
Actions
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128 Which of the following statements best describes children's play style?
Young children play differently depending on their gender.
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206 Choose the High context sentence. Please do something about that.
The test tomorrow will cover only
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138 How do men view compaints?
Requests foe advice
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114 What is the difinition of surface culture?
Customs, attitudes, ets., with an easily visible result.
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165 What is missing from the following message? "I am sorry to bother you, but please put your basket on your machine."
An explanation
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226 Often, JET teachers are still expected to go to their workplace during festival preparation days, even though there are no classes to teach. Why are they expected to go?
Going to work expresses group solidarity.
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247 As the importance of Social Power Distance increases, then the importance of _____ decreases.
An individual's opinion
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175 Which of the following is considered to be a ley point for successful intercultural communication between Westerners and Japanese?
Explain everything.
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166 What is the most important communication tool in Japan?
An apology
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207 Choose the Low Context sentence.
Please submit the plan for this project to me by three o'clock.
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152 What is the origin of debate style of communication?
Ancient Greek civilization
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118 The story about a foreigner being invited out for dunner in Japan uses the expression 'Don't hold your breath'. What does this mean?
Don't expect anything to happen.
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134 Acooring to the textbook, why do women communicate?
To make lots of friends.
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232 In Japan,the 後輩 are often responsible for cleaning up after a sports club practice. Which of the following curtural phenomena is this a reflection of?
Social power distance
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242 A high school teacher made ofbthe members of a certain sports club return after a student came to club activities wearing sandals. Which topic is this an example of?
Group culture
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182 Which of the following statements describes the culture of kissing when greeting someone in English-speaking cultures?
It is rare, but young people in big cities might do it depending on the person they are greeting.
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208 Which of the following topics does the proverb "出る杭は打たれる" illustrate?
Group-based culture
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245 Conpared to modern Japan, the culture of medieval Japan empgasuzed _____more.
Group-based culture and hierachical relationships.
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137 How do women view compaints?
Tools gor building intimacy.
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214 Which of the following do people in a group-based culture tend to do more than people in an indiviual based culture?
Say greetings to other parents with children in tha same school.
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171 What will happen if after someone compliments your singing, you say "Yes, I know."?
You will damage their face.
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223 Which of the following topics does the phrase "私は食べた" illustrate?
Group-based culture
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172 which of the following statements is the trust?
Japanese often compliment strangers but Westerners do not.
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194 Which of the following is used to understand the message during high context style communication?
All of the above
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147 The textbook tells a story about Takahashi-san in a meeting. What did he do to support his boss's idea?
He remained quiet.
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191 What type of communication does the phrase "麦100％ 麦芽・大豆・スピリッツ(大麦)を使用、ホップ使用料(0.5％未満)を除く illustrate?
Low context style
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237 Which of the following topics does "calling someone by their first name" belong to?
Social power distance
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141 Which of the following groups of people jave the mostinfluence on the way we learn gender-related aspects of culture?
Our friends of the opposite sex
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209 What is the most important cultural characteristic of Japanese bisiness cards that is different from Western bisiness cards?
The name of the group comes before the name of his person.
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153 Historically, where did people argue and debate?
In the agora
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161 Consider the following email: "I don't have time for this. I am very sorry. I can do it tommorrow." Was it written by a Japanese person or a Western person?
A Japanese person
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181 Which of the following list of countries is in order from most touching to least touching?
France; india; China
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117 The textbook presents a story of a foreigner being stood up. What does the expression 'be stood up' mean?
To have someone of the opposite gender not show up for a date.
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230 Japanese people avoid pointing out the nustakes of syoerious, but Western people do not. What is this an example of?
Social power distance
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180 Fill in the blanks. Short eye contact shows that you might be _____ in Western culture, but _____ in Japanese culture.
Hiding something; apologetic
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178 Fill in the blanks. Long eye contact shows _____ in Western culture, but _____ in Japanese culture.
Self-confidence; resistance
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203 What is the link between low context style and debate style in Western culture?
Explaining clearly
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129 Which of the following statements is the least true?
Boys tend to ask a lot of questions.
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159 The textbook tells a story about Takahashi-san's boss being desppointed with him. What should Takahashi-san do now?
Explain his behaviour to his boss
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231 According to the textbook, which of these is 敬語 language a great example of?
Social power distance
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228 In the story about Bob and Suzuki-san, the atmosphere suddenly changed when Miyamoto-san unexpected showed up. Why?
Miyamoto was a very important person before.
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197 Which of the following countries is mainly high context style culture?
Russia
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211 Which of the following are Westerners most likely to include in a sekf-introduction?
Their first name.
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116 The textbook describes a story of Western living in Japan being frastrated by Japanese people inviting him for dinner, and then being stood up. Why was he frastrated?
It took him awhile to finally catch on that the invitation was tatemae.
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157 Which of the following words best describes the Japanese way of desagreement?
Indirect
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236 Which of the following is highly valued in a culture that emphasizes social power distance?
The options of people in positions of authority.
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215 Which of the following do people in a group-based culture tend to do more than people in an indiviual based culture?
Seek solutions that everyone agrees with.
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187 What type of communication does the phrase "So I must concentrate and study hard, you know" illustrate?
Context style
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126 The textbook presents a story that illustrrates gender and miscommunication. In that story, Kenta made hia girlfriens very angry. How does the textbook interprent this?
Kenta was not intentionally trying to make her angry.
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235 Which of the following best describes a culture that values social power distance?
The use of titles such as Captain and Doctor is important.
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164 What is missing from the following message? "My rent pays for this. You don't own all the room. Put your basket on your machine."
An apology
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108 According to the textbook, is the action of eating sushi a part of Japanese culture?
No, because it is not abstract
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135 Acoording to the textbook, why do women communicate?
To build intimacy.
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127 Which of the following statements best describes children's communication?
Young children communicate differently on the gender of the adressee.
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167 What do Japanese tend to do when they are complimented in order to avoid damaging face?
Deny
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200 In which of the following situations is low context style communication most likely to occur?
Going through a security checkpoint in an airpoint.
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144 Which of the following ways of building intimacy is mascline?
Getting a bad mark on a group EC presentation together.
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240 How does Japanese culture compare to other cultures of the world/
None of the above.
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192 What does high context style communication emphasize?
The nonverbal component
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244 Which of the following topics does the concept of "amae" belong to?
Social power distaance
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156 Why do Japanese people tend to avoid debating?
It causes the adressee to lose face
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150 What do Westerners do if they agree with an idea?
They argue against any criticism and defend the idea.
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225 Japanese athletes often deny their own outstanding performances during post-game interviews. Why?
Japan is a group-based culture.
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151 What is the goal of debating in the west?
Improve an idea.
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217 Which of the following topics does the phrase "指定校" illustrate?
Group-based culture.
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162 Consider the following email: "I don't have time for this. I am very busy right now, but I can do tommorrow." Was it wiritten by a Japanese person or a Western person?
A Western person
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233 Which of the following countries has the highest Social Power Distance Index Score?
Indonesia
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145 Which of the following ways of building intimacy is feminine?
Going to a coffee shop together to chat.
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216 Which of the following do people in a group-based culture tend to do more than people in an indiviual based culture?
Disagree with others.
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189 What type of communication does the ohrase "じゃあ、この事、なんとかしておいてください" illustrate?
High context style
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195 Which of the following countries is mainly high context style culture?
Philippines
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188 What type of communication does the phrase "The vegetables in the grocery store never fresh" illustrate?
High context style
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115 Which of the following statements is true?
Surface culture is easy to observe and easy to learn.
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121 Which of the following expressions best describes attitudes towards sun tanning?
Surface culture