Intercultural Communication

Name: _______________

Chapters 1-2

Check your knowledge

Short Answer Questions

1. What are 2 examples of Boundary Lines?

2. What is a “Boundary Fit”?

3. What are “Predictive Uncertainty” and “Explanatory Uncertainty”?

4. Explain the “JOHARI” window. What is it used to do?

5. Describe “culture shock” and give an example.

Define the terms

1. Culture

2. Communication

3. Cultural Appropriation

4. Epistemology (2 approaches)

5. Race

6. Nationality

7. Ethnicity

Essay Question

1. Define Intercultural Communication using Punctuation Principle and Uncertainty Principle.

Essay Question on Case Study

1. Case Study: Russian / Japanese Frontier: explain the use of boundary lines as conceptualizations and boundary lines as marks of cultural identity. OR Case Study: “Peace Wall” of Northern Ireland: explain the role played by the “peace walls” in Cultural ID, and the boundaries as conceptualizations.

(CHOOSE ONE of the above Case Studies)