The Ability to Adapt to the Verbal and Nonverbal Language

question 19

Multiple Choice

The ability to adapt to the verbal and nonverbal language of the individual with whom you are communicating, regardless of cultural or co-cultural differences, is known as

• A) language barrier.
• B) stereotyping.
• C) ethnocentrism.
• D) code sensitivity.

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Definitions:

Subduction

When tectonic plates converge, the movement of one plate beneath another into the mantle is referred to as subduction.

Continental Margins

The zones of the ocean floor that separate the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust, including the continental shelf, slope, and rise.

Seafloor Spreading

The formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges and its gradual movement away from the ridge.

Glaciers

Large masses of ice that form on land by the compaction and recrystallization of snow, moving slowly over time.