In _____, the Physical Context of the Message Carries a Great

question 92

Multiple Choice

In _____, the physical context of the message carries a great deal of importance.People tend to be more indirect and to expect the person they are communicating withto decode the implicit part of their message.

• A)low-context cultures
• B)masculine cultures
• C)monochronic cultures
• D)high-context cultures
• E)polychronic cultures

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Definitions:

Sunk Fallacy

A cognitive bias that compels people to continue investing in a project or decision based on the cumulative prior investment (time, money, resources), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost, moving forward, outweighs the expected benefit.

Endowment Effect

A cognitive bias that causes individuals to value an owned object higher than its market value.

Chronological Age

The actual age of an individual measured in years from the date of birth.

Mental Age

A concept used in intelligence testing that represents the intellectual age level an individual is functioning at, as compared to the average intellectual performance of individuals in their chronological age.