Which of the Following Is an Example of a Barrier

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a barrier in cross-cultural communication?

• A) You are trying to get through to a colleague on the telephone, but you keep getting a buy signal.
• B) Men are less likely than women to indicate that they are unsure about an issue.
• C) The "OK" hand symbol means "all right" or fine in the United States, but is considered an insult in parts of Europe.
• D) Those over the age of 70 are significantly less likely to use any form of social media.
• E) Due to a hurricane affecting the East Coast, all Internet connections are down for thousands of miles.

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Definitions:

Strongest Manipulation

In experimental research, the use of the most extreme or powerful version of the independent variable to assess its effects.

Nonsignificant Findings

Results of a statistical analysis that do not meet the criteria for significance, indicating that any observed effect might be due to chance.

Confederate

In psychological research, a person who pretends to be a participant but in fact is part of the research team, used to manipulate social interactions as part of the experiment.

Mediator

A variable that explains the mechanism through which an independent variable influences a dependent variable in a study.