Every afternoon you walk by the school cafeteria and buy a can of pop from the vending machine. you know that pop is not good for you, but buying it is a tough habit to break. suppose that you start walking a different route so you don’t pass the vending machines. what have you changed to try to break your habit?

The correct answer for the situation in which you don’t pass the vending machines to try to brak your habit because everytime you pass close to them you buy a pop. Is:

Explanation:

a -- your risk factors. This is a tempting question but is wrong because reducing your risk factor would remove the machines. But because you can't you do something else.

b -- your support system. It is wrong because the support system definition depends on the social circles you live in and in this case nobody helped you to make the decision.

c -- your environment. This is the correct answer because You don't take the machines away, but instead, put yourself in another environment in which they are not present. So you controlled your environment, not your risk actors. Because they are in your past environment but not in the new. So this is a very difficult question but logic always finds it's ways.

d -- your intensity level. This is also incorrect because intensity would only mean that you don't pass close to the machines as often as you used to. Instead, you don't pass close to them anymore.

low context culture   (lc.):

association:    

relationships begin and end quickly. many people can be inside one's circle; circle's boundary is not clear.

things get done by following procedures and paying attention to the goal.

one's identity is rooted in oneself and one's accomplishments.

social structure is decentralized; responsibility goes further down (is not concentrated at the top).

interaction:

low use of nonverbal elements. message is carried more by words than by nonverbal means.

verbal message is explicit. context is less important than words.

verbal message is direct; one spells things out exactly.

communication is seen as a way of exchanging information, ideas, and opinions.  

disagreement is depersonalized. one withdraws from conflict with another and gets on with the task. focus is on rational solutions, not personal ones. one can be explicit about another's bothersome behavior.

territoriality:

space is compartmentalized and privately owned; privacy is important, so people are farther apart.

temporality:

things are scheduled to be done at particular times, one thing at a time. what is important is that activity is done efficiently.

change is fast. one can make change and see immediate results.

time is a commodity to be spent or saved. one’s time is one’s own.

learning:

reality is fragmented and compartmentalized. one source of information is used to develop knowledge. thinking is inductive, proceeds from specific to general. focus is on detail.

learning occurs by following explicit directions and explanations of others.

an individual orientation is preferred for learning and problem solving.

speed is valued. how efficiently something is learned is important.

hope that                                         : )