Question

Read the scenario and then answer the following questions. GOOD answers will justify and support themselves with material from this week's reading and panoptos. Use the vocabulary of the units!

Mrs. Mordeno came to Honolulu to visit her sonn, Jose, who operated an art gallery. He married to one of his clients, Beth, who paints in her own studio near his gallery. Mrs. Mordeno’s trip was the first out of the Philippines for her and she wanted to see all of the scenic spots in the islands. Jose and Beth were expected to accompany her at the expense of their own work schedules. Mrs. Mordeno planned to stayonly a week but enjoyed herself so much that she decided to stay another month. She wanted to invite her sister and her sister’s children to stay with her. Jose’s apartment was small and did not have enough room for all of them and Jose was expected to pay the travel expenses for all. He tried to explain the situation to his mother. She seemed to accept his tactfully presented arguments and appeared to be satisfied for a few days. Then one day she packed up and returned home.

1. In your estimation, why did Mrs. Mordeno leave? (all you have to do here is make an X next to your answer.

______Mrs. M had other plans and just changed her mind

______ Jose’s inhospitality hurt her and she considered him disrespectful

______ She felt guilty for imposing

______Unable to deal with the pressures of Hawaii, she decided to leave

2. What do you think Mrs. Mordeno's expectations were as a product of collectivist world view? Why? (how did cultural world view factor into her expectations?) (This is one of the 'money' questions for this assignment--I am expecting you to dazzle me here with your ability to apply concepts from unit I (worldview) and III (what has been discussed in regards to family) to support your answer.

3. How do you think Jose viewed her expectations, as someone who is more comfortable with individualist world view?

4. How do you view Mrs. Mordeno’s expectations? Are they different or similar to your expectations when a visitor comes to your home? Are they different or similar to your expectations when you go visiting?

5. What examples of indirect communication do you see in this example?

Answer 1

Q1. The second answer seems to be right . Inhospitality.

Q.2 To answer this question I need more information .As I am not aware what is unit 1 and 3 is .

Q.3 Jose saw her expectation that she will be kept happy all the time .And her son will take her to all the places for tour. Jose must have seen many expectations in her ,like good son , caring son and loving son. So must have expected that Jose will keep her happy always as they are meeting after long time .

Q.4 Mrs Mordeno purpose of visit was to explore the country and to meet her son . She must have expected to be happy . And she wanted to explore the country. Even when we visit someone's place we expect that as a guest we are happy and we are treated good. And even when any guest come to our house we try to keep him happy and make sure that he get best treatment .And same thing Mrs .Mordeno has expected.

Q.5 The indirect communication which was when Mrs Mordeno left Jose ' place with any prior notice. Ut could shock any one if you leave any ones place without informing in advance it hurts that person.