Chapter 1

Question 0

Co-culture

Answer 0

Term used to convey concept of interdependent and equal subcultures within a society

Question 1

Aboriginal

Answer 1

The indigenous peoples of Australia (often applied to indigenous peoples and other countries)

Question 3

Cultural identity

Answer 3

Identification with and perceived acceptance into a culture

Question 4

Cultural studies

Answer 4

An approach that attempts to develop an ideal personification of the culture, which is then used to explain the actions of individuals in the culture

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

Some total of ways of living, including behavioral norms, linguistic expression, styles of communication, patterns of thinking, and beliefs and values of a group large enough to be self-sustaining transmitted over the course of generations

Question 6

Ethnic group

Answer 6

Subgroup identified by shared descent and heritage

Question 7

Ethnic identity

Answer 7

Identification with and perceived acceptance into an ethnic group

Question 8

Ethnography

Answer 8

The direct observation and reporting of customary behavior of a culture

Question 9

Globalization

Answer 9

The world wide spread of market economies and democracy

Question 10

Heroes

Answer 10

Real or imaginary persons who serve as a behavior model within a culture

Question 11

Myths

Answer 11

Stories and images representing a cultures values handed down from generation to generation as a guide for living

Question 12

Race

Answer 12

Biologically defined as groups who share some hereditary physical characteristics; socio-historical he defined by unstable social meanings constantly being transformed by debate

Question 13

Reference group

Answer 13

Group to which one aspires to attain membership

Question 14

Ritual

Answer 14

A socially essential collective activity within a culture

Question 15

Subculture

Answer 15

Group within a larger society that shares distinctive cultural characteristics to distinguish it from others

Question 16

Subgroup

Answer 16

Group based on location, application, or special skills that, like cultures, provide patterns of behavior and values

Question 17

Symbols

Answer 17

Verbal and nonverbal language that is used to communicate the idea of a communication source

Question 18

Value

Answer 18

A central organizing the leaf or belief system that shapes a person’s goals and motivations

Question 19

White privilege

Answer 19

Advantages that whites have living in a white culture

Question 20

True or false

The cultural studies approach to intercultural communication is to observe, report, and evaluate customary behavior.

Answer 20

False. This is definition of ethnography

Question 21

That one skin color can be classified differently at different times in different countries is evidence of:

Answer 21

A sociohistorically based definition of race

Question 22

Components of white culture include:

A. based on European immigrants’ experience in the US
B. Individual can control environment
C. Music and art based on the European cultures
D. Standard English
E. All of the above

Answer 22

E. All of the above

Question 23

True or false
Overcoming the challenges facing an interconnected world requires learning how to better communicate regardless of where we live, other economic status, and of our identity

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The term culture refers to:
The term culture refers to:
A. A population large enough to be self-sustaining
B. Individuals consciously identifying with the group
C. Social transmission over the course of generations
D. The totality of the groups experiences
E. All of the above

Answer 24

E. All of the above

Question 25

Socially essential collective activities within that culture are:

A. heroes
B. Myths 
C. Rituals
D. Symbols
E. Values

Answer 25

C. Rituals

Question 25

Subcultures:
A. Are often based on economic or social class, ethnicity, race, or geographic region
B. Can encompass a large number of people
C. Exist within the dominant culture
D. Represents the accumulation of human strivings
E. All of the above

Answer 25

E. All of the above

Question 26

True or false

The spread of US ideas and values is seen by some as a challenge of globalization

Answer 26

True