CHAPTER 2

Question 1

the process of bringing people together and make them interact and exchange ideas across traditional borders

Answer 1

GLOBALIZATION

Question 2

global village— one world interconnected by an electronic nervous system [media]

Answer 2

Marshall McLuhan

Question 3

the world is flat; he called the process of globalization the “flattening” of the world

Answer 3

Thomas Friedman

Question 4

Examples of Globalization:

Answer 4

• McDonald’s
• Nike
• Oil
• Hydropolis

Question 5

“the learned and shared behavior of a community of interacting human beings”

Answer 5

CULTURE

Question 6

CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURES

Answer 6

1. Cultures are learned, not innnate
2. Cultures are shared
3. Cultures are multifaceted
4. Cultures are dynamic
5. Cultural identities are overlapping

Question 7

ADAPTATION TO CULTURES

Answer 7

a. cultural integration
b. cultural assimilation
c. multiculturalism
d. cultural accommodation
e. separation

Question 8

a form of cultural exchange in which one group assumes the beliefs, practices, and rituals of another group without sacrificing the characteristics of its own culture.

Answer 8

Cultural Integration

Question 9

occurs when members of one cultural group adopt the language. practices, and beliefs of another group, often losing aspect of their traditional culture in the process.

Answer 9

CULTURAL ASSIMILATION

Question 10

to the process by which individuals may take values and beliefs of the host culture and accommodate them in public sphere while maintaining the parent culture in private sphere.

Answer 10

CULTURAL ACCOMODATION

Question 11

when one cultural group refuses to interact or join the dominant culture, this attitude is called

Answer 11

SEPARATION

Question 12

Communicating within and across cultures

Answer 12

1. avoiding
2. accomodating
3. forcing
4. educating-persuading
5. negotiating-compromising
6. collaboration-problem solving

Question 13

Barriers to effective international communication

Answer 13

1. ETHNOCENTRISM
2. STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES
3. STEREOTYPES
4. PREJUDICES
5. SSUMED PERSONALITIES
6. ANXIETY

Question 14

the belief that a person’s culture is much better than any other group’s culture

Answer 14

ETHNOCENTRISM

Question 15

the main barriers in intercultural communication

Answer 15

STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES

Question 16

often generalized negative traits assigned to group of people

Answer 16

STEREOTYPES

Question 17

an offshoot of stereotypes, an unfair thought, belief, or feeling of dislike for a person of group

Answer 17

PREJUDICES

Question 18

an assumption of similarity is a baseless similarity, unreasonable refusal to see cultural differences where they exist.

Answer 18

ASSUMED SIMILARITIES

Question 19

the fear or apprehension associated with either real or anticipated communication with people from another cultural group.

Answer 19

ANXIETY