INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Question 1

refers to the
interactions that occur between people whose
cultures are so different that the communication
between them is altered

Answer 1

Intercultural Communication

Question 2

is the system of shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and norms that guide what is considered appropriate among an identifiable group of people

Answer 2

Culture

Question 3

are the commonly accepted standards of what is considered right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, just and unjust, and so on.

Answer 3

Values

Question 4

Cultures have both ideal and real values. (T or F)

Answer 4

T

Question 5

are the ones that members profess to hold.

Answer 5

Ideal Values

Question 6

are the ones that guide their actual behavior.

Answer 6

Real Values

Question 7

Psychological discomfort when engaging in a new cultural situation

Answer 7

Culture shock

Question 8

Culture shock cannot occur when interacting with others in one’s own country (T or F)

Answer 8

F (it can occur)

Question 9

refers to the learned system
of norms held by the majority group of empowered people in a society.

Answer 9

Dominant culture

Question 10

is a group comprised of a smaller number of people who hold common values, beliefs, attitudes, and customs that differ from those of the dominant culture.

Answer 10

Co-culture

Question 11

altering their linguistic and non verbal patterns to conform to the dominant or co-culture depending on topic and participants involved in conversation

Answer 11

Code switch

Question 12

part of our self-concept that is based on how closely we associate with both dominant and co-culture

Answer 12

Cultural identity

Question 13

was used to classify people based on physical/biological characteristics

Answer 13

Race

Question 14

refers to a shared cultural heritage that is learned rather than inherited.

Answer 14

Ethnicity

Question 15

is the language of one’s ethnic heritage and is typically the language a person learns from birth.

Answer 15

Native/First Language

Question 16

which consists of biologically determined physical traits.

Answer 16

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Question 17

which consists of the learned roles and communication patterns deemed “appropriate”
for males and females.

Answer 17

Gender bhie

Question 18

is a belief system with a set of rituals and ethical standards based on a common perception of what is sacred or holy.

Answer 18

Religion

Question 19

is the position of a person or family in the power hierarchy of a society based on income, education, and occupation

Answer 19

Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Question 20

People born and raised in the same generation may identify with a co-culture distinct to it

Answer 20

Age/Generation

Question 21

generation who came of age during the turbulent 1960s are likely to question authority.

Answer 21

Baby Boomers (DI KAYA)

Question 22

generation who grew up as latch-key kids (with parents at jobs outside the home when they got home from school), are likely to be self- sufficient and adaptable.

Answer 22

Generation Xers

Question 23

who grew up during the
1990s and came of age after 9/11, have never
known life without computers, became aware of
the realities of school and world violence at an
early age, and experienced globalization.

Answer 23

Millennials (a.k.a. Generation Y and Generation NeXt),

Question 24

were born after the Cold War era and the fall of the Soviet Union. They have never known a world without instant access to information via Internet searches on computers
and smart phones, nor access to others via text
messaging and social media sites like Facebook.

Answer 24

Generation Z (a.k.a. the Internet Generation or
Digital Natives)

Question 25

is any physical, emotional, mental, or
cognitive impairment that impacts how a person
functions in society.

Answer 25

Disability

Question 26

is a group of people who
share a distinct set of shared values, beliefs, and
attitudes based on their common experiences of
being differently abled.

Answer 26

Disability co-culture

Question 27

What are the 7 dimensions for consideration

Answer 27

1. individualism/collectivism
2. context
3. chronemics
4. uncertainty avoidance
5. power distance
6. masculinity/femininity
7. long-term/ short-term orientation.

Question 28

value personal rights
and responsibilities, privacy, voicing one’s opinion, freedom, innovation, and self-
expression.

Answer 28

Individualistic cultures

Question 29

• place primary value on the self and personal achievement.
• Competition is both desirable and useful, and the
  interests of others are considered primarily as
  they affect personal interests.
• form independent
  self-concepts and base their self-esteem on
  individual accomplishments.

ex: United States, Australia, Great
Britain, Canada, and Northern and Eastern European countries

Answer 29

Individualistic cultures

Question 30

value community, collaboration, shared interests, harmony, the public good, and avoiding embarrassment.

Answer 30

Collectivist cultures

Question 31

• place primary value on
  the interests of the group and group harmony.
• Decisions are shaped by what is best for the
  group, regardless of whether they serve an
  individual’s personal interests.
• Maintaining harmony and cooperation is valued
  over competition and personal achievement.
• form interdependent self-concepts and base their self-
  esteem on how well they work in a group.

ex: South and
Central America, East and Southeast Asia, and
Africa

Answer 31

Collectivist cultures

Question 32

extent to which members rely on contextual cues to convey the meaning of the message

Answer 32

Context

Question 33

when speakers use words to convey most of the meaning

ex: US, Germany, Scandinavia

Answer 33

Low-context cultures

Question 34

much of the speaker’s message is understood from the context

Answer 34

High-context cultures