Deck 12: The Potential for Intercultural Competence

Question 1

The patina of familiarity and commonality suggests that

A) we must attempt to achieve understanding while recognizing that agreement may not always be likely or possible.
B) no culture is static.
C) intergroup tensions have characterized human interaction since the beginning of time, and they are not likely to abate soon.
D) All of the above Conceptual

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to Kale, what is one of the universal values that all cultures hold?

A) a search for the "truth"
B) nurturance of children
C) striving for a world at peace
D) protection of life Factual

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Adaptation includes which of the following?

A) Physical
B) Biological
C) Social
D) All of the above Conceptual

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Cultural relativism is the belief that

A) individual cultures must be judged within their own set of values.
B) people relate most effectively to those from cultures that are most like their own.
C) there are ways to universally evaluate the behaviors sanctioned by different cultures.
D) although one can never "go native," a visitor to another culture can become a competent cultural member

Question 5

During an intercultural interaction, the unique speech patterns of members of cultures who are subordinate to institutionally and economically dominant cultures can be

A) emphasized.
B) deemphasized.
C) both emphasized and deemphasized.
D) overshadowed by the speech patterns of members of the economically dominant culture.

Question 6

occurs when members of a more politically and economically powerful cultural group do NOT want to have contact with certain cultural groups.

A) Separation
B) Segregation
C) Seclusion
D) Marginalization Factual

Question 7

When your behaviors conform to cultural expectations of the host culture they

A) can produce serious negative consequences.
B) can result in separation of political and economic powers.
C) show respect for the host culture and its ways.
D) are morally reprehensible. Applied

Question 8

If people feel that aspects of their cultural identity are being threatened, what is likely to happen?

A) increased group identity
B) decreased group identity
C) heightened sense of self-awareness
D) decrease in self-awareness Applied

Question 9

When people must deal with a barrage of new perceptual stimuli that are difficult to interpret because of a change in cultural context, they are experiencing

A) Adaptation
B) Culture Shock
C) Assimilation
D) Attitude

Question 10

What is the preferred term for the process that takes place when an individual goes through changes as a result of intercultural contacts?

A) adaptation
B) accommodation
C) assimilation
D) coping Factual

Question 11

Assimilation into a new culture will occur when an individual

A) wishes to take on the values and beliefs of a new culture.
B) deems it relatively unimportant to maintain his or her original cultural identity.
C) believes it important to establish relationships with other cultures.
D) all of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following is likely to lead to positive attitudes in intercultural communication?

A) All negative feelings are dealt with through open communication.
B) At least one group perceives a benefit from the contact.
C) Someone in authority supports intercultural contact.
D) There is a strong but friendly atmosphere of competition.

Question 13

The cultural group that has primary access to institutional and economic power is often characterized as

A) Subordinate culture
B) Dominant culture
C) Interpersonal culture
D) Power culture Factual

Question 14

The force of promoting isolationism, nationalism, spiritualism and tribalism

A) is nurtured and sustained by economic interdependence.
B) derives from the desire to preserve, protect and defend what is seen as unique but threatened.
C) is viewed as dysfunctional and ineffective.
D) highlights our prejudices toward other cultures.

Question 15

New information technologies can assist in dealing with culture shock by

A) reminding us that we are miserable in the new environment.
B) helping us communicate more easily and more often with friends and family back home.
C) creating an opportunity to describe one's feelings of alienation and homesickness, thus reducing stresses and strains of the adaptation.
D) B and C.

Question 16

Ethical communicators should do the following:

A) Address people of other cultures with the same respect that the communicators would like to receive themselves.
B) Speak no language other than their own.
C) Try to describe the world as they perceive it as accurately as possible.
D) A and C Conceptual

Question 17

Different forms of adaptation include

A) assimilation
B) separation
C) integration
D) All of the above Conceptual

Question 18

Motives for visiting other places include

A) the goal to experience the human-made cultural and historical sites that are unique to a locale.
B) the goal of recreational adventure.
C) the goal of relaxation.
D) All of the above.

Question 19

When individuals move beyond the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of their own cultures and

A) intercultural personhood
B) transcultural conversion
C) cultural alteration
D) co-oriented modification Conceptual

Question 20

The force of promoting engagement, globalism, secularism and capitalism

A) is nurtured and sustained by economic interdependence.
B) derive from the desire to preserve, protect and defend what is seen as unique but threatened.
C) is viewed as dysfunctional and ineffective.
D) highlights our prejudices toward other cultures.

Question 21

How do national and international events impact intercultural communication? Provide specific examples.

Question 22

According to Kale, a universal ethical value is a world in which people are at peace with themselves and one another

Question 23

According to Kale, ethical communicators should not try to describe the world as they see it but only as the person they are talking to sees it

Question 24

Tourism always benefits the native population.

Question 25

Integration cannot be achieved unless one wishes to give up his or her original cultural identity.

Question 26

What is cultural relativism? Describe the two values that Kale argues transcend all cultures.

Question 27

A cultural group that has primary access to economic power can be described as the dominant culture

Question 28

Because of globalization, intercultural tensions are likely to decrease over time.

Question 29

When visiting a different culture, people should never behave in a way that displays their own cultural identity.

Question 30

List and explain the five different types of intercultural adaptation.

Question 31

Ethical intercultural communicators take responsibility for learning as much about others as is possible and reasonablel

Question 32

What are the four conditions that function together to reduce the likelihood of prejudice and increase positive attitudes as a result of intercultural communication?

Question 33

Intercultural communication will likely become less common by the end of the 21st century.

Question 34

The process of adaptation includes physical, biological, and social changes.

Question 35

What does the adage "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" mean? What are some ethical concerns that come with this adage?