Deck 12: How Do Cultural Differences Impact Our Family Life

Question 1

What are some key variances in conceptualizations about and constructions of family?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

What are some functions of family that are influenced by variances in culturally-informed norms of communication?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What are some ways that intercultural communication occurs in families?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Identify and briefly how children not knowing the parents' language of origin might affect family life?

Question 5

The use of ________________________, such as Lotería can serve as a useful tool for
socializing and enculturating children.

Question 6

The revenge bento is called __________________________

Question 7

According to Leeds-Hurwitz, "Who we think we are is not always the only issue" and adds that ___________________ also can be critical.

Question 8

Which one of the following is not an example of low-context orientation?

A) Individual achievement
B) Self-assertiveness
C) Independence
D) Interdependence

Question 9

The Mexican concept of familism pertains to the ideology that:

A) Individual needs are more important than group needs
B) Family solidarity should prevail as a priority
C) Low-context values are most important
D) Egalitarianism is the same as equality

Question 10

In Japanese families the bento can serve as means for intra-familial:

A) Haptics
B) Chronemics
C) Communication
D) Proxemics

Question 11

The psycho-emotional distress that intercultural and interethnic couples can experience also can be referred to as:

A)Culture shock
B)Cultural asymmetry
C)Disconfirmation
D)Culture-specific dysphoria

Question 12

The conversation that many Black parents in the United States feel they should have with their children to discuss prejudice and discrimination is sometimes referred to as:

A)The Plática
B)The Conversation
C)The Dialogue
D)The Talk

Question 13

Emic approaches to the study of family communication strive to extract local categories, descriptions, and interpretations.

Question 14

Leeds-Hurwitz sought to explain the role of bilingualism in the construction of her Columbian American children's identities.

Question 15

How time is managed is one aspect of the ideology of familism.