Deck 7: Culture and Identity: Situating the Individual

Question 1

Explain and provide an example of each of the following types of identity: personal,relational,and communal.​

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Compare and contrast ethnic and racial identity. ​

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Racial and ethnic identity are the same thing.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Social identities can be based on all of the following except: ​

A)​demographic categories
B)​roles
C)​membership in formal and informal organization
D)​associations or vocations; 
E)​all of these

Question 5

Explain the difference between national identity and regional identity using examples.

Question 6

One can have both a national and regional identity at the same time.

Question 7

It is through communication that we are able to express and make known our similarities and dissimilarities to others.​

Question 8

​An example of regional identity would be a/n: 

A)​Italian
B)​Southerner
C)​American
D)​Columbian
E)​German

Question 9

Cyber and fantasy identities don't exist.​

Question 10

Which of the following is not a type of identity discussed in the text? ​

A)​organizational
B)​personal
C)​neurobiological
D)​cyber
E)​fantasy

Question 11

According to Hall,the three levels of identity that each individual has are personal,relational,and communal.​

Question 12

Identity development models are not necessarily universally applied to all groups.​

Question 13

The process of creating and recreating cultural identity through communication is referred to as ____.​

A)​conditioning
B)​embedding
C)​redacting
D)​enacting
E)​morphing

Question 14

Phinney's three stage model of identity acquisition includes: ​

A)​unexamined ethnic identity,ethnic identity search,ethnic achievement
B)​biological inheritance,ethnic identification,ethnic presentation
C)​ethnic identification,ethnic clarification,ethnic emancipation
D)​unexamined ethnic identity,examined ethnic identity,insulated ethnic identity
E)​biological inheritance,unexamined ethnic identity,examined ethnic identity

Question 15

Societal identity is 'one's sense of belonging to a particular cultural or ethnic group.​

Question 16

Identity is normally not associated with commemorative events.​

Question 17

If you work for General Motors and you think of yourself as a "GM man" or "GM woman," this reflects your organizational identity.

Question 18

Identity is important to the study of intercultural communication because it influences expectations about your own and others' social roles.​

Question 19

Perceptions of self that set you apart from other people and life-forms are ____.          ​

A)​human identities
B)​societal identities
C)​personal identities
D)​identities of separation
E)​identities of conformation

Question 20

Personal identity is what sets you apart from other out-group members and marks you as special or unique.​

Question 21

List and describe at least two ways in which cultural identity can be enacted. Give a personal example for each.​

Question 22

How does personal identity relate to cyber/fantasy identity? Be sure to define both terms.​

Question 23

Using Phinney's model,explain how someone might develop a cultural identity.

Question 24

What is the role of identity in intercultural communication and how has it been impacted by globalization?​

Question 25

Using Martin and Nakayama's models for minority development,majority development,and biracial development,compare and contrast how cultural identity acquisition works in each case.​