Deck 8: Communication Across Cultures

Question 1

Improved communication and understanding between countries and ethnic groups may be a proactive way to avoid escalation into war. This process is called ________.

A) resolution tactics
B) harmonious bonds
C) peacebuilding
D) trust exercises

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Most of one's daily interactions are ________ in nature, meaning that one's communication occurs with culturally different people.

A) dynamic
B) homogeneous
C) cerebral
D) intercultural

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Intercultural communication exists on a continuum with relative similarities on one end and extreme differences on the other.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Arya, who is nine, often asserts her freedom and looks forward to the day where she can live on her own and do as she pleases. Which aspects of cultural values does Arya characterize?

A) individualist orientation
B) collectivistic orientation
C) preferred personality
D) human value orientation

Question 5

Bakari and his family left their home in Egypt to escape the warzone and hope to return when the conflict is over. They are ________ type of border travelers.

A) voluntary short-term
B) voluntary long-term
C) involuntary short-term
D) involuntary long-term

Question 6

Jon does not enjoy eating liver, but he does so whenever he visits his grandparents. His grandparents believe that it is a good way for Jon to connect to his heritage. Which dialectic may help Jon understand this situation?

A) cultural-individual
B) personal-contextual
C) differences-similarities
D) history/past-present/future

Question 7

________ marginal people have difficulty making decisions and feel extreme pressure from both cultural groups they are a part of.

A) Encapsulated
B) Constructive
C) Border
D) Biracial

Question 8

Diasporic groups often settle in communities together while maintaining a strong ethnic identity.

Question 9

Which of the following demonstrates the concept of diaspora?

A) the hierarchy of the British crown
B) slaves taken from Africa and brought to America in the 1800s
C) the belief that Westernized culture is superior to that of other cultures
D) the No Child Left Behind Act associated with the U.S. education system

Question 10

Gisselle has decided to migrate from her home country of the Dominican Republic to the United States in hope of finding a better job. Gisselle is a ________ type of border traveler.

A) voluntary short-term
B) voluntary long-term
C) involuntary short-term
D) involuntary long-term

Question 11

A primary cause for international business failure is lack of attention to cultural factors.

Question 12

When groups of people are displaced to a new country because they flee in fear of their lives from their homeland, they might choose to settle together in a community in a new location and try to maintain their ethnic identity. This demonstrates the concept of _____.

A) diaspora
B) genocide
C) heterogeny
D) linguistics

Question 13

Yoon's mother is from North Korea and her father is from Taiwan. Yoon is a border dweller through ________.

A) travel
B) socialization
C) context
D) assimilation

Question 14

When a foreign exchange student returns home after having spent a significant amount of time immersed in another culture, they may experience ________.

A) culture shock
B) abrupt relocation
C) reverse culture shock
D) border dwelling syndrome

Question 15

Sansa's fighter pilot squadron is being deployed to Iraq for five months. She is a ________ type of border dweller.

A) voluntary short-term
B) voluntary long-term
C) involuntary short-term
D) involuntary long-term

Question 16

When a culture is concerned with possessing one fundamental truth, like Christianity, that culture is ________ orientated.

A) long-term
B) short-term
C) privilege-disadvantage
D) personal-contextual

Question 17

In an) ________ orientated culture, many children are raised to be autonomous and live on their own by late adolescence.

A) collectivistic
B) primary
C) individualistic
D) group

Question 18

Peter, a young man from South Africa, and Katlyn, a young woman from England, meet in a club in Baltimore. Because of the cultural background differences, Katlyn cannot tell if Peter is flirting with her. Which dialectic may help Katlyn understand this situation?

A) cultural-individual
B) personal-contextual
C) differences-similarities
D) history/past-present/future

Question 19

The extent to which less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a culture expect and accept an unequal distribution of power is referred to as ________.

A) human-nature
B) power distance
C) value orientation
D) preferred personality

Question 20

Cersie, a conservative Republican, is married to Robert, a liberal Democrat. They are border dwellers through ________.

A) travel
B) socialization
C) relationships
D) assimilation

Question 21

Formal education in the United States tends to focus on dichotomous thinking, which emphasizes that things are good or bad, right or wrong, big or small.

Question 22

A feeling of disorientation and discomfort due to the unfamiliarity of surroundings and the lack of familiar cues in the environment is called ________.

Question 23

________ is defined as the learned patterns of perceptions, values, and behaviors shared by a group of people.

Question 24

The Puritanical belief on which the United States was founded assumes that human nature is essentially good.

Question 25

Think about the various intercultural encounters you experience on an everyday basis. How might you improve those interactions using your intercultural communication skills?

Question 26

Hinduism and Buddhism are forms of ________ religions because of the belief in more than one god.

Question 27

Consider the relationship parents have with their children. Using that relationship as an example, describe how three of the six cultural value aspects individualism/collectivism, preferred personality, etc.) would manifest in that parent-child relationship. Be sure to discuss more than one manifestation of each value aspect.

Question 28

A culture that is defined as heterogeneous is one that changes constantly.

Question 29

________ are beliefs so central to a cultural group that they are never questioned.

Question 30

Encapsulated marginal people try to assimilate but never feel at home in a new culture.

Question 31

The "zoo approach" as defined by communication scholar Bradford Hall relates to regarding other's humanity as you learn about their cultural group.

Question 32

People who live between cultures may be referred to as ________ dwellers.

Question 33

Those with a short-term orientation in terms of cultural values focus on quick results and personal safety and security.

Question 34

Those who value small power distances emphasize seniority, rank, and titles.

Question 35

Constructive marginal people typically fail in their "border" life and avoid reaching out to others.

Question 36

The "being" mode of the preferred personality aspect of cultural values stresses working hard to achieve material gain.

Question 37

The ________ dialectic applies to cultural patterns that remain relatively stable for years but can also undergo significant change. It requires that you recognize both individual and contemporary realities of the culture.

Question 38

Thrift, perseverance, and tenacity are qualities associated with _____ orientations as reflected in Eastern religions.

Question 39

Discuss and provide examples of the three means by which a person can become a border dweller.