An international student from Japan felt that he was not invited to join his fellow American graduate students in a bar on Fridays, whereas the graduate students had the norm of anyone just being able to show up to the bar. Brislin (2000) called this a(n)
A) purposeful snub by the American students.
B) oversensitivity on the part of the Japanese student.
C) well-meaning clash.
D) unfortunate disaster.

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This scenario is described as a "well-meaning clash" by Brislin (2000), which refers to a misunderstanding or miscommunication between cultures where both parties have good intentions but fail to understand each other's norms or expectations.

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