Chapter 9 Self Quiz

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. 1. A family that moves to the United States from India, but maintains its Indian traditions such as wearing saris and cooking Indian foods is demonstrating ________.

cultural elitism correct incorrect

cultural pluralism correct incorrect

assimilation correct incorrect

ethnocentrism correct incorrect

cultural participation correct incorrect

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. 2. An American sampling Thai foods is an example of ____________.

cultural elitism correct incorrect

cultural pluralism correct incorrect

assimilation correct incorrect

ethnocentrism correct incorrect

cultural participation* correct incorrect

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. 3. A cultural ____________ is someone who can shift effortlessly among and between multiple cultural mindsets and cultural identities.

transformer correct incorrect

pluralist correct incorrect

chameleon correct incorrect

relativist correct incorrect

assimilator correct incorrect

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. 4. Greece, Japan, Belgium, and Peru are examples of ___________ cultures, where people feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations.

low uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

high-context correct incorrect

low-context correct incorrect

indulgent correct incorrect

high uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

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. 5. ___________ cultures are characterized by the finding of happiness in leisure time and spending money.

low uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

high-context correct incorrect

low-context correct incorrect

indulgent correct incorrect

high uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

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6. In __________ much meaning resides in the context of the communication, who's speaking, what is the occasion, and what's happening nonverbally, not the words themselves.

low uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

high-context correct incorrect

low-context correct incorrect

indulgent correct incorrect

high uncertainty avoidance correct incorrect

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. 7. __________ is when people believe themselves to be superior to another or others.

chauvinism correct incorrect

ethnocentrism correct incorrect

cultural relativism correct incorrect

pluralism correct incorrect

stereotyping correct incorrect

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. 8. Among William Howell's four levels of intercultural communication competence is _______________, the "I'm just being me" approach.

unconscious competence correct incorrect

conscious competence correct incorrect

unconscious incompetence correct incorrect

conscious incompetence correct incorrect

holistic incompetence correct incorrect

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. 9. The __________ analogy describes an American culture in which different aspects of different cultures come together in America but retain their own "flavor."

melting pot correct incorrect

salad correct incorrect

majority-minority correct incorrect

minority-majority correct incorrect

team correct incorrect

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. 10. __________ is the ability to put ourselves in the position of others in order to better understand them.

Assimilation correct incorrect

Relativism correct incorrect

Role-taking correct incorrect

Intercultural competence correct incorrect

Tolerance correct incorrect