Chapter 1
This advancement is making interaction between people from different cultures increasingly common.
A. Intercultural Communication
B. Communication Technology
B. Communication Technology
A dynamic process in which people attempt to share their internal states with other people through the use of symbols.
A. Communication
B. Culture
A. Communication
A. Nuclear and extended
B. Big and small
A. Nuclear and extended
History and culture are
A. Interwoven
B Separate
A. Interwoven
___ is a culture's orientation toward God, humanity, nature, the universe, life, death, sickness, and other philosophical issues concerning existence.
A. Prejudice
B. Worldview
B. Worldview
This focuses on appropriate behavior in interpersonal interactions, both within your own culture and when you are in another culture.
A. Ethics
B. Cultural Adaptation
A. Ethics
The five elements that compose culture.
A. Religion, history, values, social organizations, and language
B. Symbols, encoding, feedback, and context
A. Religion, history, values, social organizations, and language
Gender roles, views on individualism and collectivism, perception and aging, and social skills are taught by
A. The world
B. Family
B. Family
___ events provide insight to, and help explain, national character.
A. Present
B. Historical
B. Historical
Although all religions have some unique features, they share many___
A. Differences
B. Similarities
B. Similarities
The two major perspectives on ethics.
A. Fundamentalism and Relativism
B. Generalizing and Objectivity
A. Fundamentalism and Relativism
___ offer members of each culture a set of "instructions" about what is important and how they should like their lives.
A. Languages
B. Values
B. Values
Traditional definitions of "family" are under going major changes in___
A. The United States
B. Japan
A. The United States
History is a key element in developing a culture's
A. Values, goals, expectations, and identity
B. Past, present, future, and view on death
A. Values, goals, expectations, and identity
Confucius was primarily concerned with maintaining ___ ____ in all interpersonal relationships.
A. Social Harmony
B. Own opinion
A. Social Harmony
It is important to be ___ and ___ when making cultural generalizations.
A. Cautious and Prudent
B. Bold and Prejudice
A. Cautious and Prudent
People as well as cultures differ in the manner in which they _____.
A. Communicate
B. Perceive
A. Communicate
___ gender roles are changing rapidly as these people encouraged not to limit themselves to stereotyped roles and attitudes.
A. Male
B. Female
B. Female
Islamic ____ and ____ are directly linked.
A. Past and present
B. History and religion
B. History and religion
___ sees reality as impermanent, imperfect, and elusive.
A. Buddha
B. Confucius
A. Buddha
A. Communication behaviors, generalizing, objectivity, and acceptance.
B. Exhilaration, disenchantment, adjustment, and effective functioning
B. Exhilaration, disenchantment, adjustment, and effective functioning
Language is fundamental to the functioning of human __
A. Culture
B. Social Organizations
A. Culture
By ____, ____, and ____, each family introduces young children to many of the values and behaviors that are important to the culture.
A. Observation, imitation, practice
B. Communication, culture, family
A. Observation, imitation, practice
As in the case with all culture, ____ take great pride in their history.
A. Chinese
B. Mexicans
B. Mexicans
The six most prominent religions are
A. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
B. Irreligion, Folk, Sikhism, Martinism, Druze
A. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism