Chapter 1
Venturing into a new culture can cause ____.
A.) anxiety
B.) excitement
A.) anxiety
To understand intercultural interaction, you must first recognize the role of____.
A.) communication
B.) domestic diversity
A.) communication
Often referred to as "Two-generation families"
A.) Extended
B.) Nuclear
B.) Nuclear
___ also provides identity.
A.) Actions
B.) History
B.) History
Most experts agree that culture provides a ___ portion of an individual's worldview
A.) Large
B.) Small
A.) Large
What is the first stage of culture shock?
A.) exhilaration stage
B.) Disenchantment stage
A.) exhilaration stage
a set of written, pictorial, verbal, and/or nonverbal symbols that represent a source's particular state of being at a specific moment
A.) Messages
B.) Encoding
A.) Messages
One of the many expressions of globalization has been the explosion of mass media across cultures.
A.) True
B.) False
A.) True
The most prominent aspect of Russia's history is its __.
A.) Geography
B.) Culture
A.) Geography
Atheism, agnosticism, rationalism, and deism are other words for __
A.) Secularism
B.) Spirituality
A.) Secularism
Creates culturally and ethnically diverse societies
A.) acculturation
B.) international migration
B.) international migration
When you send a message to another person usually perceive the response that person makes to your action
A.) Receiver
B.) Feedback
B.) Feedback
___ has created a world where millions of workers leave their family and move from one country to another to seek jobs and higher wages.
A.) Globalization
B.) Mass media
A.) Globalization
History and culture are interwoven
A.) False
B.) True
B.) True
___ become a repository for a religion's essential principles and teaching.
A.) Speculation
B.) Sacred writing
B.) Sacred writing
A conviction that one's own culture is superior to others
A.) ethnocentrism
B.)fundamentalism
A.) ethnocentrism
Communication is a dynamic process because once a word or action is produced, it ____ be retracted.
A.) Cannot
B.) Can
A.) Cannot
Part of a family's ___ process is teaching the culture's core values worldviews.
A.) Economic
B.) Socialization
B.) Socialization
One of the U.S. greatest social issues.
A.) Immigration
B.) Government
A.) Immigration
Confucius stressed a deep commitment to ___.
A.) Social Harmony
B.) Social issues
A.) Social harmony
Helps you determine what you ought to do, how you ought to act, and how you should interact with people
A.)friends
B.)ethics
B.) ethnics
Communication has a ___.
A.) Reward
B.) Consequence
B.) Consequence
The Chinese perception of collectivism is deeply rooted in ____.
A.) Confucianism
B.) Hinduism
A.) Confucianism
One of Mexico's main social issue is poverty.
A.) True
B.) False
A.) True
Who wrote down Confucius philosophy?
A.) Confucius
B.) His students and disciples who compiled his advice
B.) His students and disciples who compiled his advice