Graded Homework

Question 1

1. Fong relates that in Chinese culture, it is common knowledge that an aspect of physical health is viewed in terms of ________ and ________ , extreme conditions that may be balanced through various types of food and herbs.

   heat; cool

   strong; weak

   virtue; vice

   powerful; powerless

5 points

Question 2

1. Donald G. Ellis and Ifat Maoz believe that by studying ________ you can better understand the linguistic bases of cultural conflict and be better prepared to help mediate that conflict.

   harmonious relationships

   informative dialogue

   negative stereotypes

   speech codes

5 points

Question 3

1. Which option below is a feature of musayra?

   elaboration

   clarity

   assertiveness

   directness

5 points

Question 4

1. Which characteristic is persistent in the relationship between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians?

   denial

   argumentativeness

   reasoning

   forthrightness

5 points

Question 5

1. Which statement below best describes Japanese tactile conventions?

   Lower status people often touch higher status people more often as a sign of respect.

   Out-group touching is uncommon but in-group touching is acceptable.

   Public physical expressiveness is encouraged.

   Children do not have much tactile interaction with their parents.

5 points

Question 6

1. Unlike their counterparts in Western business organizations, Nishiyama states, Japanese executives and managers are not real independent decision makers, but engage in the ________ process, or group decision making.

   doohai

   ringi

   wanman shahoo

   nomini-cation

5 points

Question 7

1. According to Hinner, most of the capital for German businesses is provided by ________ .

   corporations

   the government

   employees

   banks

5 points

Question 8

1. Which of the following is a characteristic shared by both Americans and Germans in business practices, according to Hinner?

   Both tend to strictly separate business and private relationships.

   Both consider all details, possibilities, and solutions from the beginning.

   Both monopolize information, rarely sharing between departments.

   Both are very task oriented.

5 points

Question 9

1. Which type of silence, as identified by Rounds (1987) was most problematic for international teaching assistants?

   strategic

   empty

   administrative

   corrective

5 points

Question 10

1. Doctors in Argentina, Brazil, and India tended to treat the patient’s family as ________ .

   a unit together with the patient

   outsiders that were not privy to medical information

   intruders in the medical process

   negative influences on the patient’s medical decisions

5 points

Question 11

1. Which system of intercultural competence involves the components that help someone be a competent intercultural communicator in long-term interactions rather than short-term, individual contexts?

   minimizing

   relational

   maximizing

   episodic

5 points

Question 12

1. Which statement below refers to the episodic system of intercultural competence?

   As communicator motivation increases, communicative competence increases.

   As actor’s communicative status increases, co-actor’s impression of actor’s competence increases.

   As communicative knowledge increases, communicative competence increases.

   As mutual trust increases, relational competence increases.

5 points

Question 13

1. For someone from an individualist, low context culture, negotiation resources in a conflict situation often revolve around ________ .

   maintaining face

   a reciprocal sense of favors

   a person’s pride

   group harmony

5 points

Question 14

1. Conflict issues in individualistic, low context cultures typically revolve around ________ .

   violations of privacy

   norms of group loyalty

   violations of in-group/out-group boundaries

   norms of commitment to a group

5 points

Question 15

1. Strangers in a new culture must learn to engage with ________ communication activities such as radio, television, and newspapers.

   affective

   interpersonal

   mass

   direct

5 points

Question 16

1. Cleveland states that in today’s more open electronic world, cultures expose themselves to all of these new and different themes/concepts EXCEPT:

   technologies

   faiths and fashion

   loyalties

   lifestyles

5 points

Question 17

1. According to the Eastern view, the universe is ________ .

   designed for human use

   mostly lifeless

   part of a vast living organism

   meant to be understood through logical analysis

5 points

Question 18

1. The value judgment that cultures should be accepted “as they are” reflects:

   cultural relativism

   cultural relativity

   intercultural sensibility

   intercultural commonality

5 points

Question 19

1. In cross-cultural dialogue ________ .

   representatives of two or more cultures are obliged to conform to the norms of the other group

   representatives of two or more cultures avoid having contact with one another

   representatives of two or more cultures each insist that he or she alone is correct

   representatives of two or more cultures communicate with each other about which norms should be adopted in a particular situation

5 points

Question 20

1. Which intercultural problem-solving strategy involves each side insisting that it alone is right in its communicative norms?

   avoidance

   adaptation

   confrontation

   domination