Deck 2: Understanding the Culture of Higher Education

Question 1

If you stop attending a class,you ____________________ expect your instructor to drop you from the course.

A) should
B) should not

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the culture of higher education,a "prerequisite" is a course that must be successfully completed before taking a more advanced course.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Geert Hofstede,a Danish psychologist and anthropologist,deep culture is

A) the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from another.
B) a way of determining which group of people is more likely to be successful in college.
C) the clothing and art that distinguish one group of people from another.
D) a set of rules voted upon by a group of people,usually from the same country.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Surface culture (above the waterline in the picture of the iceberg)consists of the shared beliefs,attitudes,norms,rules,opinions,expectations,and taboos of a group of people.