Deck 4: Cultural Patterns and Communication: Foundations

Question 1

"Putting your cards on the table" and "telling it like it is" is typical of which cultural group?

A) European Americans
B) Koreans
C) Mexicans
D) Kenyans Factual

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Cultural patterns play a vital role in shaping judgments about

A) universal rules.
B) personality traits.
C) intercultural competence.
D) all of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Beliefs that refer to matters of personal likes and dislikes are called

A) central beliefs.
B) peripheral beliefs.
C) social beliefs.
D) time-released beliefs

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The belief that humans are subjugated to nature-that we are powerless to prevent floods and hurricane damage-is largely held by cultures.

A) Native American
B) Latino
C) Asian
D) European Factual

Question 5

According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, which of the following is NOT a question that each culture must address?

A) What is the nature of human beings?
B) What is the relationship of humans to each other?
C) What is the relationship of humans to space?
D) What is the human orientation to activity? Conceptual

Question 6

The term that refers to socially shared expectations of appropriate behaviors, like how to greet a friend, is

A) values.
B) norms.
C) social practices.
D) roles. Applied

Question 7

The term that refers to the predictable behavior patterns that members of a culture typically follow is

A) values.
B) norms.
C) social practices.
D) roles. Factual

Question 8

When confronting a set of beliefs, values, norms, and social practices that are inconsistent with their own, many people will

A) adapt accordingly.
B) alter their own beliefs and values, but maintain their norms and social practices.
C) negatively evaluate the others' beliefs, values, norms, and social practices.
D) positively evaluate the others' beliefs, values, norms, and social practices.

Question 9

Cultures that emphasize are more likely to a hierarchical social relations structure during interactions.

A) formality / ignore
B) equality / adopt
C) informality / adopt
D) formality / adhere to Conceptual

Question 10

Regarding something as good or bad, clean or dirty, or fair or unfair, is an example of a

A) value.
B) norm.
C) belief.
D) social practice.

Question 11

People with an) orientation are predisposed to think of ways to change themselves as a means of changing the world.

A) becoming
B) doing
C) active
D) social Applied

Question 12

What are the four components of cultural patterns?

A) peripheral beliefs, central beliefs, norms, and values
B) peripheral beliefs, central beliefs, morals, and values
C) values, norms, ethics, and social practices
D) shared beliefs, values, norms, and social practices Factual

Question 13

How you measure your success is related to which cultural orientation described by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck?

A) activity
B) social relations
C) self
D) world Conceptual

Question 14

The self-orientation of a culture, as described by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, refers to

A) the responsibilities that individuals have to others.
B) the extent to which some people in the culture considered better or superior to others.
C) whether human beings intrinsically good or evil.
D) whether people are in control of, subjugated by, or living in harmony with the forces of naturel

Question 15

Given that all cultures have distinct beliefs, values, norms, and social practices, it follows that

A) symbols do not have universal interpretations.
B) the interpretations will not have the same degree of favorability.
C) judgements of competence are often influenced by a person's cultural background
D) all of the above.

Question 16

Which statement does NOT apply to all cultures, according to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck?

A) People in all cultures face common human problems for which they must find a solution.
B) Every member of a culture must agree with and abide by one solution to each problem.
C) The range of alternative solutions to a culture's problems is NOT limitless.
D) Within a given culture, there will be preferred solutions, which most people within the culture will select, but there will also be people who will choose other solutions.

Question 17

Shared interpretations about what the world is, what it should be, how people should behave, and people's predictable behavior patterns are called

A) cultural patterns.
B) territorial maps.
C) cultural beliefs.
D) intercultural manifestations. Factual

Question 18

According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, the extent to which a culture encourages a sense of responsibility for other members depends on where it is placed on a continuum of

A) directness/indirectness.
B) formality/informality.
C) spiritual/physical.
D) dependence/independence.

Question 19

defines how the people of a culture view human events and the expression of self through one's deeds.

A) Social relations orientation
B) World orientation
C) Activity orientation
D) Self-orientation Factual

Question 20

Which term refers to whether a value is seen as positive or negative?

A) valence
B) intensity
C) superiority
D) inferiority Conceptual

Question 21

Describe the process a culture follows to arrive at a preferred set of solutions that will be adopted by majority of its members.

Question 22

According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, a culture's orientation to the importance and value of activity can range from passive acceptance of the world to direct interventionl

Question 23

A social relations orientation can range from one that emphasizes differences and social hierarchy to one that strives for equality and the absence of hierarchyl

Question 24

A culture's values do not necessarily describe its actual behaviors and characteristics.

Question 25

Some cultures prefer an indirect approach to interpersonal interactions and will use
intermediaries to handle negotiations for anything from marriage to business deals. What benefits does using an intermediary provide?

Question 26

Why is it not okay, even with culture-specific information, to always assume that every person from that culture matches the profile of the typical cultural member?

Question 27

The cultural belief that people are inherently bad, good, or some combination of the two is a distinguishing characteristic of one's cultural definition of self

Question 28

Why do you think "doing" is the dominant characteristic of European Americans? How has this approached shaped the history of the United States of a America?

Question 29

How do your cultural patterns shape and define your reality? Provide an example.

Question 30

Cultural beliefs shape a cultural group's world view, or in other words, what they believe to be realityl

Question 31

Cultural patterns are consciously taught in academic-type settings.

Question 32

Cultural patterns provide the basic set of standards that guide thought and action.

Question 33

Cultural patterns are primarily inside people, in their minds.

Question 34

People are usually not conscious of culturally shared beliefs.

Question 35

The cultural pattern of self-orientation is found in only those cultures that value independence and individualityl