Deck 2: Culture and Intercultural Communication

Question 1

The unique experiences that are a part of a culture's collective wisdom are a culture's

A) history.
B) cultural knowledge.
C) system of logic.
D) consciousness

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Culture is taught by the explanations people receive for the natural and human events around them. This process is an example of how culture

A) is a set of shared perceptions.
B) involves beliefs, values, norms, and social practices
C) is learned.
D) affects behavior.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Lustig and Koester use the term to refer to the external environment in which a culture lives.

A) cultural atmosphere
B) natural habitat
C) environment
D) ecology Factual

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which term refers to rules for appropriate communication behaviors?

A) norms
B) values
C) beliefs
D) social practices Factual

Question 5

Biologists claim that there is genetic diversity within each race than there is among races.

A) far less
B) a little more
C) far more
D) a little less Factual

Question 6

form the shared knowledge that guide a culture's collective actions.

A) Institutional networks
B) Technological advances
C) Interpersonal communication patterns
D) Historical events Factual

Question 7

Jared Diamond argues that Europeans were able to conquer the native people in the Americas because of the Europeans'

A) access to many plants and animals that could be domesticated
B) intellectual superiority
C) greater initiative
D) greater ingenuity Factual

Question 8

Which term refers to the predictable behaviors patterns that members of a culture typically follow?

A) norms
B) values
C) beliefs
D) social practices Factual

Question 9

The term " " refers to communication between culturally similar individuals.

A) intracultural
B) international
C) intramural
D) intercultural Factual

Question 10

According to studies of interracial adoption, are the most critical factors in determining children's IQ scores.

A) heredity and race
B) educational and economic advantages
C) psychological influences
D) national origin and genetic make-up Applied

Question 11

People who live in areas of the U.S. that have harsher and colder climate conditions tend to be than those who reside in warmer areas of the country.

A) less tolerant of ambiguity
B) more tolerant of ambiguity
C) more in denial that ambiguity exists
D) less in denial that ambiguity exists Applied

Question 12

Nonverbal communication systems help

A) identify cultural outcasts
B) reduce anxiety.
C) define the boundaries between members and nonmembers of a culture.
D) determine who may be a member of a culture.

Question 13

A term used to refer to a wide variety of groups who share a language, historical origins, religious traditions, and identification with a cultural system is

A) ethnicity
B) subculture
C) race
D) coculture Factual

Question 14

Cultures that develop in warm climates are characterized by

A) decreased interpersonal contact.
B) higher levels of interpersonal involvement.
C) less interpersonal distance.
D) more use of sign language.

Question 15

According to Lustig and Koester, which one of the following is most likely NOT a force that creates cultural differences?

A) biology
B) ecology
C) pathology
D) history Conceptual

Question 16

Scholars who compare nations' media usage study

A) intracultural communication.
B) international communication.
C) cross-cultural communication.
D) interracial communication. Factual

Question 17

The average marrying age of 13 for girls in India came about because

A) of the high unemployment rate of young women.
B) it maximized childbearing years in a culture with a relatively short life expectancy.
C) British colonial administrators mandated it.
D) wealthy individuals thought the number 13 was lucky. Factual

Question 18

In order to solve the problem of overpopulation and the resulting food shortages, while also recognizing the church's ban on artificial methods of birth control, women in late 19th century Ireland did NOT marry before the age of 30. Of what phenomenon is this is an example?

A) breakdown of institutional networks
B) ecological effects of a changing environment
C) interrelatedness of cultural forces
D) historical influences of religion Applied

Question 19

Which term typically refers to studying comparisons of interactions among people from the same culture to those from another culture?

A) intracultural communication
B) international communication
C) cross-cultural communication
D) interracial communication Factual

Question 20

are not considered institutional networks.

A) Religions
B) Families
C) Social organizations
D) Governments Factual

Question 21

According to Lustig and Koester, the term culture can be used to refer to couples and small groups as well as to large groups of people.

Question 22

The term values refers to what a group of people defines as good and bad or what it regards as important. Using a cultural group you belong to as reference, briefly explain a value you embrace and then describe how another cultural group envisions your specific value differently. How do these different approaches affect the way these cultural groups approach an issue?

Question 23

Culture exists solely in people's minds.

Question 24

Why do Lustig and Koester suggest that the terms subculture and coculture are problematic and should not be used.

Question 25

What two factors does Jared Diamond argue allowed Europeans to conquer the native people in the Americas?

Question 26

Are the forces that promote cultural differences largely dependent on each other? Why or why not? Support your answer with a real-world example

Question 27

Race is a much more specific and limiting term than either culture or nation.

Question 28

Race can form the basis for prejudicial communication that can be a major obstacle to intercultural communication.

Question 29

People who live in areas of the U.S. that have harsher and colder climate conditions tend to be less tolerant of ambiguity than those who reside in warmer areas of the country.

Question 30

Mass media are a form of technology.

Question 31

The terms culture and nation are equivalent terms.

Question 32

The term beliefs refers to what a group of people defines as good and bad or what it regards as important.

Question 33

Media are any technologies that extend the ability to communicate beyond the limits of face-to-face encounters. How can an Internet-based social networking site allow you to improve your interpersonal and intercultural communication skills?

Question 34

Race is a more all-encompassing term than either culture or nation.

Question 35

People become members of a particular cultural group through a process of learning.