Problemset
Title
Introductory
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Practice Test
Question 1
____________ can be thought of as a socially constructed phenomenon
that is passed on from generation to generation.
Hint:
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 2
Type:
Multiple Choice
Feedback for Defining Culture and Related Terms, p. 31
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Answer
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Power distance
Incorrect
Culture
Correct
Immediacy
Incorrect
Collectivism
Incorrect
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People from Eastern countries tend to be characterized by ____________,
which values togetherness, loyalty, and tradition.
Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p. 33
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immediacy
Incorrect
masculinity
Incorrect
optimism
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collectivism
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Question 3
Feedback
The distinction of a culture as ______________ is based on touch,
proxemic distancing, and behaviors that show engagement within an
interaction.
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Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.33
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contact versus noncontact
Correct
context versus content
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feminine versus masculine
Incorrect
Eastern versus Western
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Question 4
In 1980, Hofstede coined the term _______________ to refer to the degree
to which a co-culture or individual member of a culture is separated from
another co-culture or individual in terms of power.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.34
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Question 5
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 6
Type:
Multiple Choice
Answer
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relative power ratio
Incorrect
context index
Incorrect
power distance index
Correct
primary power indicator
Incorrect
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An egalitarian culture that spreads power and resources among different
individuals and groups of people is characterized by ________________.
Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.35
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low levels of power distance
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high levels of power distance.
Incorrect
high levels of immediacy
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low levels of immediacy
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Japan is an example of a(n) ___________ culture, in which there is a
heavy reliance on nonverbal forms of expression.
Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.35
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Question 7
Type:
Multiple Choice
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androgynous
Incorrect
high-context
Correct
immediate
Incorrect
individualist
Incorrect
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In which type of cultures do people emphasize the spoken word and direct
forms of communication?
Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.35
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low-context
Correct
feminine
Incorrect
Eastern
Incorrect
collectivistic
Incorrect
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Question 8
A culture characterized as moderately individualistic, feminine and low in
immediacy, power distance and context would be found in which
geographic region?
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Characteristics of Culture, p.37
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Question 9
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Answer
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Mexico
Incorrect
United States
Incorrect
Northern Europe
Correct
Mediterranean Area of Southern Europe
Incorrect
Feedback
When people learn about cultural differences, they also have a tendency to
____________, seeing everyone within a given group similarly.
Hint:
Multiple Choice Feedback for Interpreting Research on Culture and Nonverbal
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Communication, p.38
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filter
Incorrect
overgeneralize
Correct
segment
Incorrect
overestimate
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Question 10
People who make judgments based on the norms within their own culture
rather than considering that a behavior can be acceptable in one cultural
setting but inappropriate in another are exhibiting _________________.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Interpreting Research on Culture and Nonverbal
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Communication, p.39
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Question 11
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 12
Answer
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self-serving bias
Incorrect
ethnocentric bias
Correct
behavioral assumption
Incorrect
behavioral prejudice
Incorrect
Feedback
Waving to say " hello" or "good-bye," nodding to say "yes," and putting
your hand out so that someone stops are all examples of ______________.
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.41
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emblems
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haptics
Incorrect
morphemes
Incorrect
proxemics
Incorrect
Feedback
Researchers agree that facial expressions of happiness, sadness, anger, fear
and disgust are _____________.
Type:
Hint:
Multiple Choice
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.44
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interpreted through a cultural lens
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universally understood
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culturally specific
Incorrect
visually specific
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Question 13
According to the ____________________, a smile is related to one's
readiness to affiliate with someone more than it is related to feelings of
happiness.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures, p.
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Question 14
Type:
Multiple Choice
Answer
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theory power distance
Incorrect
psychophysiology theory
Incorrect
behavioral ecology view
Correct
affiliation hypothesis
Incorrect
Feedback
In terms of haptics, people living in ________ areas of the United States
touch more and have more positive attitudes toward touch.
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.51
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conservative
Incorrect
urban
Incorrect
warmer
Correct
coastal
Incorrect
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Question 15
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 16
Type:
Multiple Choice
While Asian countries are generally considered to be noncontact, what is
the one notable dyad in which Japanese are high contact?
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.53
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newly married couples
Incorrect
elderly parent-adult child
Incorrect
mother-infant
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father-infant
Incorrect
Feedback
When you are able to adapt your style so that it becomes more similar to
another person's or group's style, what has occurred?
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures, p.
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assimilation
Incorrect
convergence
Correct
social mirroring
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accommodation
Incorrect
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Question 17
Because Cindy dislikes how Marcia says "like" all the time, Cindy might
avoid using this behavior herself. This is an example of
_________________.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.54
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convergence
Incorrect
disapproval
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Feedback
divergence
Correct
exclusion
Incorrect
Question 18
According to ____________________, people adjust their own
communication style to be more similar or dissimilar to the communication
style of others.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.54
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Question 19
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 20
Type:
Multiple Choice
Answer
Graded As
communication accommodation theory
Correct
verbal assimilation hypothesis
Incorrect
verbal accommodation hypothesis
Incorrect
communication evolution theory
Incorrect
Feedback
Cultures adopting a ___________orientation see time as flexible and
diffused, giving more focus to human interaction than to schedules.
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.55
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monochronic
Incorrect
polychronic
Correct
Haole time
Incorrect
present-oriented time
Incorrect
Feedback
In terms of chronemics, cultures adhering to ___________ include those in
northern and central Europe, Canada and the United States.
Hint:
Feedback for Patterns of Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures,
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p.55
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Feedback
P-time
Incorrect
M-time
Correct
individualistic time
Incorrect
relativistic time
Incorrect