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1. According to co-cultural communication theory, Euro-Americans are the dominant
culture in the United States and, therefore, have more power.
A) True
B) False
2. Co-cultures do not include gender, age, or sexual orientation.
A) True
B) False
3. While those people you view as similar to yourself are called ingroupers, those whom
you view as different from yourself are called outgroupers.
A) True
B) False
4. Race is one of the strongest determinants we use in making ingroup and outgroup
distinctions.
A) True
B) False
5. If you are ruled by the clock, always need to be on time, and hate to be late for an
appointment, you are considered to have a polychronic time orientation.
A) True
B) False
6. If maintaining harmonious relationships takes precedence over a strict adherence to a
time schedule, you are demonstrating a monochronic time orientation.
A) True
B) False
7. At the office, the department manager frequently joins her staff for lunch or happy hour
after work. She’s using a low-power distance.
A) True
B) False
8. In a high-power distance culture, people in a high-status position are treated better than
those individuals with lesser status who must act humbly around those with higher status.
A) True
B) False
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9. While working in a group, a member from a high-uncertainty-avoidance culture is likely
to feel more comfortable with a loosely defined structure and ambiguous assignments.
A) True
B) False
10. In a low-uncertainty-avoidance culture, members prefer structured work with clear
delineation of power and authority.
A) True
B) False
11. In a high-context culture such as Japan, a verbal “okay” does not necessarily mean
agreement or consenting to a request.
A) True
B) False
12. Members of a low-context culture feel the need to make information clear, direct, and
explicit, as they view themselves as individuals.
A) True
B) False
13. If on social media sites, you tend to reveal personal actions, viewpoints, and events, you
are likely a member of an individualistic culture.
A) True
B) False
14. If you carefully edit and monitor your online profile, you are likely to be a member of a
collectivistic culture.
A) True
B) False
15. You can strengthen your intercultural competence by applying world-mindedness,
attributional complexity, and uncertainty avoidance.
A) True
B) False
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16. World-mindedness is the opposite of ethnocentrism.
A) True
B) False
17. Individuals from many different social groups can be ingroupers if they share important
cultural commonalities with you.
A) True
B) False
18. One is more likely to give money, time, and help to outgroupers than to ingroupers.
A) True
B) False
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