Intercultural Communication (True/False)

Intercultural communication occurs when there is interaction and negotiation between or among individuals from different cultural backgrounds.

• True

• False

Intercultural communication refers only to communication that happens between or among individuals from different nations.

• True

• False

Communication that exists between or among individuals from different ethnic, religious, and regional backgrounds and sexual orientations is not considered as intercultural.

• True

• False

Cultural sensitivity matters in intercultural communication.

• True

• False

One character trait of a competent communicator is sensitivity to nonverbal cues in other cultures.

• True

• False

One characteristic in order to be inter-culturally competent is to always respect the elders, not the young ones.

• True

• False

In intercultural communication,other elements such as

gender, age, social status and religion

must be taken into consideration.

• True

• False

One of your new classmates is Chinese, and you don't want to talk to him because you heard from your classmates that their country is the reason why we have Covid-19 right now. In that case, you are already stereotyping.

• True

• False

When traveling to other countries, it is not necessary to respect their culture, norms and tradition.

• True

• False

Flexibility and ability to tolerate high levels of uncertainty is one of the characteristics of a good intercultural communicator.

• True

• False