What is culture?

Three of the following options list expressions of what culture is.

• food, holidays, tourist locations, music, and dancing

• People's personalities

• social norms and taboos

• beliefs, values, ideals

Culture is... (Choose two)

• Inherited

• Innate

• Learned

The Cultural Iceberg Model is composed by ...characteristics.

• superficial and abstract

• obvious and hidden

• observable and non-observable

• abstract and concrete

Culture is strictly related to a country.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The link between the above and below the surface of the cultural iceberg is...

• cultural knowledge

• generalizations

• language

• intercultural communication

Two external variables that can influence culture are...

• Technology

• Music

• Climate

• Military power

There is not only one right definition of culture.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The meaning of SPIKE in the sentence: "The word culture saw the biggest spike in look-ups on their website." is...

• One of a row of pointed irons placed (as on the top of a wall) to prevent passage.

• A sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something.

• To suppress or block completely.

• One of several metal projections set in the sole and heel of a shoe to improve traction.

A generalization is...

• A statement formed through anecdote about a group of people.

• A recycled and accepted as truth about some people.

• A type of hypothesis, or guess, of what we expect to encounter when we interact with a certain culture.

Two of the main differences between generalizations and stereotypes is that a stereotype...

• leaves little or no room for exceptions.

• often leads to prejudice and intentional or unintentional discrimination.

• is based on a finite set of observations and experiences and yet which claims to hold true for the larger set.

• originates in a rational effort to categorize and to allow people to work better with others.