Preparing to Communicate Across Cultures

I enjoy communicating with persons unlike me as much as with persons like me.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I am equally sensitive to the concerns of all groups in our multicultural society.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I can tell when persons from other cultures do not understand me or are confused by my actions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I do not fear to interact with persons from minority groups any more than I fear to interact with persons from the dominant culture.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Persons from other cultures have a right to be angry at members of my culture.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Persons from other cultures who don’t actively participate in a conversation, dialogue, or debate with others may act that way because of their culture’s rules.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How I handle disagreements with persons from other cultures depends on the situation and the culture(s) they are from.

• TRUE

• FALSE

My culture is not superior to other cultures.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I am knowledgeable of how to behave with persons of different cultures.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I respect the communication rules of cultures other than my own.

• TRUE

• FALSE