Cross-Cultural Competence Quiz

What is the basis for all cross-cultural learning?

• Mathematical skills

• Physical appearance

• Culture-general knowledge

• Language proficiency

What is ethnocentrism?

• The act of promoting one's own culture over others

• The tendency to positively judge others

• The tendency to negatively judge others against our own values and beliefs

• The ability to understand multiple cultures simultaneously

What is the most essential component of cross-cultural competence according to the text?

• Having a negative attitude towards cultural differences

• Having a neutral attitude towards cultural differences

• Having a positive attitude towards understanding and appreciating cultural differences

• Having no attitude towards cultural differences

What is relativism as an attitude?

• The act of avoiding all cultural interactions

• The act of promoting cultural stereotypes

• The conviction that the beliefs and practices of others are best understood in light of the particular cultures where they are found

• The belief that one's own culture is superior to others

What is impression management?

• Deliberate and motivated self-presentation

• Unintentional self-presentation

• Avoiding all forms of self-presentation

• Self-presentation only in formal settings

What is high context communication?

• Communication where most of the information is already in the person

• Communication where the information is explicitly stated

• Communication where nonverbal cues are not important

• Communication where verbal messages are the only focus

What is the goal of building global perspectives?

• To impose one's own culture on others

• To develop a cognitive process to identify thoughts and feelings of another culture

• To ignore cultural differences

• To avoid all cross-cultural interactions

What is the key to successful cross-cultural interactions according to the text?

• Communicating effectively

• Negotiating aggressively

• Relating with individuals from other cultures

• Avoiding communication

What is the foundation of culture-general knowledge according to the text?

• All of the above

• Education

• Training

• Experiences

What is the importance of suspending personal biases/judgments in cross-cultural interactions?

• To respect and communicate effectively with other cultures

• To reinforce ethnocentrism

• To avoid understanding other cultures

• To promote stereotypes