.  Which of the following is a factor in the increased mobility of families in the United
States?
a. increased electronic technology
b. inexpensive travel opportunities
  c. increasing divorce rates
d. increasing intercultural interest
 

CHAPTER 2

2.  Which of the following is true about the development of the intercultural communication area of study?
  a. It originated with researchers looking for practical answers to help overseas workers.
b. This area of study differs very little from the research done in the field of anthropology.
c.  It began as a result of people's displeasure over the foreign relations resulting in the Vietnam conflict.
d.  The primary focus of researchers was to develop theories that described intercultural communication processes.
 

CHAPTER 3

3.  Which is true of traditional definitions of culture in intercultural communication studies?
 a. They focused on the nation-state or ethnic group level of culture.
b. They were primarily influenced by definitions proposed by linguists and experts in the English language.
c.  They primarily influenced scholars interested in the critical approach to intercultural communication.
d.  They encouraged researchers to take a very broad focus of culture, observing culture as patterns of communication.
 
 

CHAPTER 5

2.  The process by which others attribute identities to an individual is a. interpolation.
b.  avowal.
c.  normative.
d. ascription.
 

CHAPTER 6

 Which component of language is concerned with the way meaning is constructed in
relation to the receivers and context?
a.  syntactic
b. phonetics
c. pragmatics
d. semantics
 

CHAPTER 7

Which of the following is true about nonverbal behavior?

a. We are rarely conscious of our nonverbal communication behaviors.
b. The lower a person's status, the more likely the person is to use large, expansive gestures.
c. There are no nonverbal behaviors that consistently reveal deception.
d. There is little cultural variation in how nonverbal communication is used.
 
 

CHAPTER 8

Which of the following represents a group of domestic refugees?
a. international students who have come to attend U.S. universities
b. Vietnamese who relocated to Australia after the Vietnam conflict
c. a family from Iran who come to the United States because they want their children to have Western education
d. German Jews who were sent to prison camps during World War II
 
 

CHAPTER 9

. Which of the following is true about people's responses to popular culture?
a. In general people cannot resist popular culture.
b. The study of popular culture is considered by most people to be worthy of serious attention.
c. People are often unaware of the complex nature of popular culture.
d. The United States imports much of its popular culture from other countries.
 
 

CHAPTER 10

Which of the following is true about why we form relationships?
a.Physical attractiveness really has little influence on the initial phases of relationship formation.
b.People have a tendency to perceive people as less similar to them than they are.
 c.In some cultures the compatibility of your partner is the major relationship issue.
d.Social and cultural forces have little influence on our notions of attractiveness.
 
 

CHAPTER 11

Which is true of conflict in general?
a. Conflict is found primarily in individualistic cultures.
b. Conflict is always viewed as destructive to relationships.
c. Men and women deal with conflict differently.
d. There are few cultural differences in how people from other cultures approach conflict.
 

CHAPTER 12

.Linguistic knowledge is important to intercultural communication competence so that interactants know what the other is saying. Why else is it important?
a. The process of learning the language causes people to develop less tolerance for ambiguity.
b. People who speak multiple languages are more competent communicators than those who know only one.
c. Learning additional languages increases one's empathy for culturally different individuals.
d. Learning a second language increases one's sensitivity to ethical dilemmas.