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Actual similarity is a greater factor than perceived similarity in relationship formation.
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The term "friend" has pretty much the same meaning in all cultural groups.
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Even though they are shorter lived, gay relationships are happier and more mutually productive than many opposite-sex relationships.
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People in intercultural marriages are more likely to disagree about how to raise their children than people in intracultural marriages.
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Asian American men and African American women are more likely than Asian American women and African American men to marry outside their cultural group.
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Deidre has studied Japanese since high school. Despite her language skills, when she meets visitors from Japan, she worries that she may offend them or look stupid. Diedre is encountering _____, a challenge in intercultural relationships.
a. affirming another's cultural identity
b. the need for explanations
c. anxiety
d. negative stereotypes
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Vivian, an African American, finds that she seems to explain how she and Janet, a European American, became friends much more frequently than she has to explain her friendships with other African Americans. Sometimes she and Janet laugh about the curiosity of others. Vivian and Janet have encountered _____, a challenge in intercultural relationships.
a. affirming another's cultural identity
b. the need for explanations
c. anxiety
d. negative stereotypes
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Craig,an overweight man, finds that he can meet and talk to people on the internet much more easily than he can at social gatherings, because they do not form their first impressions about him based on his appearance. Craig's experience illustrates how _____, one of the three ways in which computer-mediated communication (CMC) is beneficial.
a. CMC affirms another's cultural identity
b. CMC is an opportunity to communicate with people who are different
c. CMC filters out information related to physical attractiveness, age, and height
d. CMC relationships may be more intense
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Which of the following statements is true of guanxi?
a. It is the same as friendship.
b. It is a reflection of individualism in a society.
c. It mandates that jobs be earned only through perseverance and skill.
d. It requires purposeful cultivation of relationships.
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In the context of relational development, the study conducted by Hotta and Ting-Toomey (2013) revealed that:
a. European Americans disclosed a wide range of relatively superficial information with many people.
b. conversational rules applied to the development of close friendships.
c. time was an important element in the friendship decisions of international students.
d. U.S. students consider international students to be merely acquaintances.
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In their study of children who immigrated from the former Soviet Union to Israel, Elias, and Lemish (2009) found that the internet:
a. prevented the children from integrating into Israeli life.
b. bridged the gap between their former lives and friends.
c. hindered their development of hybrid identities.
d. allowed them to resist cultural adaptation.
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Which of the following statements is true of the obliteration style of interaction between couples?
a. One partner gives up some part of his or her own cultural habits and beliefs.
b. An attempt is made by both partners to erase individual cultures to deal with differences.
c. One partner denies or abandons his or her own culture.
d. Both partners give and take, and it is not a trade-off.
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Information about other people's identity based on visible physical characteristics is referred to as:
a. relational learning.
b. self-disclosure.
c. line of sight.
d. cognitive consistency.
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The _____ style of interaction in intercultural marriage occurs when each person gives up some of his or her culturally bound beliefs in order to accommodate the other.
a. obliteration
b. compromise
c. submission
d. consensus
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Having a logical connection between existing knowledge and a new stimulus is known as _____.
a. the similarity principle
b. the proximity principle
c. cognitive consistency
d. relational learning
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Which of the following does NOT characterize an intercultural alliance?
a. identification of power and unearned privilege
b. orientations of affirmation
c. the use of compromise and submission in making decisions
d. acknowledgement of the impact of history
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Generally, relationships across age groups, physical ability, class, or race have the same amount of anxiety in the initial stages.
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The most common style of interaction in intercultural marriage, _____, occurs when one partner abandons his or her own culture in favor of his or her partner's culture.
a. compromise
b. obliteration
c. consensus
d. submission
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Darrell is the father of five children. He has been married for 16 years and is friends with Joe, a gay man who has been in a relationship with the same man for eight years. Darrell says that before he met Joe, he thought that all gays were simply interested in sex, and that his friendship and conversations with Joe have taught him otherwise. Joe and Darrell's friendship is an example of how intercultural friendships can _____.
a. help to break stereotypes
b. teach us something about history
c. learn more general information
d. help us acquire new skills
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In what ways are intercultural relationships similar to intracultural relationships?
a. There is a similar amount of anxiety during the early stages of the relationship.
b. They take the same basic amount of work and effort.
c. They pass through the same developmental stages.
d. They are based on the same notions of attraction.
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Which of the following is among the major concerns of people in intercultural marriages?
a. gender roles and raising children
b. relational satisfaction and sexual intimacy
c. living arrangements
d. illness and suffering
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Deanna never knew Kristen was gay until Deanna made a comment about the guys on the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" television show. Kristen's choice to come out and educate Deanna marked a(n) _____ in their relationship because that's when they felt that they really started to know one another.
a. involvement
b. turning point
c. similarity
d. negative stereotyping
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Recognizing and accepting that another person might have beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes different from our own is part of _____, a challenge in intercultural relationships.
a. affirming another's cultural identity
b. the need for explanations
c. differences in communication styles
d. negative stereotypes
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Which of the following is NOT true about gay relationships?
a. Men in gay relationships tend to seek emotional support from same-sex friendships.
b. Close friendships may be more important to a gay person than a straight person due to discrimination and hostility.
c. Although friendships between gay people start with sexual attraction and involvement, they often last after the sexual involvement is terminated.
d. They are formed primarily for physical intimacy.
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Which of the following is NOT true about the similarity principle in relationship formation?
a. We are attracted to people who hold similar beliefs to ours.
b. It doesn't matter if people are truly similar as long as we think they are.
c. There must be a certain degree of physical similarity for a relationship to last.
d. When people think they are similar, they have higher expectations for future interactions.
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Elizabeth, a U.S. American student, and Ahmad, an international student from Turkey, find that although they are of different faiths, their attitudes about the role of religion in everyday life are very much alike. This realization surprised Elizabeth but illustrates _____, a theme in intercultural relationships.
a. competence
b. similarity
c. involvement
d. turning points
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Experiences or conversations that move a relationship either forward or backward are known as _____, a theme in intercultural relationships.
a. competence
b. similarity
c. involvement
d. turning points
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Tamaya and Monique make sure that they find time to talk to each other every day and plan weekly activities together. They share many of the same friends, and in their conversations, they often share their feelings concerning personal issues. Tamaya and Monique's friendship illustrates _____, a theme in intercultural relationships.
a. involvement
b. similarity
c. competence
d. a turning point
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The most desirable style of interaction in intercultural marriage, _____, is based on agreement and negotiation.
a. compromise
b. obliteration
c. consensus
d. submission
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Identify and discuss four characteristics of popular culture.
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Roger and Adair are in an intercultural marriage. They have both agreed to give up certain aspects of their culture, but now Adair is starting to resent giving up some of the things she grew up with. Roger and Adair have probably used the _____ style of interaction in intercultural marriage.
a. obliteration
b. compromise
c. consensus
d. submission
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Compare and contrast folk culture and popular culture.
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Keiko, who grew up in Japan, and Wahid, who grew up in Egypt, met and married in the United States. They have decided to stay in the United States and "become American" rather than negotiate the differences between their two cultures. Keiki and Wahid are most likely using the _____ style of interaction.
a. obliteration
b. compromise
c. submission
d. consensus
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Identify and provide examples of the ways in which someone might resist popular culture.
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Identify and discuss four of the five ways of thinking about cultural imperialism. What are the ramifications for intercultural communication from each of these perspectives?
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What are the effects of under representation of various groups in popular culture?
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How do cultural texts influence cultural identities?
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Which of the following is NOT true about the benefits of intercultural relationships?
a. They can help break stereotypes.
b. They may teach us something about history.
c. They do not last as long as same culture relationships.
d. They may help us acquire new skills.
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Talal, a Middle Eastern student, finds himself attracted to Guo Hongwu, a Chinese student in his economics class. After several conversations, he has found that despite their different cultural backgrounds, they have many of the same opinions and experiences in the United States. Talal and Hongwu's relationship illustrates the _____ principle for relationship formation.
a. heterosexual
b. similarity
c. difference
d. physical attraction
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When we seek out people who have different personality traits, we are looking for a(n) _____ relationship.
a. complementary
b. intercultural
c. physical
d. heterosexual
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Which of the following is NOT true about U.S. relationships?
a. Honesty and individuality are more important than harmony and collectivism.
b. Understanding, respect, and sincerity are more important than togetherness, trust, and warmth.
c. Physical attraction and passion are not as important as similar backgrounds and compatibility.
d. In intimate relationships, it is important to have openness and talk things out.
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Most language teachers encourage the use of popular culture, not only to improve language skills but also to learn many of the nuances of another culture.
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American television programs that cross cultural and linguistic frontiers are successful because they appeal to basic human values.
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Academicians Horace Newcomb and Paul Hirsch (1987) suggest that television serves as a cultural forum for discussing and working out ideas on a variety of topics.
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Resistance to popular culture tends to express a concern about how others are going to be impacted by the popular culture representations.
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The process of interpreting a message is referred to as encoding.
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The decoding of the kufiyya, a scarf made of checkered material, was influenced by whether it was seen as a statement on Palestinian pride or a fashion statement.
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There is a great deal of research on why U.S. television programs are so successful in other cultures.
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People resist the use of popular culture as a forum when dealing with social issues.
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Cultural groups are generally depicted accurately in popular culture.
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The U.S. film industry makes more money on their films outside the United States than they do inside.
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Generally, a large number of people have to be interested in something for it to be considered as popular culture.
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White Americans are so often portrayed in popular culture that it is difficult to stereotype them.
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When non-Americans watch television shows for entertainment (such as CSI or Desperate Housewives), they don't consider the story a reflection of American reality.
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The power relations of using media to market U.S. goods through movies on foreign screens is referred to as _____.
a. cultural imperialism
b. high culture
c. cultural Identity
d. colonialism
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Portrayals of readership that give the average age, gender, and household incomes are known as _____.
a. cultural imperialism
b. reader profiles
c. cultural identities
d. stereotypes
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Domination or exploitation of other cultures utilizing technology is known as _____.
a. cultural imperialism
b. electronic colonialism
c. media imperialism
d. prejudice
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Which of the following is a characteristic of popular culture?
a. It is not ubiquitous.
b. It is often the domain of the elite.
c. It is produced by culture industries.
d. It is the same as folk culture.
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Traditional and nonmainstream cultural activities that are not financially driven are referred to as:
a. popular culture.
b. low culture.
c. high culture.
d. folk culture.
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Identify a true statement about popular culture.
a. Popular culture is used to learn about other cultures.
b. Resistance to popular culture is unrelated to social roles.
c. People negotiate their ways through popular culture in similar ways.
d. All popular culture serve to open forums for public deliberation.
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The study by Sarah Jackson and Brooke Foucault Welles on the early tweets after Michael Brown was shot and killed by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, revealed how:
a. marginalized social groups expressed themselves in innovative and alternative ways.
b. people resisted popular culture and the complexity involved in such resistance.
c. popular culture reduced the arena of contemporary democratic deliberation.
d. Twitter and the hashtag shaped a discussion on race, policing, and social justice.
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Which of the following best defines the term cultural text?
a. It is a new name for high culture that refers to those systems or artifacts that most people share and that most people know about.
b. It refers to popular culture messages such as television shows, movies, advertisements, or other widely disseminated messages.
c. It is the process of creating and interpreting a message for others to understand.
d. It is the portrayal of readership demographics prepared by magazines.
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Identify a true statement about low culture activities.
a. The cultural values embedded in these activities were considered transcendent.
b. These activities have been traditionally seen as unworthy of serious study.
c. University courses and programs have been devoted to study its various aspects.
d. To protect these cultural treasures, social groups built museums and theaters.
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Popular Mexican American music in Los Angeles illustrates:
a. the ways in which folk culture becomes popular culture.
b. the subtleties of cultural imperialism.
c. the ways in which cultural industries manipulate various media.
d. the ways in which marginalized cultural groups are able to express themselves in innovative, alternative ways.
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The fact that we are bombarded with popular culture every day and everywhere illustrates that it is _____, a characteristic of popular culture.
a. folk culture
b. stereotypical
c. ambiguous
d. ubiquitous
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Which of the following is NOT true about the consumption of popular culture?
a. Public texts do not have to win over the majority of the people in order to be popular.
b. Unpredictability in advertising has been removed through consumer profiling.
c. We participate in those texts which address issues that are relevant to our cultural groups.
d. We actively seek out and choose texts that serve our needs.
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Which of the following is NOT true about resisting popular culture?
a. Some people refuse to engage in particular forms of popular culture.
b. Some forms of resistance may be role related.
c. It is not really possible to resist exposure to popular media.
d. Cultural politics are rarely a factor in choosing to resist a form of popular culture.
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Intercultural communication scholars are interested in popular culture because:
a. it gives us true representations of other people.
b. most people rely on popular culture for information about others.
c. people all over the world assign the same meanings to popular culture texts.
d. there is little cultural variation in the way people negotiate their relationships to popular culture.
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Details concerning the average age, sex, and income of a magazine's readership are known as _____.
a. cultural identities
b. abstract demographics
c. forms of media imperialism
d. reader profiles
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Which statement is NOT true about popular culture and information about cultures?
a. People tend to think popular culture presents true information about their own culture.
b. People use popular culture texts to learn about other cultures.
c. People tend to think popular culture presents true information about other cultures.
d. People use popular culture texts to negotiate their relationships with cultural identities.
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According to the study on how interviewers respond to black and white job applicants, black job applicants:
a. were less qualified than white applicants.
b. do not have interviewing skills.
c. were less immediate than white applicants.
d. were reacting to the interviewers.
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Which statement is true about popular culture and stereotypes?
a. Sometimes we unconsciously accept stereotypes presented in the media.
b. Popular culture reinforces existing stereotypes.
c. We resist stereotypes projected by popular culture.
d. Popular culture is the main reason stereotypes persist.
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African American female characters who often appear as background scenery in television shows serve to perpetuate _____.
a. cultural imperialism
b. media imperialism
c. social roles
d. stereotypes
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Which of the following is true about how people resist cultural texts?
a. A person's preference for popular culture is based more on media sensitivity than on cultural values.
b. Refusal to participate in popular culture is one form of showing resistance.
c. Motivation to participate in popular culture is unrelated to a person's social role.
d. Resistance may be motivated by displeasure over media representation of certain social issues.
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Manusov and Hegda found that having some cultural information and positive expectations:
a. motivates migrants to be overconfident about their knowledge of a culture.
b. leads to more rigid stereotyping than having no information.
c. leads to greater levels of disappointment and frustration for migrants.
d. may lead to more in-depth conversations than having no information.
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Who tends to be most influenced by popular culture portrayals of another cultural group?
a. people who have been extensively exposed to the other group
b. people who have a tendency toward ethnocentric attitudes
c. people who have visited the culture of the other group
d. people who have limited experience with the other group
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The impact that U.S. and Western media have had on the rest of the world is known as _____.
a. electronic colonialism
b. media imperialism
c. cultural imperialism
d. consumerism
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_____ has been reconceptualized as popular culture.
a. Low culture
b. High culture
c. Cultural identity
d. Colonialism
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Electronic colonialism is:
a. domination by one country through political, economic, and cultural exploitation.
b. domination through the spread of cultural products.
c. domination or exploitation using technological forms.
d. domination or control through media.
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What initially motivated the exportation of U.S. popular culture?
a. the desire to share new information and technological advances
b. requests from countries that did not have high-quality entertainment
c. a need to help people from other cultures understand the benefits of democracy
d. the decision to use it to advertise U.S. products