Intercultural Communication A Contextual Approach 7th Edition by James W. Neuliep – Test Bank

Chapter 6: The Sociorelational Context

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is an example of an involuntary membership group?
2. age
3. religion
4. occupation
5. education

Ans: A

Answer Location: Dimensions of Group Variability

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which of the following is an example of a voluntary membership group?
3. political affiliation
4. sex
5. race
6. family

Ans: A

Answer Location: Dimensions of Group Variability

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. A group whose norms, values, and aspirations shape the behaviors of its members is called ______.
4. an out-group
5. a voluntary nonmembership group
6. a racial group
7. an in-group

Ans: D

Answer Location: In-Groups and Out-Groups

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Reference groups serve which two functions?
5. membership and nonmembership function
6. voluntary and involuntary function
7. comparative and referent function
8. comparative and normative function

Ans: D

Answer Location: Reference Groups

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. A role which has well-defined, perhaps even contractual behavioral, expectations is called ______.
6. a voluntary role
7. an informal role
8. a formal role
9. a membership role

Ans: C

Answer Location: Role Relationships

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. A role whose behavioral expectations are learned through experience and vary considerably from person to person is called ______.
7. a voluntary role
8. an informal role
9. a formal role
10. d. a membership role

Ans: B

Answer Location: Role Relationships

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The total accumulation of our roles constitutes our ______.
8. membership groups
9. social identity
10. role hierarchy
11. voluntary groups

Ans: B

Answer Location: Role Relationships

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The rank ordering of roles within a culture is called ______.
9. social stratification
10. social differentiation
11. social cohesion
12. social positioning

Ans: A

Answer Location: Role Differentiation and Stratification

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. In general, high-context collectivistic cultures possess ______.
10. strict hierarchical role stratification
11. strict social cohesion
12. loose social positioning
13. loose social differentiation

Ans: A

Answer Location: Role Differentiation and Stratification

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The nuclear family is prevalent in most ______.
11. high-context collectivistic cultures
12. low-context collectivistic cultures
13. high-context individualistic cultures
14. low-context individualistic cultures

Ans: D

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-4: Compare and contrast families and family roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The extended family is prevalent in most ______.
12. high-context collectivistic cultures
13. low-context collectivistic cultures
14. high-context individualistic cultures
15. low-context individualistic cultures

Ans: A

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-4: Compare and contrast families and family roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. The difference between sex and gender is ______.
13. sex is learned and gender is biological
14. sex is biological and gender is learned
15. sex is formal and gender is informal
16. sex is informal and gender is formal

Ans: B

Answer Location: Sex and Gender Groups

Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast sex and gender roles across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. An important part of marriage in Kenya is the phenomena of bridewealth, in which ______.
14. money or some form of payment is passed from the groom’s family to the bride
15. men prefer to marry only wealthy women
16. money or some form of payment is passed from the bride’s family to the groom
17. none of these

Ans: A

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-4: Compare and contrast families and family roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Which of the following countries has a compulsory military service requirement for women and where women constitute a third of all soldiers and just over half of military officers?
15. Kenya
16. China
17. Mexico
18. Israel

Ans: D

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-4: Compare and contrast families and family roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Voluntary membership groups are those to which people consciously choose to belong, including political affiliation and religion, among others.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Dimensions of Group Variability

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. An out-group is a group whose attributes are dissimilar from those of the in-group, or that opposes the accomplishment of the in-group’s goals.

Ans: T

Answer Location: In-Groups and Out-Groups

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Usually, though not necessarily, voluntary membership in-groups serve as positive reference groups.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Reference Groups

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Roles prescribe with whom, about what, and how to interact with others.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Role Relationships

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Many individualistic, low-context, and small power distance cultures possess a relatively strict hierarchical role stratification.

Ans: F

Answer Location: Role Differentiation and Stratification

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Many individualistic, low-context, small power distance cultures profess equality and minimize role stratification.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Role Differentiation and Stratification

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In collectivistic cultures, familial relations are typically hierarchical and the decision-making process usually is not democratic.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-4: Compare and contrast families and family roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. One group to which every human being belongs regardless of culture is determined by biological sex.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Sex and Gender Groups

Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast sex and gender roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Unlike patriarchal societies, in matriarchal cultures, the natural differences between men and women are acknowledged and respected, but they are not used to create social hierarchies.

Ans: T

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Unlike matriarchal societies, in patriarchal cultures the natural differences between men and women are acknowledged and respected, but they are not used to create social hierarchies.

Ans: F

Answer Location: Family Groups

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay/Short Answer

1. Compare and contrast in-groups and out-groups and how they affect behavior.

Ans: An in-group represents a special class of membership group characterized by a potent internal cohesiveness among its members and a sometimes intense hostility toward out-groups.

An out-group, on the other hand, is a group whose attributes are dissimilar from those of the in-group, or that opposes the accomplishment of the in-group’s goals. In order to be classified as an out-group, the group must be perceived as threatening in some way to the in-group and be relatively stable, impenetrable, and dissimilar. Persons can be perceived as in-group members in one context and out-group members in another

Answer Location: In-Groups and Out-Groups

Learning Objective: 6-1: Compare and contrast the nature of group membership and group behavior across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. In all cultures people assume roles. Discuss the relationship between roles and communication.

Ans: Roles and communication are integrally linked. Roles prescribe (1) with whom, (2) about what, and (3) how to communicate. There are at least four dimensions on which roles vary across cultures: the degree of personalness, formality, hierarchy, and deviation from the ideal role enactment. Because roles prescribe with whom, about what, and how to communicate with others, communication in cultures with a rigid social stratification system is very predictable. Verbal and nonverbal messages are prescribed according to one’s role and rank in the social hierarchy.

Answer Location: Role Relationships

Learning Objective: 6-2: Define and discuss the concept of role relationships across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Choose two cultures and explain how sex and gender roles differ.

Ans: Answers will vary.

Answer Location: Sex and Gender Roles Across Cultures

Learning Objective: 6-3: Compare and contrast sex and gender roles across cultures.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Difficulty Level: Hard