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Which of the following is true about stereotypes?

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Correct Answer: They are a way we categorize or understand.

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Organizational ______ refers to the way an organization operates, the attitudes the employees have, and the overall tone and approach to any given business.

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Correct Answer: Culture

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______ refers to the experiences that shape our attitudes, perceptions, emotions, and communication choices, and includes the assimilation process.

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Correct Answer: Socialization

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When cultural competence is absent in the workplace, which of the following can occur?

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Correct Answer: Discrimination

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Culture’s orientation to supernatural, human, and natural entities in the cosmological universe and other philosophical issues influencing how its members see the world, according to Samovar et al., is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Worldview

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Race and ethnicity are differentiated by ______.

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Correct Answer: Physical characteristics versus shared culture

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______ differences include variations in the pronunciation of words, as well as in vocabulary and syntax.

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Correct Answer: Dialect

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Which set of terms describe male communication?

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Correct Answer: Report talk, nondescriptive, no tag questions

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Which is the best example of an artifact?

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Correct Answer: University license plate cover

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Which is a tactic to gain information about organizational culture listed by Jablin?

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Correct Answer: Third-party questioning

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Women tend to engage in report talk.

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Correct Answer: False

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People who are culturally competent engage in perception checking to gain cultural knowledge.

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Correct Answer: True

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Narratives are stories.

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Correct Answer: True

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Jargon refers to language used in a given field.

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Correct Answer: True

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Testing limits is one tactic newcomers use to learn about organizations.

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Correct Answer: True

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Worldview is a culture’s orientation to _____entities in the cosmological universe and other philosophical issues influencing how its members see the world.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Interpretation systems available to assist with language barriers and other communication related concerns refer to translational services.

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Correct Answer: True

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Asking direct questions of people who have had the same experiences as you at a different time is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Third party questioning

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Choosing to continue a behavior or practice to see how it will influence the outcome is called testing limit.

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Correct Answer: False

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Using observational skills to take stock of any given situation refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Surveillance

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The way humans use their minds to perceive others as belonging to a social group refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Stereotypes

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Socialization means the experiences that shape our attitudes and_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The categorization of people based on physical characteristics such as skin color, dimensions of the human face, and hair refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Race

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Asking others if one’s sense of understanding is correct or incorrect refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Perception checking

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The practice of asking a direct question about what you want to know is called_____

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Correct Answer: Overt questioning

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Organizational culture includes the way an organization operates and_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Stories we use to come to understand the organizational culture and one another refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Narrative

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People seeking understanding through the vehicle of open dialogue refer to_____

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Correct Answer: Mutual respect

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When people trying to communicate do not share a common language it is called_____

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Correct Answer: Language barrier

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Asking questions in a roundabout way to retrieve information that will make you more competitive, help you make better choices, and help you survive in an organization refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Indirect questioning

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A process that brings each of us into greater contact with the rest of the world and gives our daily lives an increasingly international orientation refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Globalization

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Ethnicity refers to a social group that may be joined together by factors such as _____or shared culture.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Making statements about something to see how other people react refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Disguising conversation

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Discrimination is the act of excluding or denying people of products, rights, and services based on their _____gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Dialect means_____ in a language.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The rules of living and functioning in society refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Culture

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Practices, behaviors, celebrations, and traditions common to people, organizations, and institutions refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Cultural rituals

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Being aware of diversity that’s present in any working or social environment refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Cultural diversity awareness

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The level of knowledge a person has about others who are different in some way in comparison with himself or herself refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Cultural competence

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Assimilation process is the _____,that’s common for anyone starting a new job.

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Correct Answer: Adjustment period

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A person’s_____of various words in a language is called accent.

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Correct Answer: Pronunciation

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