1. Culturally shared ________ involve answers to questions such as human origins and concepts of time, space, reality, and the existence of a supernatural being.

2. These can include myths, legends, ceremonies, and rituals that are passed on from one generation to the next via an oral or written medium.

3. Barry approaches his international manager to ask her for a salary increase. What type of goal is Barry’s salary increase in this intercultural communication interaction?

4. While conversing with her coworker from overseas, Beth notices that Benito stands much too close and makes her feel uncomfortable, but that he doesn’t seem to notice that he is making a cultural mistake. This illustrates which state of the intercultural difference alertness model?

5. The fact that intercultural communication involves simultaneous encoding and decoding reflects which characteristic of intercultural communication?

6. Music and images produced by Snoop Dogg, Beyonce Knowles, and other musical artists belong to what level of culture?

7. The instructor says to Brooke and Bianca, “You look tired.” Although they both understand the words, Brooke takes this as a comforting message and Bianca believes she has been criticized. These two women have understood the same words but attached differing ___________ to them.

8. __________ meaning is inferred via nonverbal intonations, body movements, or gestures that accompany the verbal content.

9. Dr. Brown and Binh Phuoc, a study-abroad student, discuss what to do about his sprained ankle. When Binh Phuoc begins to explain his family’s tradition of using a mixture of herbs and oils to alleviate the sprain, Dr. Brown interrupts and calls it an “old wives’ tale.” They both realize that Dr. Brown’s interruption has caused awkwardness and embarrassment in the communication process. According to the intercultural difference alertness model, what state does this describe?

10. Dr. Brown would really like to take back his remark criticizing Binh Phuoc’s family remedy for sprained ankles. However, because intercultural communication is a(n) _____________ process, he cannot take back his remark.

11. Cultural norms belong to deep-level culture.

12. Symbolic exchange refers to the use of verbal and nonverbal symbols between a minimum of two individuals to accomplish shared meanings.

13. The digital aspects of communication refer to the content information that we convey to our listener.

14. Identity meaning refers to questions such as “Who am I and who are you in this interaction episode?”

15. Television shows such as Who Wants to Marry My Dad? and The Amazing Race are primarily examples of intermediate-level culture, and specifically, examples of culturally shared beliefs.