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Lori visits her French friends and has awkward interactions with her friends’ neighbor who seems to interpret everything she says differently than Lori intended. According to chapter 12 (and lecture notes), when a person realizes that they are not experiencing success in intercultural interactions, but is not sure why, it is a case of:  

Those systems or artifacts that most people share and that most people know about are known as _____.

Lori Peterson finally moves to France and becomes a French citizen.  She insists on only speaking French, vaping, and never smiling at passersby in the street.  This type of cultural adaptation – in which an individual gives up his or her heritage and adopts the mainstream cultural identity – is called _____.

The sociopolitical context (of the host country) affects individual immigration.

Which of the following is not one of Hofstede’s value dimensions?

From Chapter 8 (and lecture notes) the W-curve theory suggests that:

Raveena possesses the desire to make a commitment in relationships, to learn about the self and others, and to remain flexible.  Raveena exhibits which aspect of intercultural communication competence?

In the _____ stage of minority identity development, individuals may reject the values and norms associated with the dominant group while embracing all the attitudes and values attributed to his or her own group.

The fact that romance languages such as Spanish and French oblige us to think about formality (e.g., tu, vous) when addressing other people and gender when naming objects (e.g., le, la) is an example of:

Manuel lives very close to the Mexico the U.S. border and travels back and forth between cultures frequently. It is quite possible that Manuel’s experience reflects _____, or, the experience of being between two or more cultural positions.