Intercultural communication

Variant 1

1. The state of physical and emotional discomfort experienced by a person who has travelled to a foreign country is ....

   a) cultural stress

   b) culture shock

   c) cultural explosion

   d) intercultural shock

2. The main cause of culture shock is .

    a) difference of cultures

    b) a person's low level of education

    c) low standard of living in the host country

    d) political beliefs

3. some manifestations of culture shock are:

    a) a sense of loss

    b) fatigue

    c) joy

    d) indignation

    e) anxiety

4. Adaptation in a foreign country lasts

a) from a few days to a few months

b) from several months to several years

c) from a few days to a few years

d) from several years to several decades

5. Re-adaptation is ...

 a) failure to adapt in a foreign country

 b) too rapid adaptation in a foreign country

 c) adaptation in the home country after returning from a foreign country

 d) ineffective adaptation

6. Factors relevant to the development of culture shock are ...

   a) individual

   b) external

   c) internal

   d) physiological

7. The process of adapting to a new

   national conditions is called ...

  a) adaptation

  b) acculturation

  c) antagonism

8. Acculturation has ... main (x) form(s).

  a) two

  b) three

  c) four

  d) five

9. Ethnic stereotypes are...

    a) stable ideas about the character of people of a certain nationality

    b) a distorted idea of national characters

    c) national and cultural characteristics of representatives of a nation

    d) objective, scientifically based data on the behavior of representatives of certain nationalities

10. National stereotypes are usually...

    a) very specific and precise

    b) blurry and unclear

    c) schematic and generalized

    d) sharply negative

11. Sources of ethnic stereotypes - ...

    a) international jokes

    b) scientific research

    c) folklore

    d) classical literature

    e) personal experience

    f) history of the people

 12. National stereotypes...

    a) always accurate and truthful

    b) always erroneous and inaccurate

    c) may be wrong

    d) may be true

13. Knowing ethnic stereotypes helps...

     a) in intercultural communication

     b) in overcoming culture shock

     c) in learning a foreign language

     d) in scientific research

14. Stereotypical ideas about the national character of a people

     a) based on likes and dislikes

     b) may vary among different peoples

     c) emotionally charged

     d) are the same among different peoples

15. Stereotypes about ethnic groups may reflect

     a) behavioral features

     b) noticeable appearance features

     c) culinary traditions

     d) character traits

16. The formation of ethnic stereotypes cannot occur in the process...

     a) socialization

     b) inculturation

     c) personal communication with foreigners

     d) conducting scientific research

     e) media influence

17. "Cultural Grammar" by E. Hall studies...

      a) economics

      b) time

      c) space

      d) folklore

      e) language

      e) information flows

      g) context

18. The science of the meaning of time in the process of communication -

      a) proxemics

      b) chronemics

      c) grammar