Exam 10: Intercultural Competence in Interpersonal Relationships

What are the two issues involved in conflict? Using a personal example, explain how these issues affect conflict resolution between individualistic and collectivistic cultures?

Universal face needs include the need for control, approval, and admiration.

As one of the three primary dimensions used by people throughout the world to interpret interpersonal communication messages, affiliation

According to Ting-Toomey, in which type of culture are individuals able to express their agitation and anger about an issue and then joke and socialize with the person?

Friendships usually occur between people who see themselves as similar in some important ways and who belong to the same social classl

An interpersonal relationship with large status differences among the participants is not likely to be face-threateningl

Competence in developing and maintaining intercultural relationships requires which of the following?

Family or kinship relationships can be characterized by the following questions:

The openness-closedness dialectic in interpersonal relationships

Uncertainty reduction strategies do not come into play in relationships that are moving from an acquaintance to friendship

Emotional consequences of uncertainty and anxiety management may include

In individualistic cultures,

Which term describes the range of topics that are revealed during self disclosure?

The three general strategies to gain information and reduce the level of uncertainty are

The interaction with an acquaintance tends to be on a superficial level.