Exam 2: Culture and Gender

People from different cultures sometimes experience difficulty in understanding one another because they think differently.

The use of idioms is primarily a North American behavior.

Which concept of culture includes judgments about how good, desirable, or beautiful something is?

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the attitude of someone from a low-power-distance culture?

According to the distinctions between men and women's linguistic styles, men are more likely to:

Biological sex is genetically determined whereas gender roles are socially constructed.

Research suggests that women are more likely than men to use self-references, such as "me" or "I".

A verbal phrase whose meaning is purely figurative, such as "shake a leg" or "kick the bucket," is called what?

The textbook mentions that students from individualistic and collectivistic cultures often approach public speaking very differently. What cultural characteristics underlay that distinction?

Very specific communication codes such as those used by doctors and dentists are known as