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The cultural identity of individual members of a culture is one place to you can see the dialectical tension of similarity and difference in a culture

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The idea of minimalist values is an alternative to binary thinking about ethics and intercultural communication that


A) is a minimum acceptance of the values of different cultures.
B) uses moral rights theory to guide intercultural communication practices.
C) focuses on the simplest forms of mutual support, respect, and moderation needed for human survival, instead of theoretically well-developed values.
D) emphasizes the role of utilitarian impartiality in intercultural communication.

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Binary thinking about intercultural communication is a source of intercultural misunderstanding and ethical nearsightedness.

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Dialectical tensions of intercultural communication seldom create issues of justice.

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"Action," "Being," and "Becoming" are three culturally different answers to the question "What is the preferred human activity?"

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The idea that "there are many values worth living by and that no person can live by all of them" express the cosmopolitan idea of _____/


A) contestability
B) discernment
C) tolerance
D) universalism

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Understanding intercultural communication as communicators negotiating cultural contracts for identity, helps in recognizing _____ that develop from dialectical tensions of intercultural communication practice.


A) roadblocks to effective identity negotiation
B) ethical issues, such truthfulness or justice,
C) key stakeholders not present
D) facts and circumstances

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When we meet people from a different culture for the first time we tend to notice underlying differences in cultures rather than similarities.

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Protonorms, for example "the sacredness of life," are beliefs about what is best for the world from which values of different cultures develop.

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According to Clifford Christians "sacredness of life" is a protonorm. Protonorm are


A) the basis for universal moral rights accepted by all cultures.
B) foundational beliefs about what is best for the world that cultures practice in different ways.
C) another expression of Kant's categorical imperative.
D) new forms of justified truth.

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The easy access of global digital communication minimizes the dialectical tension of privilege and disadvantage in digital intercultural communication.

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Dialectical tensions in communication that negotiate cultural identity raise ethical issues of integrity.

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Communication in community and intercultural communication share


A) the paradox that inclusive communication simultaneously excludes others who are different.
B) a commitment to both personal and civic freedom.
C) the dynamic tension of absolutism and relativism.
D) an appreciation of the moral rights of communication.

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Cultural relativists discourage making judgments about people from a culture different from one's own.

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Absolutism and cultural relativism are different two strategies for managing dialectical tensions of intercultural communication.

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Recognition of the dialectical tensions of similarity and difference and of history/past and present/future within a culture are important for recognizing and understanding diversity within a culture.

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Which of the following are not examples of ethical issues in practices of absolutism and relativism in intercultural communication?


A) Absolutists encourage or require people who are culturally different to change their identities or leave.
B) Relativists keep their ethical concerns about culturally different practices to themselves, so they do not appear intolerant.
C) Absolutists justify or excuse harms that occur in applying values or principles in the name of consistency.
D) All are examples of ethical issues.
E) Both a & c are examples of ethical issues.

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Differences in cultural value orientation can be a source of cultural misunderstanding or conflict.

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One of the impacts of global access to digital communication on intercultural communication is


A) promoting equality among digital communication within and between cultures.
B) fostering cultural innovation and change in the dialectical tension of history/past and present/future.
C) reinforcing disadvantage in the dialectical tension of privilege and disadvantage in cultures with high levels of illiteracy or unequal digital access.
D) increased sharing of digital technology and infrastructure.

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Cultural identities change over time, which is an example of the dialectical tension of static and dynamic.

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