Test Bank

Chapter 14: Dynamics of Culture and Change

Multiple Choice

1. In 2011 the U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics reported that one out of five of children living in the U.S. ______.

a. has two foreign born parents

b. has one foreign born parent

c. is born in another country

d. speaks another language in addition to English

Learning Objective: 14.1: Consider the dynamics of change and how these dynamics affect cultural expression.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Culture and Change

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What does the research on DNA reveal about populations in any geographical area?

a. People in populated areas have not migrated very far from other areas.

b. The findings from DNA studies are inconsistent regarding migration patterns.

c. Migration patterns are not related to diverse population groups.

d. There is extensive migration of a variety of population groups.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Consider the dynamics of change and how these dynamics affect cultural expression.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Culture and Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Jorge moved to Dallas to live with his grandparents, leaving his parents in Guatemala. He visits his parents about three times per year. Since he easily negotiates these cultural shifts, which of the following is true about Jorge?

a. He is unable to feel connected to either culture of his parents or his grandparents.

b. He embraces the cultural values and behaviors of Texas.

c. He subscribes to what is referred to as a third culture.

d. He has cultural disorientation.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Immigration to the U.S. often was the result of families escaping war, religious persecution, or threat to their survival. The resulting trauma would ______.

a. affect an entire generation of the family

b. end upon settlement in the U.S.

c. never abate for the immigrant families

d. provide protective coping strategies from within the family system

Learning Objective: 14.1: Consider the dynamics of change and how these dynamics affect cultural expression.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Culture and Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. How long would it take a refugee family, who has fled their country of origin to seek economic survival, to reach cultural acclimatization?

a. only a few years

b. at least two generations

c. after they find a place to live

d. an entire generation

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Child labor, poverty, and sex trade exploitation often lead to which outcome?

a. economic prosperity for families in technologically advanced countries

b. limited educational opportunities and employment for the children who are affected

c. an intergenerational reoccurring cycle that impacts the children, their progeny, and their future economic and psychological well-being

d. initiatives that limit child labor and exploitation in least developed countries

Learning Objective: 14.1: Consider the dynamics of change and how these dynamics affect cultural expression.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Culture and Change

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What type of move would radically challenge parenting practices for immigrant families?

a. from a collectivistic culture to an individualistic culture

b. from a rural area in a country to another rural area in an adjacent country

c. from an urban area in a country to a rural area in that same country

d. from a country with limited economic opportunities to a developed country

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which group is significantly impacted by immigration because they are forming a cultural and personal identity and may feel marginalized when trying to find a peer group?

a. young adulthood, ages 20 to 30 years

b. adolescence, ages 13 to 19 years

c. middle adulthood, ages 45 to 60 years

d. early childhood, ages 3 to 6 years

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Immigrant ______ families often live with three generations of family members.

a. Asian

b. Latino

c. rural

d. educated

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. What would make assimilation easier for an immigrant family in their new country?

a. anticipating life in the new country

b. their children’s ability to adapt to the move

c. the family being able to face new challenges during their first two years in the new country

d. if the culture in the new country is similar to the culture in their country of origin

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What does Gerhardt, among others, consider to be the “cornerstone” in significant aspects of family life?

a. family meals

b. holiday celebrations

c. family members’ cultural values and beliefs

d. neighborhood schools

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Of the parents and their children in an immigrant family, which generation has the best chance of competency in navigating life in the new country?

a. the parents who maintain their home country’s cultural values

b. the children who become bilingual and attend the local school

c. the children who arrive after the parents have achieved some stability

d. the parents who take their time to learn a new language

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. What might immigrant parents find out if they find a mate from their country of origin for their adult children?

a. This cultural match provides stability for the newly wedded couple.

b. There are more advantages than disadvantages to this cultural match for the young couple.

c. This cultural match does not assure a successful marriage because the children have acculturated different values in the new culture.

d. The adult children are pleased to have their parents make this decision for them.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implication of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Using symbols that have significant meaning to a cultural group in a way that demonstrates insufficient understanding may be viewed by that cultural group as a(n) ______.

a. disrespectful violation of their culture

b. demonstration of appreciation for their cultural heritage

c. way to acquire some financial compensation for the symbol

d. insignificant display of an aspect of their culture

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. What constitutes cultural competence by helping professionals?

a. being able to speak at least three languages

b. knowing specific details about major cultural groups worldwide

c. instructing their clients about mainstream U.S. cultural practices

d. being willing to learn about other cultures and showing respect for their clients’ cultural practices and values

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Ramon and Imelda immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico and they rely on their children to be their interpreters in dealing with legal and employment matters. What may be the result of this situation?

a. Relying on their children to speak on their behalf allows Ramon and Imelda to more easily be part of the dominant group in the U.S.

b. Ramon and Imelda will more easily learn English.

c. There is a shift in power away from the parents to the children.

d. By being observers rather than interacting, Ramon and Imelda will learn the nuances of U.S. culture.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Examine why communication is an essential part of cultural identity and reflect on the implications of learning languages in addition to one’s mother tongue.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Culture and Communication

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. The language and many of the cultural tenets of one’s family of origin will fade or diminish ______.

a. within the first few years after a family has arrived in the new country

b. by the third generation, or the grandchildren of the immigrant parents

c. with the children of the immigrant parents

d. within ten years after immigration for all family members

Learning Objective: 14.4: Examine why communication is an essential part of cultural identity and reflect on the implications of learning languages in addition to one’s mother tongue.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Culture and Communication

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. If immigrants are in an uncomfortable cross-cultural situation that makes them anxious, they are most likely to respond in which way?

a. They will rely on simplistic ideas to manage their lack of knowledge.

b. They will be curious and seek to know more about the diverse group.

c. They will use effective communication strategies.

d. They will be candid about their ignorance.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Distinguish between enculturation and acculturation by highlighting the differences and similarities of these processes.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Anxiety-Uncertainty Management Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which one of these is an etic example as it relates to culture?

a. the use of rituals to celebrate or honor life transitions

b. the quinceanera celebration for a fifteen-year-old girl from Mexico

c. the fourth of July celebration in the U.S.

d. Ramadan, month of fasting

Learning Objective: 14.5: Distinguish between enculturation and acculturation by highlighting the differences and similarities of these processes.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Enculturation and Acculturation

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. We ______ as we grow up in our home country’s culture.

a. become assimilated

b. are enculturated

c. become acculturated

d. become bigoted

Learning Objective: 14.5: Distinguish between enculturation and acculturation by highlighting the differences and similarities of these processes.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Enculturation and Acculturation

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Very young children who remain in their home country when their parents immigrate to another country may experience attachment difficulties when they are finally reunited with their parents.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Describe the unique dynamics and challenges faced by international families.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of International Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. An example of an appropriate cultural exchange is sharing foods and blending music of the different cultural groups in holidays or celebrations.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Analyze the process of assimilation by describing how it occurs and the implications of being exposed to the cultural content of the host culture.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of Assimilation

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. It is very difficult to learn and become fluent in a second language before adolescence.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Examine why communication is an essential part of cultural identity and reflect on the implications of learning languages in addition to one’s mother tongue.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Culture and Communication

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Since culture continues to change and evolve, a child’s cultural experience will be very different from the parents’ or grandparents’ experiences.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Distinguish between enculturation and acculturation by highlighting the differences and similarities of these processes.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Culture and Communication

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Explain the use of convergence and divergence as described in the communication accommodation theory.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Distinguish between enculturation and acculturation by highlighting the differences and similarities of these processes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Anxiety-Uncertainty Management Theory

Difficulty Level: Hard