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Exam Questions Understanding Cultural Identity Chapter 4

TEST BANK – CHAPTER4

25Multiple Questions

5True/False Questions

5 Essay Questions

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 1

1)

The term _______ refers to the reflective self-conception or self-image that we each derive from family, gender, cultural, ethnic, and individual socialization processes.

Page reference:

a.#

ethnicity

b.#

coculture

c.#

individualism

d.#

identity

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 2

2)

Emma’s _______ identity can include the facts that she is female, an attorney, and Latina; while her _______ identity can include that facts that she is outgoing and disorganized.

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a.#

culture; social

b.#

social; cultural

c.#

social; personal

d.#

personal; social

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 3

3)

Hector is a fun-loving Mexican American instructor of intercultural communication at a major U.S. university. From the above description, his personal identity is

Page reference:

a.#

fun-loving.

b.#

Mexican.

c.#

Mexican American.

d.#

instructor of intercultural communication.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 4

4)

Lilia grew up in a close family consisting of her parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. What type of family is this?

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a.#

Traditional family

b.#

Extended family

c.#

Blended family

d.#

Co-cultural family

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 5

5)

_______ refers to the meanings and interpretations we hold concerning our self-image and expected other-images of femaleness and maleness.

Page reference:See section“Gender Socialization and Interaction Patterns”

a.#

Gender identity

b.#

Gender hierarchy

c.#

Self-construal

d.#

Cultural identity

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 6

6)

Genders that do not fall into a male or female category are referred to as

Page reference:See section“Gender Socialization and Interaction Patterns”

a.#

assimilated.

b.#

nonbinary.

c.#

marginal.

d.#

bicultural.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 7

7)

The degree of identity change that occurs when individuals move from a familiar environment to an unfamiliar one describes what process?

Page reference:See section“The Process of Acculturation and Enculturation”

a.#

Acculturation

b.#

Enculturation

c.#

Interdependence

d.#

Marginalization

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 8

8)

Samantha has lived in the United Statesallher life. She has been socialized into U.S.Americanculture and internalized its primary cultural values. She has been _______ into an “American” identity.

Page reference:See section“The Process of Acculturation and Enculturation”

a.#

acculturated

b.#

enculturated

c.#

adapted

d.#

marginalized

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 9

9)

The “socioeconomic conditions” of a country in welcoming or rejecting incoming cultural strangers/immigrants can be located as a _______-level factor.

Page reference:See section“Systems-Level Factors”

a.#

social media

b.#

systems

c.#

individual

d.#

network

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 10

10)

Kareem’s family wasmotivated to emigrate to Sweden due to Sweden’s job and educational opportunities and overall quality of life, which are considered _______ motivational factors.

Page reference:See section“Systems-Level Factors”

a.#

“push”

b.#

“pull”

c.#

cultural knowledge

d.#

interaction-based

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 11

11)

_______ resources for immigrants consist of support for task related and practical goals, such as help with transportation and filling out job applications.

Page reference:See section“Interpersonal Face-to-Face and Relational Network Factors”

a.#

Affective

b.#

Instrumental

c.#

Co-culture

d.#

Social

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 12

12)

_______ identity involves the emotional significance that we attach to our sense of belonging or affiliation with the larger culture.

Page reference:See section“Conceptualizing Cultural Identity”

a.#

Personal

b.#

Co-culture

c.#

Cultural

d.#

Ethnic

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 13

13)

Ben has never been to Israel. He and his family celebrate their Jewish heritage by involvement in a synagogue, the celebration of holidays and traditions, and learning Hebrew. Ben’s _______ is Jewish.

Page reference:See section“Conceptualizing Ethnic Identity”

a.#

personal identity

b.#

national identity

c.#

ethnic identity

d.#

professional identity

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 14

14)

Jada is African American and views her _______ identity as having its heritage or roots in Africa.

Page reference:See section“Conceptualizing Ethnic Identity”

a.#

national

b.#

ethnic

c.#

accommodated

d.#

assimilated

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 15

15)

As a Filipino American,you haveinternalized both small and large power distance value dimensions: at home you communicate respectfully with your grandpa and at work you interact informally with your boss,since your boss prefers casual style. Your identity reflects _______ identity tendency.

Page reference:See section“Cultural-Ethnic Identity Typological Model

a.#

ethic-oriented

b.#

assimilated

c.#

encapsulated marginal

d.#

bicultural

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 16

16)

Sabina strongly identifies herself as being a “U.S. American” and, at the same time, strongly identifies with her ethnic Iranian heritage. Her identity is reflective of which identity option?

Page reference:See section“Cultural-Ethnic Identity Typological Model

a.#

Ethnic-oriented identity

b.#

Bicultural identity

c.#

Assimilated identity

d.#

Marginal identity

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 17

17)

Your parents are from El Salvador, and youwereborn and raised in L.A. You’re often quite confused about your ethnic and cultural identity in the U.S. culture—you don’t feel very “mainstream American,” or very El Salvadorian either. Your identity reflects the _______ identity type.

Page reference:See section“Cultural-Ethnic Identity Typological Model

a.#

ethnic-oriented

b.#

assimilated

c.#

bicultural

Correct

d.#

marginal

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 18

18)

You can code-switch fluently between acting very individualistic and assertive to very collectivistic and diplomatic. Your behaviors reflects a(n) _______ identity.

Page reference:See section“Cultural-Ethnic Identity Typological Model

a.#

individualistic

b.#

bicultural

c.#

tricultural

d.#

ethnic-oriented

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter 4 Question 19

19)

As a Puerto Rican American,Carlos identifies strongly with the larger U.S. culture and identifies weakly with his ethnic heritage, traditions, and values. In the ethnic-cultural identity typological model, James is practicing which of the four options?

Page reference:See section“Cultural-Ethnic Identity Typological Model

a.#

Bicultural identity

b.#

Ethnic-oriented identity

c.#

Assimilated identity

d.#

Marginal identity

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter 4 Question 20

20)

In the_______stage of theracial-/ethnic identity development model, racial minority members view themselves as part of the mainstream U.S. culture,feel that they are just “regular” U.S. Americans going about their everyday lives,and do nothavequestions about their ethnic identity issues.

Page reference:See section“Racial-Ethnic IdentityDevelopmentModel

a.#

encounter

b.#

pre-encounter

c.#

immersion-emersion

d.#

internalization-commitment

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 21

21)

You’ve decided to take on personal responsibility to advocate for social justice and genuine equality treatment forallcultural/racial groups in your campus community;you’re at the _______ stageof the racial-ethnic identity development model.

Page reference:See section“Racial-Ethnic IdentityDevelopmentModel

a.#

inclusive internalization-commitment

b.#

pre-encounter

c.#

immersion-emersion

d.#

encounter

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 22

22)

Mariko experiences a sudden “racially shattering” experience for the first time in her class,when her classmate tells her to “go back to where you belong.” She is likely at which identity stage oftheracial-ethnic identity development model?

Page reference:See section“Racial-Ethnic IdentityDevelopmentModel

a.#

Encounter

b.#

Internalization

c.#

Immersion

d.#

Pre-encounter

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 23

23)

Sam, who is Vietnamese American, takes a renewed strong interest in digging out archival information concerning the Vietnamese American immigrant experience in the U.S., and enrollsin a college class on the topic of “History of Vietnam: From 1975 to Present.” Sam is at what stage of the racial-ethnicidentity development model?

Page reference:See section“Racial-Ethnic IdentityDevelopmentModel

a.#

Pre-encounter

b.#

Encounter

c.#

Immersion-emersion

d.#

Internalization-commitment

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 24

24)

Siene is the first female—and oldest person—to be hired as a firefighter in her city. She focuses on this unique set of identities when she is at work, but when she leaves work and goes home, Siene leaves her firefighter identity behind and fluidly switches into her relational identity role as a stepmom. Which pattern of social identity strategy does she employ?

Page reference:See section“Identity Complexity

a.#

Dominance

b.#

Intersection

c.#

Compartmentalization

d.#

Merger

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 25

25)

The concept of _______ refers to a bicultural individual who upholds double cultural and cognitive knowledge about two cultural groups; and she or he has the capacity of engaging in fluid, adaptive behaviors when facing one of the two groups’ audience.

Page reference:See section“Multiracial and Biracial Identity

a.#

light switching

b.#

frame switching

c.#

body switching

d.#

allegiance switching

END OF QUESTION

True and False Questions

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question26

26)

Social identitycan include information such as a person’s unique characteristic of being very sociable.

a.#

True

b.#

False

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 27

27)

“Acculturation” refers to the primary socialization process of immigrants in their original home culture wherein they have internalized their core value patterns.

a.#

True

b.#

False

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 28

28)

According to the recommendations for validating another person’s identity at the end of Chapter 4, it is much more important to pay close attention to personal identity facets of the individual than social identity facets.

a.#

True

b.#

False

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question 29

29)

White U.S. Americans have a symbolic ethnicity and can choose to either identify with their European heritage or be an individual, apart from their ethnic heritage group.

a.#

True

b.#

False

END OF QUESTION

Type:Multiple Choice

Title:Chapter4Question30

30)

In the immersion-emersion stage of the racial-ethnic identity development model, an individual experiences a “racially shattering” event.

a.#

True

Correct

b.#

False

END OF QUESTION

Essay Questions

Type:Essay

Title:Chapter4Essay Question31

31)

Brieflydescribe the difference between social and personal identities and give an example of each.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Essay

Title:Chapter4Essay Question32

32)

Briefly describe the difference between acculturation and enculturation, using yourself as an example.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Essay

Title:Chapter4Essay Question33

33)

Briefly describe two of the four options in the cultural-ethnic identity typological model.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Essay

Title:Chapter4Essay Question34

34)

Briefly describe the four stages of the racial-identity development model.

END OF QUESTION

Type:Essay

Title:Chapter4Essay Question35

35)

What are the implications of an encounter between a European American and a member of a minority group who is in the immersion-emersion stage of the racial-ethnic development model? What misunderstandings and misinterpretations might occur?

Given these factors, a European American might have a variety of interpretations and evaluative judgments of the minority group member’s behavior (e.g., separatist, aloof, angry, too “ethnic,” etc.). The minority group member might also feel “oppressed” and have a variety of interpretations of the European American’s behaviors (e.g., patronizing, condescending, ignorant of my racial history, etc.) from an evaluative lens.

END OF QUESTION

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