Welcome to the interactive quiz. You can test your knowledge in this chapter by answering a few questions. Please note that the time to take the test is limited. To start press next. Culture is learntin your familyat kindergarten, school and in all encounters with other peopleall of the above Culture determines (multiple response)which books and music you likethe way we think, feel and actall aspects of life Hofstede called culturethe software of mindthe hard disk of mindthe program of your thinking According to Deardroff, intercultural competence isThe ability to overlook misunderstandingsThe ability to interact effectively and appropriately in intercultural situationsThe ability to adjust your behaviour to other cultures The iceberg model is often used to illustrateThe danger in different cultural conceptsThe beauty of intercultural differencesThe hardness or softness of various cultural concepts Typical turn taking in conversation in Finland allows for longer pauses. TrueFalse Interrupting each other when talking is considered impolite in France. TrueFalse The Germans are masters of indirect communication. TrueFalse Haptics is the specialist term that denotes the idea of touch (such as tapping shoulders, touching arms when talking to each other). TrueFalse Another word for haptics is proxemics. TrueFalse The universal distance that should be kept when talking to people from other cultures is exactly an arm’s length. TrueFalse People from monochronic cultures like doing one thing after the other. TrueFalse Next
