Lesson 3- Connecting Intrapersonal Awareness to Intercultural Competence

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

Everything that people have, think, and do as members of a group or society.

Question 2

Microculture

Answer 2

A specific set of cultural features nested within a larger, more dominant culture.

Question 3

Cultural Awareness

Answer 3

A person’s understanding of their culture, microcultures, other cultures, and the similarities and differences between them.

Question 4

Howell’s Scale of Cultural Awareness

Answer 4

Measures people’s cultural awareness based on their level of consciousness and ignorance.

Question 5

Kimmel’s Model of Cultural Awareness

Answer 5

Measures people’s cultural awareness based on their beliefs about cultures and cross-cultural contact.

Question 6

Intra-personal Interaction

Answer 6

Any form of interaction with one’s self.

Question 7

Inter-personal Interaction

Answer 7

Any form of interaction between people who share culture.

Question 8

Intra-cultural Interaction

Answer 8

Any form of interaction between people who share culture.

Question 9

Inter-cultural Interaction

Answer 9

Any form of interaction between people who do not share a culture.

Question 10

Intercultural Competence

Answer 10

The ability to function within varying cultural environments, particularly those including those with whom you do not share a culture.

Question 11

What correlates with the levels of a person’s intercultural competence?

Answer 11

Motivation, mindfulness, cognitive flexibility, and tolerance for uncertainty.

Question 12

Motivation

Answer 12

Refers to a person’s desire to foster intercultural relationships.

Question 13

What does it mean to be from within?

Answer 13

Intrinsic

Question 14

What does it mean to be from outside?

Answer 14

Extrinsic

Question 15

Mindfulness

Answer 15

A state of self- and other-monitoring that allows us to reflect on and evaluate the quality of our interactions.

Question 16

Looking-glass Self Theory

Answer 16

Asserts that individuals develop their self through reflective interaction.

Question 17

Reflective Interaction

Answer 17

The process of thinking about what others think of ourselves.

Question 18

Tolerance for Uncertanity

Answer 18

The ability to be comfortable entering and remaining comfortable in uncertain situations.

Question 19

Cognitive Flexibility

Answer 19

Refers to the ability to continually supplement and revise existing knowledge to create new categories and frameworks rather than forcing new knowledge into old categories and frameworks.