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Human Communication in Society - Chapter 8
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
diaspora
Ans: group of immigrants, sojourners, slaves, or strangers living in new lands while
retaining strong attachments to their homelands
intercultural communication
Ans: communication that occurs in interactions between people who are culturally
different
culture
Ans: learned patterns of perceptions, values, and behaviors shared by a group of
people
heterogeneous
Ans: diverse
border dwellers
Ans: people who live between cultures and often experience contradictory cultural
patterns
voluntary short-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers by choice and for a limited time, such as study-
abroad students or corporate personnel
voluntary long-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers by choice and for an extended time, such as
immigrants
involuntary short-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers not by choice and only for a limited time, such
as refugees forced to move
involuntary long-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers permanently but not my choice, such as those
who relocate to escape war
culture shock
Ans: a feeling of disorientation and discomfort due to lack of familiar environmental
cues
reverse culture shock/reentry shock
Ans: culture shock experienced by travelers upon returning to their home country
Human Communication in Society - Chapter 8
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
diaspora
Ans: group of immigrants, sojourners, slaves, or strangers living in new lands while
retaining strong attachments to their homelands
intercultural communication
Ans: communication that occurs in interactions between people who are culturally
different
culture
Ans: learned patterns of perceptions, values, and behaviors shared by a group of
people
heterogeneous
Ans: diverse
border dwellers
Ans: people who live between cultures and often experience contradictory cultural
patterns
voluntary short-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers by choice and for a limited time, such as study-
abroad students or corporate personnel
voluntary long-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers by choice and for an extended time, such as
immigrants
involuntary short-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers not by choice and only for a limited time, such
as refugees forced to move
involuntary long-term travelers
Ans: people who are border dwellers permanently but not my choice, such as those
who relocate to escape war
culture shock
Ans: a feeling of disorientation and discomfort due to lack of familiar environmental
cues
reverse culture shock/reentry shock
Ans: culture shock experienced by travelers upon returning to their home country
