ALS STUDY GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE.
Culture - ANS Shared set of traditions, belief systems, and behaviors and is shaped by many
factors, including history, religion, politics, resources, and economic environment
Cultural Schema - ANS A complex mental framework used to codify the perceptions we
associate to a particular culture.
Macro-culture - ANS Most powerful culture of a particular society (often associated to countries)
because large numbers of people belong to it
Micro-culture - ANS A group of people living within a society who share cultural values, beliefs,
and behaviors.
Holism - ANS The idea that all aspects of a culture are related to each other
Culture-general education - ANS Enhances a service member's ability to recognize when cultural
factors exist and determine the appropriate behaviors to implement to achieve desired results
Ethnocentrism - ANS Tendency where one views their culture as superior to other cultures
Cross-Cultural Competence - ANS Ability to effectively comprehend and act in a culturally
complex environment to achieve desired results
to Communicate, Negotiate, Relate
Culture-General Knowledge - ANS Understanding basic concepts like culture, relativism,
ethnocentrism, and holism
Communicate, Negotiate, Relate - ANS These are the cultural skills an Airman must have to
"operationalize" and influence their environment
Motivation - ANS Prehaps the most essential elements of cross-cultural competence. Having a
positive attitude toward cultural differences
Observe Step - ANS Gather information about the landscape, the people, and activities and
review any consequences you experienced from previous actions taken.
Orient Step - ANS Attempt to make sense of what we see by organizing it in a practical way we
find useful
Decide Step - ANS Consider courses of action, options, and interpretations; selecting one to use./
, Act Step - ANS Review the decisions made, actions taken, and results achieved
Sterotypes - ANS Predeterminded generalization about all members of a particular group
Prejudices - ANS Adverse or unreasonable opinion about a person or group without all the facts
and usually based on deeply held beliefs.
Discrimination - ANS Treatment or consideration of, making a distinction in favor of or against a
person or thing based on the group, class, or category
Relativism - ANS Viewing a situation through the local cultural schema
Cultural Perspective Taking - ANS A cognitive process by which an individual is able to identify
the thoughts and/or feelings of another culture.
Low- context communication style - ANS Depends on the sender and their words to properly
convey the message
High-context communication style - ANS Places the burden of understanding the message on the
receiver
Communication competence - ANS Understanding how to properly communicate in another
language or culture
Linguistic Competence - ANS Is a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their
native language
Impression Management - ANS Includes emotion regulation, self-monitoring, and perception
acuity
Operational Branch - ANS used to employ forces and runs from the President, through the
SecDef, to the combatant commanders (CCDRs)
Joint Chief of Staff function - ANS advise the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with regards
to their respective services and provide information to the President and/or the SecDef if
requested
National Security - ANS describes the executive procedures and institutions necessary to manage
the US security policy
The two distinct chains of command for the armed forces - ANS Admin and Operational
TRUE or FALSE? The ability of the US to achieve its national strategic objectives is dependent
on the effectiveness of the US Government employing the instruments of national power - ANS
TRUE
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE.
Culture - ANS Shared set of traditions, belief systems, and behaviors and is shaped by many
factors, including history, religion, politics, resources, and economic environment
Cultural Schema - ANS A complex mental framework used to codify the perceptions we
associate to a particular culture.
Macro-culture - ANS Most powerful culture of a particular society (often associated to countries)
because large numbers of people belong to it
Micro-culture - ANS A group of people living within a society who share cultural values, beliefs,
and behaviors.
Holism - ANS The idea that all aspects of a culture are related to each other
Culture-general education - ANS Enhances a service member's ability to recognize when cultural
factors exist and determine the appropriate behaviors to implement to achieve desired results
Ethnocentrism - ANS Tendency where one views their culture as superior to other cultures
Cross-Cultural Competence - ANS Ability to effectively comprehend and act in a culturally
complex environment to achieve desired results
to Communicate, Negotiate, Relate
Culture-General Knowledge - ANS Understanding basic concepts like culture, relativism,
ethnocentrism, and holism
Communicate, Negotiate, Relate - ANS These are the cultural skills an Airman must have to
"operationalize" and influence their environment
Motivation - ANS Prehaps the most essential elements of cross-cultural competence. Having a
positive attitude toward cultural differences
Observe Step - ANS Gather information about the landscape, the people, and activities and
review any consequences you experienced from previous actions taken.
Orient Step - ANS Attempt to make sense of what we see by organizing it in a practical way we
find useful
Decide Step - ANS Consider courses of action, options, and interpretations; selecting one to use./
, Act Step - ANS Review the decisions made, actions taken, and results achieved
Sterotypes - ANS Predeterminded generalization about all members of a particular group
Prejudices - ANS Adverse or unreasonable opinion about a person or group without all the facts
and usually based on deeply held beliefs.
Discrimination - ANS Treatment or consideration of, making a distinction in favor of or against a
person or thing based on the group, class, or category
Relativism - ANS Viewing a situation through the local cultural schema
Cultural Perspective Taking - ANS A cognitive process by which an individual is able to identify
the thoughts and/or feelings of another culture.
Low- context communication style - ANS Depends on the sender and their words to properly
convey the message
High-context communication style - ANS Places the burden of understanding the message on the
receiver
Communication competence - ANS Understanding how to properly communicate in another
language or culture
Linguistic Competence - ANS Is a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their
native language
Impression Management - ANS Includes emotion regulation, self-monitoring, and perception
acuity
Operational Branch - ANS used to employ forces and runs from the President, through the
SecDef, to the combatant commanders (CCDRs)
Joint Chief of Staff function - ANS advise the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with regards
to their respective services and provide information to the President and/or the SecDef if
requested
National Security - ANS describes the executive procedures and institutions necessary to manage
the US security policy
The two distinct chains of command for the armed forces - ANS Admin and Operational
TRUE or FALSE? The ability of the US to achieve its national strategic objectives is dependent
on the effectiveness of the US Government employing the instruments of national power - ANS
TRUE
