Imagine a Study-Abroad Program in Nursing That Includes Students from Several

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Multiple Choice

Imagine a study-abroad program in nursing that includes students from several cultures that are quite different from one another.Which of the following statements accurately reflects how the heterogeneity of this student program will likely influence how the students communicate their emotions?

• A) The students will choose to present themselves modestly by dampening the intensity of their emotions.
• B) In an attempt to foster social harmony, the students will conceal their negative emotions and express their positive emotions.
• C) The students will choose to compete against each other by expressing more positive emotions when they succeed but dampening their negative emotions when they fail.
• D) To ensure that they understand each other clearly, the students will choose to express their emotions.
• E) The students will choose to highlight their personal successes by expressing more pride and less shame.

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Definitions:

Dissent

Voicing or maintaining beliefs that differ from the ones previously, widely, or officially accepted.

Countercultures

Subcultures that reject and oppose significant norms, values, or laws of the greater society and create their cultural norms and values.

Dominant Values

Prevailing principles or standards considered most important and widely adhered to within a society or group.

Cultural Mores

The accepted traditional customs, moral attitudes, and manners of a society or social group.