When Gia Feels Her American Roommate Is Not Doing Enough

question 18

Multiple Choice

When Gia feels her American roommate is not doing enough housework, she is candid and assertive about the issue. When she speaks to her Chinese roommate about the same problem, she takes a less direct approach that saves "face." Gia is demonstrating which important skill in intercultural communication?

• A) Intersectionality
• B) Power distance
• C) Frame switching
• D) Salience

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