When Learning About Intercultural Communication, Why Is It Just as Important

question 55

Multiple Choice

When learning about intercultural communication, why is it just as important to get to know individuals from a different culture as it is to read about their culture?

• A) It helps you realize the importance of multiculturalism, cultural relativism, and changing your own cultural practices to make others feel welcome.
• B) It helps you understand that their cultural practices are just as valid as yours, since they work well for each individual.
• C) It helps you not form stereotypes about them and their culture, since getting to know individuals helps you see them as culturally unique.
• D) Cultures can change quickly due to intercultural contact via the internet, so anything written about them can quickly become outdated.

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