An International Student from Japan Felt That He Was Not

question 28

Multiple Choice

An international student from Japan felt that he was not invited to join his fellow American graduate students in a bar on Fridays, whereas the graduate students had the norm of anyone just being able to show up to the bar. Brislin (2000) called this a(n)

• A) purposeful snub by the American students.
• B) oversensitivity on the part of the Japanese student.
• C) well-meaning clash.
• D) unfortunate disaster.

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