On Meeting a Person from Another Culture in Your Home

question 23

Multiple Choice

On meeting a person from another culture in your home during an informal get-together, you address that person by his first name, a common practice in the United States. The person responds negatively to this show of disrespect. This likely illustrates differences between

• A) individualist and collectivist cultures
• B) masculine and feminine cultures
• C) low-power-distance and high-power-distance cultures
• D) both a and c

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