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Cultures differ in terms of: |
| | A) | demographics. |
| | B) | nonverbal communications. |
| | C) | values. |
| | D) | languages. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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A cultural norm is a: |
| | A) | punishment for violating a cultural value. |
| | B) | a set of rules that specify ranges of appropriate behaviors. |
| | C) | limited interpretative boundaries for individual behavior. |
| | D) | a widely held belief that affirms what is desirable and has an impact on activities. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Cultural values include: |
| | A) | abstractions of numerous particular instances. |
| | B) | hierarchies for satisfying basic biological needs. |
| | C) | rules that specify or prohibit certain behaviors in specific situations. |
| | D) | widely held beliefs that affirm what is desirable. |
| | E) | a punishment for violating a cultural specification. |
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Self-oriented valuates include: |
| | A) | humor-serious, hard work-leisure, and tradition-change. |
| | B) | hard work-leisure, active-passive, and religious-secular. |
| | C) | risk taking-security, active-passive, and cleanliness. |
| | D) | youth-age, diversity-uniformity, and individual-collective. |
| | E) | postponed gratification-immediate gratification, active-passive, and competition-cooperation. |
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Other-oriented values: |
| | A) | prescribe a society's relationship with its economic, technical, and physical environments. |
| | B) | reflect a society's view of the appropriate relationship between individuals and groups. |
| | C) | determine a society's view of the appropriate relationships between individuals and inanimate objects. |
| | D) | influence the objectives and approaches to life that individuals will find desirable. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Which of the following values would be most critical for the success of a new anti-bacterial grocery cart handle? |
| | A) | diversity-uniformity. |
| | B) | cleanliness. |
| | C) | nature. |
| | D) | problem solving/fatalistic. |
| | E) | sensual gratification/abstinence. |
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Which of the following values would be most critical for the success of mandated e-waste recycling? |
| | A) | postponed gratification/immediate gratification. |
| | B) | material/nonmaterial. |
| | C) | performance/status. |
| | D) | nature. |
| | E) | active/passive. |
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The acquisition of things to enable one to do something is known as: |
| | A) | symbolic materialism. |
| | B) | instrumental materialism. |
| | C) | functional materialism. |
| | D) | consequential materialism. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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A "polychronic" view of time includes: |
| | A) | having a strong orientation toward the present. |
| | B) | viewing time as a physical object. |
| | C) | believing in doing one thing at a time. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Demographics describe a country in terms of: |
| | A) | its population size, structure, and distribution. |
| | B) | its economic viability. |
| | C) | its value structure. |
| | D) | its social viability. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Language is one of the cultural factors that affects consumer behavior and marketing strategy. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The most relevant factor influencing the growth of a global culture is travel. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The cost of a specialty market basket of products bought in a given country relates to the purchasing power parity (PPP) concept. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Terminal materialism refers to the acquisition of items for the sake of owning the item itself. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Fatalists tend to feel they don't have control over the outcome of events. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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