TRUE OR FALSE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
1. Culture shapes self-identity.
2. One way to understand identity is as something formed partly by the self and partly by group membership.-
3. Self-construal is either interdependent or co-dependent-
4. Independent self-construal tends to appear in collectivist cultures.-
5. Interdependent self-construal is the same thing as collectivism.-
6. The individual is the basic unit of society in all cultures.-
7. The Japanese expression, “The nail that sticks up will be pounded down” indicates that culture is collectivist.-
8. Collectivist cultures value cooperation and, correspondingly, individualist cultures value competition.-
9. In many cultures relationships mean obligations--being asked and asking for favors.
10. In some cultures, to pay back a favor to clear the indebtedness is to terminate the relationship.
11. The study of culture is not something businesspeople need to spend a lot of time on, since businesspeople are the same around the globe.
12. Every culture is coherent and complete within itself.-