Chapter 03: What Is Your Intercultural Sensitivity?

Chapter 03: What Is Your Intercultural Sensitivity?

Read the statement and choose the response that best describes you.

1. I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
2. I think people from other cultures are narrow minded. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
3. I am pretty sure of myself in interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
4. I find it very hard to talk in front of people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
5. I always know what to say when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
6. I can be as sociable as I want to be when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
7. I don’t like to be with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
8. I respect the values of people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
9. I get upset easily when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
10. I feel confident when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
11. I tend to wait before forming an impression of culturally distinct counterparts. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
12. I often get discouraged when I am with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
13. I am open minded to people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
14. I am very observant when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
15. I often feel useless when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
16. I respect the ways people from different cultures behave. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
17. I try to obtain as much information as I can when interacting with people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
18. I would not accept the opinions of people from different cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
19. I am sensitive to my culturally distinct counterpart’s subtle meanings during our interaction. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
20. I think my culture is better than other cultures. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
21. I often give positive responses to my culturally different counterpart during our interaction. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
22. I avoid those situations in which I will have to deal with culturally distinct persons. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
23. I often show my culturally distinct counterpart my understanding through verbal or nonverbal cues. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree
24. I have a feeling of enjoyment toward differences between my culturally distinct counterpart and me. Strongly Disagree Disagree Uncertain Agree Strongly Agree

 

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