Nama : Ilham Saputra Class : B
SRN : 1601241823 English Departement
THE FINAL TEST FOR CROSS CULTURE UNDERSTANDING
1. Please define the following terms based on your understanding, and give an
example for each! (30 points) a. Cultures
b. Culture differences
c. Culture shocks
d. Stereotypes
e. Prejudices
f. Discrimination
2. According to a research, prejudices and conflict among group can be reduced if
four conditions are met. Please mention those four conditions! (15 points)
3. Based on your understanding, please mention and explain 4 American Values you
have learned! (15 points)
4. Please explain the following concepts of Americans life: (20 points).
a. Communicative style of Americans;
b. Ways of reasoning;
c. Directness and Assertiveness; and
d. Differences in Customs and Religions.
5. The following are specific aspects of Americans’ life. Please explain how they see
a. Politics;
b. Family life; and
c. Education.
Answer
1. a. That I know about Culture is understanding of social value, social norms,
science as well as the overall structure-the structure of social, religious, and others, in
addition any statements intellectual, and artistic that characterizes a society.
b. Culture different is where In america is more appreciative of the time than in
indonesia for example, in america more appreciative of time, because they Consider
time for a Second very valuable, while indonesia is often not meghargai time and
indifferent cours.
c. Culture shock is for example, I was a migrant from Sampit, where I used
Indonesian and Dayak languages and when I went to to banjarmasin to continue my
high education, and when I was banjarmasin. I was surprised, the culture was so
different from the sampit, from the language, the accent, the daily activities that were
different from me and it made me take a long time to adapt to my new culture and
allhamdulillah, now I am getting used to my new culture
d. That I know about strereotypes is an idea or belief many people have about a
thing or group that is based upon how they look on the outside, which may be untrue
or only party true.
e. Prejudice is an idea or opinion that is not based on fact, logic or actual
exprience. Prejudice is usually referred to as a negative attitude, especially when it is
a hatred or intolerance for certain kind of people.
of or againts, a person based on the group, class, or category to which the person is
perceived to belong rather than on individual attributes. This include treatment of an
individual or group, based in their actual or perceived membership in a certain group
or social category ( in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated).
2. First, The groups have equality in terms of legal status,economic opporturnity and. political power.
Second, authorities advocate equal rights
Third, the groups have opportunities to interact formally and informally with each
other.
Last, the groups cooperate to reach a common global
3. That I know about american is I have learned that american people always want to
show themselves to others, they want to perceived that they can do that. The second,
american people always come on time and it is not owned by some indonesia society.
The third I know that american people have an independent person, when the young
people there have been working to meet their needs. The last i know that american
people always obeyed the rules, in there every people must obey rules for everytime .
4. a. communicative style is consistent with what is said here about Americans and
their relationships with roommates. It is important to remember that the ideas offered
here are generalizations. Individual roommates will have their own personalities, and
foreign students need to keep that fact in mind.
b. Ways of reasoning; Americans tend to suppose that most events have some
knowable, physical cause. “Things don’t just happen,” they often say. “Something
makes them happen.” Americans tend to believe they can study individual things,
place them in categories, learn how things in the category operate or behave, and
c. Directness and Assertiveness; Americans typically expect their roommates to be
direct and assertive in expressing their preferences and in making it known when they
are inconvenienced or otherwise negatively affected by something the American is
doing. “How would I know he didn’t like the music playing loud?” an American
might ask. “He never said anything to me about it.” assertive is the adjective
Americans commonly use to describe the person who plainly and directly expresses
feelings and requests. People who are inadequately assertive can take
“assertiveness-training classes.” What many Americans consider assertive is, however, often judged
as aggressive by some non-Americans and sometimes by other Americans—
particularly if the person referred to is a woman.
d. Many Americans, by the way, would not apply the word customs to their own
routine and expected behaviors. Many Americans are so convinced that their daily
behavior is “natural” and “normal” that they suppose only people from other countries
have customs. Customs, in this view, are arbitrary restraints on how people would
behave if they were free to act naturally— that is, the way Americans act. Religions,
To be religious in America means different things to different people. Generally,
religion is seen as providing spiritual guidance, helping people lead a life according to
the tenets of their faith. For Christians, this means following the principles of
brotherly love, forgiveness, charity, righteousness, and humility.
