AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Macro-cultures
Answer: The most powerful or the most widely practiced cultures in a
particular society, whether the society is a region or an entire country.
●● Micro-cultures
Answer: Also called "subcultures." They are described as a group of
people living within a larger society who share values, beliefs,
behaviors, status, or interests that are different from the macro-culture or
the rest of society
●● Holism
Answer: All the parts of a culture are interconnected and integrated.
Therefore, things such as change in one area (women's rights, for
example) will affect change in another area (family structure,
distribution of income)
●● Schema
Answer: A cognitive "shortcut" that helps us organize and interpret the
vast amount of information that exists in our environment.
,●● Iceberg theory of culture
Answer: When we first enter a new culture, we see only those behaviors
and symbols that are apparent or above the water. Things like a culture's
style of dress, music, games, dance, food, toys, etc. are easily seen when
entering a new culture.
●● According to the iceberg theory. What is below the surface?
Answer: Some examples of behaviors, core beliefs, and values that are
often "hidden" under the surface include: Ideals of governing, child
raising, concept of justice, incentives to work, theory of disease, nature
of friendship, patterns of group decision making, definitions of sin,
courtship practices, and approaches to problem solving
●● Worldview
Answer: The sum of beliefs and values that people use to define and
interpret the world, and their place within it
●● Cross-Cultural Competence (3C)
Answer: The "ability to quickly and accurately comprehend, and then
effectively act in a culturally complex environment to achieve the
desired effect without necessarily having prior exposure to a particular
group, region, or language.
●● What two categories does the Air Force break Cross-Cultural
Competence into?
,Answer: General and Specific Culture
●● Culture General
Answer: The ability to quickly and accurately comprehend, and then
effectively act in a culturally complex
environment to achieve the desired effect without necessarily having
prior exposure to a particular group,
region, or language.
●● Culture Specific
Answer: An approach that emphasizes specific aspects of particular
cultures, affording individuals much of the knowledge and/or skills
necessary to interact more competently with individuals of other cultural
backgrounds."
●● What is the purpose of culture-general learning in the Air Force?
Answer: To develop Airmen who can operate effectively in culturally
complex environments
●● What are the three inter-related enabling factors involved with the 3C
model?
Answer: Knowledge, motivation (positive attitude), and learning
approaches.
, ●● Culture-general knowledge
Answer: The basis for all cross-cultural learning, including culture-
specific, and begins with an understanding of
basic concepts of a culture (kinship, gender roles, types of exchanges or
communication norms, etc.).
●● Ethnocentrism
Answer: The human tendency to negatively judge others (cultures,
behaviors, values) against our own values and
beliefs
●● Relativism (as an attitude)
Answer: The conviction that the beliefs and practices of others are best
understood in light of the
particular cultures where they are found.
●● Relativism (as a behavior)
Answer: Temporarily suspending one's own culturally informed opinion
and thinking about how others
might interpret or value a situation.
●● Three specific skills that emerge as key to successful cross-cultural
interactions are:
Answer: • Communicate to avoid misunderstandings;
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Macro-cultures
Answer: The most powerful or the most widely practiced cultures in a
particular society, whether the society is a region or an entire country.
●● Micro-cultures
Answer: Also called "subcultures." They are described as a group of
people living within a larger society who share values, beliefs,
behaviors, status, or interests that are different from the macro-culture or
the rest of society
●● Holism
Answer: All the parts of a culture are interconnected and integrated.
Therefore, things such as change in one area (women's rights, for
example) will affect change in another area (family structure,
distribution of income)
●● Schema
Answer: A cognitive "shortcut" that helps us organize and interpret the
vast amount of information that exists in our environment.
,●● Iceberg theory of culture
Answer: When we first enter a new culture, we see only those behaviors
and symbols that are apparent or above the water. Things like a culture's
style of dress, music, games, dance, food, toys, etc. are easily seen when
entering a new culture.
●● According to the iceberg theory. What is below the surface?
Answer: Some examples of behaviors, core beliefs, and values that are
often "hidden" under the surface include: Ideals of governing, child
raising, concept of justice, incentives to work, theory of disease, nature
of friendship, patterns of group decision making, definitions of sin,
courtship practices, and approaches to problem solving
●● Worldview
Answer: The sum of beliefs and values that people use to define and
interpret the world, and their place within it
●● Cross-Cultural Competence (3C)
Answer: The "ability to quickly and accurately comprehend, and then
effectively act in a culturally complex environment to achieve the
desired effect without necessarily having prior exposure to a particular
group, region, or language.
●● What two categories does the Air Force break Cross-Cultural
Competence into?
,Answer: General and Specific Culture
●● Culture General
Answer: The ability to quickly and accurately comprehend, and then
effectively act in a culturally complex
environment to achieve the desired effect without necessarily having
prior exposure to a particular group,
region, or language.
●● Culture Specific
Answer: An approach that emphasizes specific aspects of particular
cultures, affording individuals much of the knowledge and/or skills
necessary to interact more competently with individuals of other cultural
backgrounds."
●● What is the purpose of culture-general learning in the Air Force?
Answer: To develop Airmen who can operate effectively in culturally
complex environments
●● What are the three inter-related enabling factors involved with the 3C
model?
Answer: Knowledge, motivation (positive attitude), and learning
approaches.
, ●● Culture-general knowledge
Answer: The basis for all cross-cultural learning, including culture-
specific, and begins with an understanding of
basic concepts of a culture (kinship, gender roles, types of exchanges or
communication norms, etc.).
●● Ethnocentrism
Answer: The human tendency to negatively judge others (cultures,
behaviors, values) against our own values and
beliefs
●● Relativism (as an attitude)
Answer: The conviction that the beliefs and practices of others are best
understood in light of the
particular cultures where they are found.
●● Relativism (as a behavior)
Answer: Temporarily suspending one's own culturally informed opinion
and thinking about how others
might interpret or value a situation.
●● Three specific skills that emerge as key to successful cross-cultural
interactions are:
Answer: • Communicate to avoid misunderstandings;
