CDP Cultural Competence & Awareness 3

Question 1

Geert Hofstede's cultural dimension of 'Uncertainty Avoidance' measures:

Accepted Answer

How comfortable a society is with ambiguity and unpredictability

Answer

Uncertainty Avoidance reflects the degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations and seek rules and structure.

Question 2

Which practice BEST demonstrates cultural awareness during the onboarding of international employees?

Accepted Answer

Providing cultural orientation that acknowledges both the new culture and the employee's background

Answer

Effective onboarding acknowledges cultural backgrounds while also orienting employees to the new environment, signaling respect and inclusion.

Question 3

An organization notices that employees from certain cultural backgrounds rarely speak up in meetings. A culturally competent intervention would be to:

Accepted Answer

Redesign meeting formats to allow multiple modes of contribution

Answer

Redesigning participation structures (e.g., written input, small groups) respects different cultural norms around authority and speaking up.

Question 4

The 'contact hypothesis' in diversity research suggests that:

Accepted Answer

Meaningful intergroup contact under positive conditions can reduce prejudice

Answer

Gordon Allport's contact hypothesis holds that positive, equal-status contact between groups can reduce intergroup prejudice under the right conditions.

Question 5

Which behavior is an example of a 'microinvalidation'?

Accepted Answer

Telling an Asian-American colleague 'You speak English so well!'

Answer

Microinvalidations are subtle communications that negate or dismiss the experiences, feelings, or identities of marginalized people, such as implying someone is foreign.

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CDP Cultural Competence & Awareness 3