Culture has been defined differently by scholars from different disciplines, such as philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies and communication. However, scholars tend to agree on some common characteristics of culture. They are:

A. Culture is pervasive.
B. Culture governs people’s behaviours.
C. Culture is learned.
D. All of the above.


D. All of the above.

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1. Being able to say something so that everyone knows you are kidding and not serious demonstrates an ability to integrate nonverbal signals. 2. Coordinating signals is a complex encoding skill. 3. A baby’s first cries probably signal pain, discomfort, or hunger. 4. By the end of the first year, most infants have begun to develop some sense of personal space and privacy. 5. Indiscriminate smiling—little more than a reflex action—doesn’t stop until a baby is close to a year old.

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Short-term memory and long-term memory are really the same thing

A. True B. False

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What element of the plan is the “how” not the “what” of programming?

a. vision b. tactics c. objectives d. strategy

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This concept refers to the distance between ourselves and others

A) proxemics B) perimeters C) personalities D) perceptions

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