Tarryn is an Australian university student. Working on a group project with her classmates, she noticed that some of the intercultural students in her group dealt with the conflict differently. She thought that the foreign students should have been more upfront, like the Australian students within the group, and that their approach simply caused more problems. Which stage of Bennett’s DMIS model best illustrates Tarryn’s level of intercultural sensitivity?
A. Denial.
B. Defence.
C. Minimization.
D. Adaptation.
B. Defence.
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