Personal and professional encounters with others can fit alonga spectrum of "interculturalness," Intercultural communication doesn't always occur when pecple from different cultures or co-cultures interact. However, the cultural backgrounds, perceptions, and symbol systems of the participants in any exchange, group, or team may have varying lovels of impact on the participants and their encounter or encounters. Below, match the described encounters or circumstances with the appropriate level of "interculturainess." which are categorized as "High Level of Interculturaliess" "Low Level of interculturalness," and "Somewhere in the Middle/ Moderate Level of Interculturalness" High Level of Interculturalnessi Interactions and encounters that fall into this category will be strongly influenced by communicators' highly different backgrounds, beliefs, or perceptions. In these instances, cultural and co-cultural differences will have a significant impact on individuals' experiences. Diffculties that arise in such circumstances are fairly obviously caused by cultural differences in perspective, and communicators frequently lack shared meaning: Low Level of Interculturalness: Interactions and encounters that fall into this category are minimatty impocted by cultural and co-cultural perspectives, values, traditions, efc. Even when communicators in such interactions have very different cultural backgrounds, communicators who have successfully developed shared meaning and/or have a high level of interpersonal and intercuitural cornpetence are able to successfully navigate differences as they arise. Somewhere in the Middle/Moderate Level of Interculturalness: Interactions and encounters in this categiory are impacted by cultural and co-cultural differences. However, in instances of negative interactions, the cultural and co-cultural factors at play are not necessarily obvious to those involved Negative interactions can occur or develop over time between comerwinicators who have lower levels of interpersonal and intercultural communication competence. In such instances, cultural or co-cultural factors impact how the comenunicators interact, but each party beleves the issues are coused by "the otber:" and may choose to perceive others as standothish, rude, difficult, disinterested ete, without considering that their own perceptions, expectations, and communication style are equally recoonsible for every interaction they re part of. High Level of interculturalness Low Level of Intcreulturalness A group of professionals from different countries with very ditferentcultural backgrounds, normo, and practices that impact their x perspectives and communication styles has been assigned to work. together on a project team. The team's lack of thared meanire and understanding causes problems right away as the team experiences multiple miscommunications. Somewhere in the Middle/ Moderate Level of Interculturalness Afrst-year student from New York City in the Northeast, where people are typically assertive and blunt, and a first-ytar student from lowa in the Upper Midwest, where people tend to be less assertive and direct. are assigned as roommates in their dorm. The student from lowa regards their roommate frem NYC as pusiry, rude, and unpredictable. Mearwhile the student from NYC regards their roomenate from lowa as: passive, unadventurous, and predictable. Uncategorized answers X. A group of preschool children is playing together in a park. These 3 -year-olds dont recognize the fact that their paregts may come from different countries, or even that they dont speak the same language. X Most exchanges in which cultural differences are not significant. X Most exchanges in which cultural differences affect communication, but not necessarily in a way that is obvious to all participants. x Members of a school basketball team w some Asian, some Black, some Latino, and some white w are intent on winning the league championship During games, even though there is lots of communication, their cultural distinctions aren't salient during these interactions. There are four second-year college students working together on a team project. Three of the students are from the United States, and one student is from Thailand. The perceptions and values of the three US students are strongly aligned with the highly individualistic US culture: the students are assertive, prefer to split up tasks and work alone, focus on their own self-interests and gasts, believes individual group members are responsible for themselves, sometimes speak. over one another, and speak loudly. The Thai student's perceptions and values are strongly aligned with Thailand's collectivist culture: the student encourages others to participate, strongly avoids confrontation, prefers to work on tasks and make decisions collectively, believes the group must take responsibility for its members, perceives the success of the group as the goal, and is relatively quiet. The three US students perceive their Thai teammate as lary, unimolved, and uninterested in the team project. The Thai student feels that their opinions, inpot, and participation are unvalued and unwanted, and that they are not accepted as part of the group. X. Two individuals with very different cultural backgrounds, customs, and family histories decide to get married. The spouses share values, experiences, perceptions, and meaning that helps them navigate familial and cultural differences confortably when they arise. A student from Los Angeles attends a small liberal arts college in the Midwest and finds life there somewhat different, but the adjustment is not particularly stresstul. x A traiveler visiting a new country for the first time with little knowledge of local society and cultural norms