The portion of a person's cultural background that relates to a national or religious heritage is known as

When a person maximizes the advantages of a decision while minimizing the disadvantages, they are:

A. Increasing consonance because they are confirming that their decision was the correct one. B. Decreasing dissonance by justifying their actions C. Working to negate the other options that were not chosen. D. All of the above

Which quote illuminates how individual variations within demographic groups make intercultural communication important?

a. “I love different kinds of Chinese food: Hunan, Szechuan, and Cantonese.” b. “We invited a famous guitarist from Africa to perform at the university, and all the foreign exchange students from Africa were very interested.” c. “I studied Spanish in college, but when my boyfriend’s family came to visit from Cuba, I couldn’t understand half of what they said.” d. “Many Asian students at universities in the United States choose to live together in the same apartment building to feel more at home.”