SIZING UP CULTURAL INTELLIGENCEApparently... this amazing "cultural barometer" was put together by an international research team led by Simon Fraser University.
Here are sample statements used to measure cultural intelligence.
Subjects are asked whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree.
A) I am good at understanding other people's feelings.
B) I accept delays without becoming upset.
C) Ordinarily, I am very calm and relaxed in conversations with a person from a different culture.
D) I become anxious when I cannot find out what is coming next.
E) Before criticizing somebody from another culture, I try to imagine how I would feel if I were in their place.
F) I always notice when someone is in trouble.
With the exception of statement D, strong agreement indicates higher cultural intelligence.
Okay... now I get it.
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RELATED: Here's a question that didn't get on the test...
Who, in their right mind, refers to a cold-blooded murderer... like he's a character from a children's book?
-- VANCOUVER -- A colourful admitted drug dealer who was a key Air India defence witness for Ripudaman Singh Malik will appear in a B.C. provincial court this morning to face a first-degree murder charge.*
Raminder Singh (Mindy) Bhandher, whose father, Balwant, remains a suspect in the 1985 terrorist bombing, allegedly entered the condo of a female friend on Jan. 28 and gunned down Tejvir Singh (Sunny) Bains, her young lover.