Activity 2: Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity

Activity 2: Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity

Please read the instructions on page 5 of the workbook. Then, circle the number that best corresponds to your level of agreement with each statement below.

1 = Strongly Disagree 7 = Strongly Agree

1. I speak only one language.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. I speak only one language.
2. The way other people express themselves is very interesting to me.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

3. I enjoy being with people from other cultures.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
3. I enjoy being with people from other cultures.
4. Foreign influence in our country threatens our national identity.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

5. Others� feelings rarely influence decisions I make.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
5. Others� feelings rarely influence decisions I make.
6. I cannot eat with chopsticks.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
6. I cannot eat with chopsticks.
7. I avoid people who are different from me.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
7. I avoid people who are different from me.
8. It is better that people from other cultures avoid one another.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

9. Culturally mixed marriages are wrong.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
9. Culturally mixed marriages are wrong.
10. I think people are basically alike.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
10. I think people are basically alike.
11. I have never lived outside my own culture for any great length of time.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

12. I have foreigners over to my home on a regular basis.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
12. I have foreigners over to my home on a regular basis.
13. It makes me nervous to talk about people who are different than me.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

14. I enjoy studying about people from other cultures.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
14. I enjoy studying about people from other cultures.
15. People from other cultures do things differently because they do not know any other way.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

16. There is usually more than one good way to get things done.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

17. I listen to music from another culture on a regular basis.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

18. I decorate my home or room with artifacts from other countries.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

19. I feel uncomfortable when in a crowd of people.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19. I feel uncomfortable when in a crowd of people.
20. The very existence of humanity depends upon our knowledge about other people.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

21. Residential neighborhoods should be culturally separated.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

22. I have many friends.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
22. I have many friends.
23. I dislike eating foods from other cultures.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
23. I dislike eating foods from other cultures.
24. I think about living within another culture in the future.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

25. Moving into another culture would be easy.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
25. Moving into another culture would be easy.
26. I like to discuss issues with people from other cultures.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

27. There should be tighter controls on the number of immigrants allowed into my country.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

28. The more I know about people, the more I dislike them.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28. The more I know about people, the more I dislike them.
29. I read more national news than international news in the daily newspaper.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

30. Crowds of foreigners frighten me.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
30. Crowds of foreigners frighten me.
31. When something newsworthy happens I seek out someone from that part of the world to discuss the issue with.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

32. I eat ethnic foods at least twice a week.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
32. I eat ethnic foods at least twice a week.

Scoring the ICCS

The ICCS can be scored by subscales. Simply enter the number for each question you answered in the space provided under each subscale heading. Reverse the values for the items marked with an asterisk (*). For example, reverse scoring results in:

7=1, 6=2, 5=3, 4=4, 3=5, 2=6, 1=7

A total ICCS score is obtained by adding the various subscale scores together. Individuals can be ranked relative to others in a particular group. You can also identify relative strengths and weaknesses that may lead to more focused orientation and planning.

ICSS Scoring Guide

C Scale
Item	Score
1*
6*
11*
12
17
18
23*
24
29*
32
TOTAL

B Scale
Item	Score
2
7*
13*
19*
25*
30
TOTAL

I Scale
Item	Score
3
8*
14
20
26
31
TOTAL

A Scale
Item	Score
4*
9*
15*
21*
27*
TOTAL

E Scale
Item	Score
5*
10
16
22
28*
TOTAL

TOTALS
C Scale
B Scale
I Scale
A Scale
E Scale
TOTAL ICCS SCORE

The five subscales and the range of scores include:

Subscale	Range of Scores
Cultural Integration (C Scale)	10-70
Behavioral Scale (B Scale)	6-42
Intellectual Interaction (I Scale)	6-42
Attitude Toward Others (A Scale)	5-35
Empathy Scale (E Scale)	5-35
TOTAL SCORE RANGE	32-224

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