Universalist or Particularist?

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

15 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

La Brack, B. (2000-2003). 1.4.3: Universalist or particularist? Score yourself!! What’s Up with Culture? Retrieved from https://www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/ [Module 1 - What to Know Before You Go/1.4 - Who's Fault? Why Values Matter/1.4.3 - Universalist or Particularist? Score Yourself!]

This website was developed out of materials from cross-cultural training courses at the University of the Pacific, under the School of International Studies (SIS).

Tags:

  1. other awareness
  2. self-awareness
  3. universalist culture
  4. Vande Berg recommended

Introduction to and definitions of Universalist and Particularist are covered in section 1.4.2 of Module 1. The quiz is available in section 1.4.3.

This concept and a similar quiz are also in: Storti, C. (1999). Universalist-Particularist. In Figuring foreigners out: A practical guide (pp. 38-40). Boston, MA: Intercultural Press.

Mick Vande Berg recommends this for teaching Competency 2 (Awareness of Others).