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CMN2130 STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLUTION
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A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that
the other person will not get defensive... T/F ? - ANSWER false
"No" is so clear and short that it is one of the few words that is never
misinterpreted in any intercultural exchange ... T/F ? - ANSWER false
a formal language culture will have different vocabularies for different sexes,
different levels of social status, different types of social occasion, or different
degrees of intimacy.. T/F ? - ANSWER true
syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to
the same words ... T/F ? - ANSWER false
speakers os expressive and elaborate languages, such as Arabic, probably do
not value silence as much as speakers with more succinct style ... T/F ? -
ANSWER true
your textbook confirms the stereotype that women are more likely to talk
about feelings and relationships that men are ... T/F ? - ANSWER true
men and women report using language for different purposes ... T/F ? -
ANSWER false
"I'm rather upset" is more powerful language than "I'm upset" ... T/F ? -
ANSWER false
highly abstract language can lead to which of the following problems -
, ANSWER - stereotyping
- misunderstandings
- blank judgements
- confusion
"people" from the east coast are more rude" which of the following is an
abstraction problem illustrated by this statement - ANSWER stereotyping
a speaker's willingness to take responsibility for his/her thoughts or feelings
can be indicated by the use of... - ANSWER "I" language
identify the following statement as fact of inference : "you told jimmy that I
didn't want to go out with him" - ANSWER fact
equivocal words... - ANSWER can have more than one meaning
convergent speech patterns... - ANSWER demonstrate affiliation with one
another
identify the following statement as fact or inference : "your children are
disruptive" - ANSWER inference
identify the following statement as fact or inference : "Jim wrote me a letter
to help me get that job" - ANSWER fact
the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the best known declaration of... - ANSWER
linguistic relativism
which of the following is the least abstract definition of a successful college
experience - ANSWER completion of the requirements listed on page 24 of
the college catalog with a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher
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