(Combined) Quiz 1-8 + midterm SP2020, SHS222 Module
4 Review, SHS222 Module 1 Review, Deaf culture
chapter 7, Chapter 1 "Intro to American Deaf Culture",
SHS222 Module 2 Review, SHS 222 Final, Exam 2,
SHS222 Module 3 Review, SHS 222 Module Quizzes,
SHS 221 Final, All With Complete Verified solutions
2023/2024
Bell did not actually believe in the possibility of a deaf variety of the human race.
False
George W. Veditz was one of the first
deaf filmmakers
According to the video, in the past, hearing people saw deafness as a
"horrendous misfortune" and believed that deaf people could not be educated.
True
Martha's Vineyard was
a place which had a high concentration of genetic deafness
Residential schools have been considered a fundamental component of the Deaf
experience.
True
Visible speech is a method of teaching deaf children to speak and read lips with
the aid of sign language
False
Deaf (capital D) people do not consider themselves to be disabled, as a rule.
Rather, they see themselves as
"handicapped" by the linguistic situation they are in when there is no ASL
part of a linguistic and cultural minority
The football team at Gallaudet invented
the huddle
HEARING-BUT means
a person can hear, but they are almost like a Deaf person in terms of ASL ability and
competence with Deaf culture
Before the rally, students had been
indifferent to the politics of their university
France is important in the history of Deaf culture and ASL because:
-the history of French sign language provides us with evidence that natural sign
language existed
-it was a Frenchman, Laurent Clerc, who came to the US with Gallaudet to help us
establish what would eventually become Gallaudet University
-Laurent Clerc, the Frenchman who came to the US with Gallaudet, helped us to model
an early form of ASL on a mixture of our own 'homegrown' signs plus English grammar,
plus signs from Old French Sign Language (OFSL)
,The textbook's author, Holcomb, advocates for which of the following linguistic
variations for deaf people (check all that apply):
English dominant bilingualism
ASL dominant bilingualism
Balanced bilingualism
American Sign Language, Pidgin Sign English, and Signed Exact English are all
signed mediums of communication, although, as you have learned, they are not
considered linguistically (or socially) equal. In terms of efficiency of
communication, rank the signing styles from shortest to longest duration when
all are used to describe the same thing:
ASL, PSE, SEE
ASL was considered a "broken language" because
many people believed ASL was English represented on the hands, and since many deaf
people showed evidence of broken English it stood to reason that their sign language
was "broken".
The early history of ASL is well documented
False
American Sign Language, Pidgin Sign English, and Signed Exact English are all
signed mediums of communication, although, as you have learned, they are not
considered linguistically (or socially) equal. In terms of efficiency of
communication, rank the signing styles from longest to shortest duration when
all are used to describe the same thing:
SEE, PSE, ASL
Deaf people who grow up in the USA can still have extremely limited linguistic
skills in English, despite having English all around them every day.
True
Martha's Vineyard is an example of a strong and flourishing Deaf community and
provides evidence of an indigenous sign language being used on the island
Martha's Vineyard is known as
-a place where some areas showed rate of deafness of 1 in 25 people
-an island five miles off the southeastern shore of Massachusetts
-a place where one neighborhood showed a rate of deafness of 1 in 4 people
-a place where some areas showed a rate of deafness of 1 in 155 people
Do Black signers and white signers use the same signs for everything?
No. Black signers and white signers were kept apart from each other due to
segregation, and the lack of contact led to differences in signing style and vocabulary.
McCaskill's work is a groundbreaking study on Black ASL. For this study,
McCaskill and her co-authors have the goal(s) of:
-taking the analysis beyond just lexical (vocabulary) differences between Black and
white signers to an analysis of other linguistic features
-analyzing features of Black ASL such as one- versus two-handedness in Black ASL
and ASL
-looking at signing space (where the signs occur in relation to the body) in Black ASL
versus ASL
-looking at features such as the lowering of signs from a higher place (e.g., the
,forehead) in ASL to a lower place (e.g., the chin) in Black ASL
-the use of mouthing without using the voice
In 2015, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which is a college of
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), hosted:
the first exhibit to celebrate and honor 100+ pieces of art by Black Deaf artists from
around the world
McCaskill's study concludes that
both older and younger signers agree that a difference exists in ASL and BASL
Despite the fact that AAE has been shown to be a legitimate language variety, it is
still perceived negatively in the US in social media, mass media, and
entertainment media.
True
What is AAE?
African American English
In 2012, the National Association of the Deaf formally apologized to
-women
-Black Deaf individuals
The landmark case of Plessy vs. Fergusun in 1896 said:
segregation is not discrimination and is constitutional
In 1980 at the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Convention in Cincinnati,
OH, Black Deaf leaders presented a list of concerns to convention delegates,
including (choose all that apply):
-lack of representation of Black Deaf individuals as delegates
-lack of attentiveness by the NAD to the concerns of Black Deaf Americans
Black and white Deaf students were segregated for (Ogunyipe)
100 years
The linguistic definition of a dialect is the same as society's definition of a dialect
False
Being able to follow an instruction manual that has pictures but no words is an
example of literacy
True
According to Williamson, achievement gaps in educational outcomes persist
between diverse groups, such as African American, White, and Hispanic
students.
True
Many Deaf people feel that IDEA has caused their children to be educated in a
more, not less, restrictive environment.
True
Stapleton defines audiocentric teaching styles as those that cater to the way
hearing students take in information as well as not considering cultural
sensitivities when choosing and presenting the material used in the class.
True
The ___________________ d/Deaf you are, the __________________ likely you are
to be educated in a residential school.
more, more
Is the IEP a legally binding document?
, Yes, it is a legally binding document
Which is incorrect? Wilbur argues that learning a natural sign language in early
education
is not beneficial for memory
Fun fact: Language tests given to Deaf children whose first language is ASL
show that
the Deaf children with ASL perform similarly to immigrant hearing children whose first
language is not English
Stapleton discusses the concept of community cultural wealth, which can be
defined as knowledge, skills, and abilities possessed and utilized by marginalized
people to survive and resist macro- and micro-forms of oppression.
True
Less than __________________ of deaf students at age sixteen can read at a 4th
grade level compared to hearing students who have already developed
sophisticated linguistic skills that transfer to reading.
12 percent
A storyteller using Plains Sign Talk:
can sign the story from the perspective of any person in the story, by shifting the circle
and perspective
The circle is the shape that is most represented in storytelling among the
Assiniboine (Nakota), and it is also the shape that permeates spheres of everyday
life.
True
According to the Oglala Sioux (Oglala Lakota) tribe, the Great Spirit has caused
everything that breathes to be ___________________, and so mankind should
look upon the ____________________ as sacred, for it is the symbol of all things
in nature except stone. It is the symbol of the four winds, and the year. The day,
night, and moon go this way above the sky. It is the symbol of the sun, of time, of
tipis (teepees), and the symbol of the world.
round, circle
Farnell's book chapter provides us with a story in which Inktomi (the trickster)
and the Frog come to terms with how many seasons will be hot and how many
will be cold. The story uses circles to model how to interact politically and
socially, and it is symbolic of equality. The circle motif
provides a way to visually organize references, use pronouns, and inflect verbs in Plains
Sign Talk
Signing space in PST is important.
True
The circle is an important part of the grammar of Plains Sign Talk.
True
Signing space in PST is not particularly important.
False
The area of visual focus for conversations is
larger in PST
Plains Sign Talk is used almost exclusively by Deaf Plains Indians
False
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