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Can someone answer these within an hour?
Can someone answer these within an hour?
Daniel Kevins
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QUESTION 1
What is the relationship between speech speed and thought speed?
Thought speed is greater than speech speed.
Speech speed is greater than thought speed.
Speech speed and thought speed are approximately the same.
Thought speed adjusts itself to speech speed.
2 points
QUESTION 2
If your mother nonverbally shows that the den is her “territory,” she is exhibiting the type of nonverbal communication that
falls into the category of
kinesics.
objectics.
oculesics.
proxemics.
2 points
QUESTION 3
Kellie responds to Jim’s greeting with an excited, “Good to see you!” Which set of rules best illustrates why she does
this?
semantic rules
syntactic rules
constitutive rules
regulative rules
2 points
QUESTION 4
The words “dog” and “cat” are used to distinguish between different types of animals or pets. These words are examples
of
signified.
symbols.
linguistic determinism.
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
2 points
QUESTION 5
When we say that verbal communication has a definite beginning and ending while nonverbal communication never stops, we are noting which difference between verbal and nonverbal communication?
single vs. multiple channels
conscious vs. unconscious
clear vs. ambiguous
discrete vs. continuous
QUESTION 7
Anthropologist Edward Hall’s distance zones are
personal, impersonal, social, public.
intimate, personal, social, public.
intimate, non-intimate, social, public.
open, blind, hidden, unknown.
2 points
QUESTION 8
An akbrupt episode of hypotension and syncope is most likely to occur after taking the first dose of:
hydrochlorothiazide
metoprolol
tamsulosin
terazosin
1 points
QUESTION 9
When listening to the arguments of a prosecutor or a defense attorney, a jury member’s most significant listening task is
to learn and comprehend.
to emphathize with the attorney’s feelings.
to understand and remember.
to critically evaluate.
2 points
QUESTION 10
The primary purpose of listening to evaluate and critique is to
determine the main ideas.
empathize with the speaker’s feelings.
search for facts, ideas, and information.
analyze the relative worth of ideas.
2 points
QUESTION 11
People have many different associations with the words “conservative” and “liberal.” Which of the following best explains their different associations with the two words?
denotative meaning
connotative meaning
constitutive rules
regulative rules
2 points
QUESTION 12
Select the type of question that is best illustrated in the following examples.
Answers will be used more than once
–
A.
B.
C.
What does “freedom” look like in that culture?
–
A.
B.
C.
What do you mean when you use the word “freedom”?
–
A.
B.
C.
What other words describe “freedom” in the way you are using it?
–
A.
B.
C.
How would the ACLU illustrate what you mean by “freedom”?
–
A.
B.
C.
As you see it, what is the opposite of “freedom”?
A.
clarifying questions
B.
showing questions
C.
comparison questions
10 points
QUESTION 13
You see your friend Mark in a very crowded theater and you wave at him because it would not be convenient to yell,
“Hello.” Which function is your nonverbal gesture fulfilling?
repeating
substituting
complementing
contradicting
2 points
QUESTION 14
Please match the following terms with the appropriate definition.
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
how people distance themselves from one another
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
facial expressions used to convey feelings
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
use of tactile contact
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
how people stake out space for themselves
–
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
fear and anger combined into one facial expression
A.
affect blend
B.
affect display
C.
haptics
D.
personal space
E.
territoriality
10 points
QUESTION 15
Please match the following competent listening skills with the appropriate stages in the listening process.
Answers will be used more than once
–
A.
B.
C.
represses emotional or netative responses
–
A.
B.
C.
clarifies meaning by asking questions
–
A.
B.
C.
clarifies the purpose for listening
–
A.
B.
C.
controls interruptions
–
A.
B.
C.
postpones evaluation of the message
A.
constructing meaning
B.
responding
C.
recieving
5 points
QUESTION 16
According to several studies, what percentage of the meaning of conversational messages is communicated nonverbally?
35%
50%
65%
93%
2 points
QUESTION 17
Samantha is sitting in the student union when she recognizes Tim, a person from her political science class, coming toward
her. She is not interested in talking to Tim so she immediately turns her back to him and gets involved in a conversation
with the person sitting next to her. The nonverbal cues Samantha is displaying would be examples of
emblems.
illustrators.
mixed messages.
regulators.
2 points
QUESTION 18
When your friend says he is exhausted from working on his term paper and his slumped posture, constant yawning, and red
eyes gives us information about how tired he actually is, his nonverbal cues are doing which of the following in regard to
his verbal statement?
complementing
substituting
repeating
contradicting
2 points
QUESTION 19
When Jim bumped into Kellie and said, “Hi, How are you?” the fact that Kellie interpreted Jim’s message as a greeting is
pragmatic rules.
conversational rules.
regulative rules.
constitutive rules.
2 points
QUESTION 20
According to the hypothesis of linguistic determinism, which of the following statements is true?
What can be spoken in one language can usually be spoken in another language.
All people, regardless of their culture, are born with an innate ability to learn language.
Learning another language is more difficult as we age given the way our brains process new information.
Language predisposes us to think and interpret the world in certain ways.
2 points
QUESTION 21
An arbitrary symbol referring to a place of learning, the word “school” is best described as a
signifer
signified
prototype
sterotype
2 points
QUESTION 22
Constitutive rules are language guidelines that
help us understand what certain words or phrases mean.
help you determine the appropriate response.
creates a sense of obligation to respond in a conversation.
all of the above
2 points
QUESTION 23
The objects in an environment that make nonverbal statements about the identity and personality of their owner are known as
personal belongings
artifacts
spacial arrangement
feng Shui
2 points
QUESTION 24
The primary challenge to evaluative and critical listening is being aware of
your own biases
both your own and the speaker’s biases
critical vocabulary
general vocabulary
2 points
QUESTION 25
The Eskimos have dozens of words to describe types of snow compared to the United States, which has only one word for
the white fluffy form of condensation. What concept best explains why this occurs?
linguistic determinism
linguistic relativism
linguistic absolutism
deficit language
2 points
QUESTION 26
In the statement, “the teenage went racing down the street and plowed recklessly into another vehicle,” which of the
following functions does language perform?
Language creates opportunities & limitations.
Language creates identities.
Language makes us notice things.
Language facilitates social coordination.
2 points
QUESTION 27
When I visited Madison 3 years ago, I thought it was a very cultural city with lots of entertainment opportunities. Which
phrasing strategy is illustrated in this statement?
experimenting with pronouns
I-message instead of a you-message
Indexing
using equivocal language
2 points
QUESTION 28
Bob is listening to his insurance agent tell him about all of the things covered in his new car insurance policy and what will
be the amount of the deductibles in each category. This is an example of
listening to evaluate and critique.
listening to empathize and understand.
listening to learn and comprehend.
listening to appreciate and enjoy.
2 points
QUESTION 29
What do people consider the distance they choose between themselves and others?
Personal Space
territoriality
chronemics
haptics
2 points
QUESTION 30
All of the nonverbal elements of the voice constitute
nonfluencies
incompetent speech
articulate speech
paralanguage
QUESTION 33
At a party Friday night, Maria notices Jeff smiling at her. Maria isn’t sure if Jeff is interested in her, remembers her from a
class last semester, or thinks her shirt looks funny. The reason for Maria’s uncertainty can best be described by which
nonverbal communication characteristic?
Nonverbal communication is culture bound.
Nonverbal commination is ambiguous.
Nonverbal communication is primarily relational.
Nonverbal communication is continuous.
2 points
QUESTION 34
Flight attendant, firefighter, and mail carrier are all examples of
deficit language
gender-role socialization
rhetorical exhaustion
politically correct language
2 points
QUESTION 35
Which one of the following words would be on the bottom rung according to Hayakawa’s Ladder of Abstraction?
transportation
mustang
car
Ford
2 points
QUESTION 36
Matthew and Sue are in a heated argument, which eventually results in them using inflammatory language and name
calling toward each other. Which type of listening barrier has occurred?
physical
psychological
interaction
cultural
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