Question 1

A key difference between conversational analysis (CA) and most quantitative social science research is

Accepted Answer

A)  CA researchers use imprecise measurements when collecting data 
B)  CA researchers use their own specific definitions and procedures that are rarely generalizable 
C)  CA researchers use inductive reasoning to develop their study 
D)  CA researchers use deductive reasoning to develop their study 
A)  CA researchers use imprecise measurements when collecting data 
B)  CA researchers use their own specific definitions and procedures that are rarely generalizable 
C)  CA researchers use inductive reasoning to develop their study 
D)  CA researchers use deductive reasoning to develop their study C

Question 2

A conversational structure in which the first pair part calls for or invites the second pair part is called a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  Adjacency pair 
B)  Claim of sequence 
C)  Unit of analysis 
D)  Account 
A)  Adjacency pair 
B)  Claim of sequence 
C)  Unit of analysis 
D)  Account A

Question 3

By combining adjacency pairs with different kinds of expansion, CA scholars can:

Accepted Answer

A)  Explain the differences between local and global contexts 
B)  Explain longer conversation sequences that accomplish some action 
C)  Explain why conversational participants violate the rules 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Explain the differences between local and global contexts 
B)  Explain longer conversation sequences that accomplish some action 
C)  Explain why conversational participants violate the rules 
D)  None of the above B

Question 4

A parent tells a child that she must always apologize when she interrupts a conversation. The parent is teaching the child:

Accepted Answer

A)  How to take turns 
B)  How to repair a breach 
C)  How to enact an adjacency pair 
D)  How to give a preferred response 
A)  How to take turns 
B)  How to repair a breach 
C)  How to enact an adjacency pair 
D)  How to give a preferred response

Question 5

Outline the steps for conducting a conversational analysis. Then discuss concerns about validity and reliability related to each step.

Accepted Answer

The steps for conducting a con

Question 6

Which ethical assurance is more likely to be given in a CA study that employs videotaped interactions that will be saved in a conversational database?

Accepted Answer

A)  Confidentiality 
B)  Anonymity 
C)  Forbidding other researchers' from using the data 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Confidentiality 
B)  Anonymity 
C)  Forbidding other researchers' from using the data 
D)  All of the above

Question 7

Speakers who are asked a question during conversation should provide a truthful, relevant, and brief answer. What area of CA research deals with this topic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Adjacency pairs 
A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Adjacency pairs

Question 8

Which characteristics of a transcript might be used to warrant the external validity of CA data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intertranscriber reliability 
B)  Detail level 
C)  Sample representativeness 
D)  All of the above
Essays: 
A)  Intertranscriber reliability 
B)  Detail level 
C)  Sample representativeness 
D)  All of the above
Essays:

Question 9

A CA researcher might study utterances, sentences, or a speaking turn, which are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Adjacency pairs 
B)  Sequence organization 
C)  Units of analysis 
D)  Action sequences 
A)  Adjacency pairs 
B)  Sequence organization 
C)  Units of analysis 
D)  Action sequences

Question 10

The first step in creating an inductive claim for a CA study involves considering:

Accepted Answer

A)  The context 
B)  The speaker's turn-taking behaviors 
C)  The sequence of turns in a conversation 
D)  The role of preferred and dispreferred behaviors 
A)  The context 
B)  The speaker's turn-taking behaviors 
C)  The sequence of turns in a conversation 
D)  The role of preferred and dispreferred behaviors

Question 11

Define turn-taking, adjacency pairs, preference, repair, and action sequences. Give an example to illustrate each term from recent conversations you have experienced or observed.

Accepted Answer

The terms are define

Question 12

Which CA research topic would be most likely to consider instances of breaching?

Accepted Answer

A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Action sequences 
A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Action sequences

Question 13

The slowest and most tedious part of doing CA research is probably:

Accepted Answer

A)  Developing a claim or research question 
B)  Selecting sample textual data 
C)  Recording interactions 
D)  Transcribing interactions 
A)  Developing a claim or research question 
B)  Selecting sample textual data 
C)  Recording interactions 
D)  Transcribing interactions

Question 14

If your CA study aims to describe how teachers move from starting the class session to giving a lecture, conducting an activity, and concluding the session, you are probably studying:

Accepted Answer

A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Action sequences 
A)  Turn-taking 
B)  Preference 
C)  Repair 
D)  Action sequences

Question 15

Which of the following most likely would be studied by a CA researcher?

Accepted Answer

A)  How doctors talk about cancer treatments with their patients 
B)  How patients understand medical charts about their condition 
C)  How hospitals publicize their services on their web site 
D)  All of the above are possible CA research topics 
A)  How doctors talk about cancer treatments with their patients 
B)  How patients understand medical charts about their condition 
C)  How hospitals publicize their services on their web site 
D)  All of the above are possible CA research topics

Question 16

Strict reliance on transcripts alone (apart from other contextual evidence) as evidence for a claim observed by some conversational analysts is referred to as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Formatting rule for transcripts 
B)  Rule of analytic induction 
C)  Strict empirical requirement 
D)  Referential function rule 
A)  Formatting rule for transcripts 
B)  Rule of analytic induction 
C)  Strict empirical requirement 
D)  Referential function rule

Question 17

In conversational analysis, preference refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  How we decide to respond to a greeting 
B)  How we choose to go on with a conversation 
C)  How we respond to a compliment 
D)  All of the above 
A)  How we decide to respond to a greeting 
B)  How we choose to go on with a conversation 
C)  How we respond to a compliment 
D)  All of the above

Question 18

Conversational analysts study conversations, which usually refer to

Accepted Answer

A)  Text messages and email between two or more people 
B)  Telephone or face-to-face interactions between two or more people 
C)  Online posts between two or more people 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Text messages and email between two or more people 
B)  Telephone or face-to-face interactions between two or more people 
C)  Online posts between two or more people 
D)  All of the above

Question 19

CA researchers are exploring the differences in how apologies occur in a hospital, school setting, and workplace. They are interested how this context influences the sequential structures:

Accepted Answer

A)  Environmental contexts 
B)  Institutional contexts 
C)  Interpersonal contexts 
D)  Global contexts 
A)  Environmental contexts 
B)  Institutional contexts 
C)  Interpersonal contexts 
D)  Global contexts

Question 20

Conversational sequences such as question-answer, compliment-response, and buying-selling are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Adjacency pairs 
B)  Turn-taking 
C)  Preference 
D)  Repair 
A)  Adjacency pairs 
B)  Turn-taking 
C)  Preference 
D)  Repair

A key difference between conversational analysis (CA) and most quantitative social science research is

A conversational structure in which the first pair part calls for or invites the second pair part is called a(n) :

By combining adjacency pairs with different kinds of expansion, CA scholars can:

A parent tells a child that she must always apologize when she interrupts a conversation. The parent is teaching the child:

Outline the steps for conducting a conversational analysis. Then discuss concerns about validity and reliability related to each step.

Which ethical assurance is more likely to be given in a CA study that employs videotaped interactions that will be saved in a conversational database?

Speakers who are asked a question during conversation should provide a truthful, relevant, and brief answer. What area of CA research deals with this topic?

Which characteristics of a transcript might be used to warrant the external validity of CA data?

A CA researcher might study utterances, sentences, or a speaking turn, which are examples of:

The first step in creating an inductive claim for a CA study involves considering:

Define turn-taking, adjacency pairs, preference, repair, and action sequences. Give an example to illustrate each term from recent conversations you have experienced or observed.

Which CA research topic would be most likely to consider instances of breaching?

The slowest and most tedious part of doing CA research is probably:

If your CA study aims to describe how teachers move from starting the class session to giving a lecture, conducting an activity, and concluding the session, you are probably studying:

Which of the following most likely would be studied by a CA researcher?

Strict reliance on transcripts alone (apart from other contextual evidence) as evidence for a claim observed by some conversational analysts is referred to as the:

In conversational analysis, preference refers to:

Conversational analysts study conversations, which usually refer to

CA researchers are exploring the differences in how apologies occur in a hospital, school setting, and workplace. They are interested how this context influences the sequential structures:

Conversational sequences such as question-answer, compliment-response, and buying-selling are examples of:

Introduction to Communication Research

Three Paradigms of Knowing

Ethics and Research

Making Arguments for Association and Causality

Measuring and Designing Quantitative Social Science Research

Experimental Research: Predicting Causes and Effects

Survey Research: Explaining and Predicting Attitudes and Behaviors

Content Analysis: Explaining and Interpreting Message Categories

Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data

Making Arguments for Multiple Plausible Realities

Interview and Focus Groups: Interpreting Guided Responses

Ethnography: Interpreting and Evaluating Cultural Communication

Discourse Analysis: Interpreting Evaluating Language-In-Use

Rhetorical Criticism: How to Interpret Persuasive Texts and Artifacts

Critical Studies: Evaluating and Reforming Ideologies

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Exam 10: Conversation Analysis: Explaining Talks Structure and Function

A key difference between conversational analysis (CA) and most quantitative social science research is

A conversational structure in which the first pair part calls for or invites the second pair part is called a(n) :

By combining adjacency pairs with different kinds of expansion, CA scholars can:

A parent tells a child that she must always apologize when she interrupts a conversation. The parent is teaching the child:

Outline the steps for conducting a conversational analysis. Then discuss concerns about validity and reliability related to each step.

Which ethical assurance is more likely to be given in a CA study that employs videotaped interactions that will be saved in a conversational database?

Speakers who are asked a question during conversation should provide a truthful, relevant, and brief answer. What area of CA research deals with this topic?

Which characteristics of a transcript might be used to warrant the external validity of CA data?

A CA researcher might study utterances, sentences, or a speaking turn, which are examples of:

The first step in creating an inductive claim for a CA study involves considering:

Define turn-taking, adjacency pairs, preference, repair, and action sequences. Give an example to illustrate each term from recent conversations you have experienced or observed.

Which CA research topic would be most likely to consider instances of breaching?

The slowest and most tedious part of doing CA research is probably:

If your CA study aims to describe how teachers move from starting the class session to giving a lecture, conducting an activity, and concluding the session, you are probably studying:

Which of the following most likely would be studied by a CA researcher?

Strict reliance on transcripts alone (apart from other contextual evidence) as evidence for a claim observed by some conversational analysts is referred to as the:

In conversational analysis, preference refers to:

Conversational analysts study conversations, which usually refer to

CA researchers are exploring the differences in how apologies occur in a hospital, school setting, and workplace. They are interested how this context influences the sequential structures:

Conversational sequences such as question-answer, compliment-response, and buying-selling are examples of:

Introduction to Communication Research

Three Paradigms of Knowing

Ethics and Research

Making Arguments for Association and Causality

Measuring and Designing Quantitative Social Science Research

Experimental Research: Predicting Causes and Effects

Survey Research: Explaining and Predicting Attitudes and Behaviors

Content Analysis: Explaining and Interpreting Message Categories

Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data

Making Arguments for Multiple Plausible Realities

Interview and Focus Groups: Interpreting Guided Responses

Ethnography: Interpreting and Evaluating Cultural Communication

Discourse Analysis: Interpreting Evaluating Language-In-Use

Rhetorical Criticism: How to Interpret Persuasive Texts and Artifacts

Critical Studies: Evaluating and Reforming Ideologies

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