Deck 5: Resources of Communication

Question 1

Who said that language does our thinking for us?

A) Foucault
B) Burke
C) Derrida
D) Jamieson

Answer 1

B

Question 2

______ deflect attention from other possible views.

A) Terministic screens
B) Glittering generalities
C) Social constructions
D) Subjectivities

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is not one of Burke's analytical questions for considering language?

A) What leads to what?
B) What follows what?
C) What supercedes what?
D) What opposed what?

Answer 3

C

Question 4

"I promise to clean the house on Saturday" is an example of:

A) Haptics
B) Euphemism
C) Double speak
D) Illocution

Question 5

Which is not part of Rank's model for intensification?

A) Repetition
B) Association
C) Composition
D) Attribution

Question 6

Which is not part of Rank's model for downplaying?

A) objection
B) Omission
C) Diversion
D) Confusion

Question 7

Selecting only information that supports the persuader's point of view is:

A) Cardstacking
B) Ad hominem argument
C) Doublespeak
D) Proxemics

Question 8

A type of diversion that involves attacking the person, rather than that person's ideas is:

A) Ad hominem
B) Euphemism
C) Glittering generality
D) Convergence

Question 9

When we say "rest room" rather than bathroom, we are engaging in:

A) Cardstacking
B) Jargon
C) Euphemism
D) Inflated language

Question 10

______ is considered a conversational constraint when dealing with compliance gaining in European-American culture.

A) Social appropriateness
B) Efficiency
C) Double speak
D) A and B
E) All of the above

Question 11

______ involves the auditory channel, including rate, volume, pitch, voice quality, and articulation.

A) Haptics
B) Proxemics
C) Chronemics
D) Vocalics

Question 12

Mirroring

A) Involves non-verbally matching the other person
B) Happens when one is nervous and non-verbals mirror inner emotional states
C) Involves non-verbal dress, appearance, etc., that is employed to communicate status
D) Involves the way verbals reflect non-verbals

Question 13

The study of how space and spatial relations communicate is:

A) Proxemics
B) Haptics
C) Kinesics
D) Laptics

Question 14

You arrive on time for your meeting with the dean, but the dean is late. You accept this because you believe that those with more status have more latitude. This is an example of:

A) Kinesics
B) Proxemics
C) Chronemics
D) Haptics

Question 15

We see an ad for Corona beer with a couple sitting on a beautiful beach, and we momentarily imagine ourselves there. This is an example of:

A) Narrative literacy
B) Rank's intensifying
C) Terministic screens
D) Euphemistic jargon

Question 16

Reification involves the transformation of social constructions into mundane realities.

Question 17

Foucault argues that words do not represent things.

Question 18

"It's raining now" is an example of Austin's definition of illocution.

Question 19

Repetition, omission, and composition are three components of intensifying communication.

Question 20

An ad for a herbal supplement claims that it may improve memory. This is an example of Rank's category of confusion.

Question 21

Alliteration and rhyme are key components of intensification through repetition.

Question 22

Cardstacking is a form of doublespeak.

Question 23

Euphemism, jargon and bureaucratese are all examples of doublespeak.

Question 24

Proxemics involves issues such as who sits where around a conference table.

Question 25

Haptics refers to tactile sensations.