Deck 6: What Is the Connection Between Verbal Communication a

Question 1

_______ is an arbitrary, symbolic system that labels and categorizes objects, events, groups, people, ideas, feelings, and many other phenomena.

A) Identity
B) A value
C) Language
D) Culture

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When you check out your bilingual English-Spanish dictionary for the word "compassion," the dictionary meaning refers to the _______ meaning of a word.

A) denotative
B) contextual
C) connotative
D) melodic

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Native speakers of their own language tend to operate at the _______ stage, conversing fluently without needing to worry about language rule patterns.

A) "unconscious incompetent"
B) "conscious competent"
C) "unconscious competent"
D) "conscious incompetent"

Answer 3

C

Question 4

You're very confused about the grammatical structure of the Finnish language, including how the words are sequenced together. You're having problems applying the _______ rules.

A) phonological
B) semantic
C) syntactic
D) pragmatic

Question 5

I see the word "promise" as a fast-delivery action word, and you see the word "promise" as a slow take-time to deliver word. We're differing on the connotative meaning of the word, specifically the _______ feature of meaning.

A) evaluative
B) potency
C) activity
D) whatever

Question 6

"How to say what to whom and under what situational conditions" describes what rules of a language?

A) Semantic rules
B) Pragmatic rules
C) Syntactic rules
D) Cultural worldview rules

Question 7

Nina and Nate both speak the English language as their native language. Having both grown up in England, they share the same norms and rules regarding how to speak English. Because of this, both Nina and Nate belong to the same _______.

A) speech community
B) marginal identity
C) collectivistic community
D) relational worldview

Question 8

You're confused as to "when and how and in what situations" you should address members of your large family clan in Thailand as "aunties" and "uncles" or "Mrs." and "Mr." The situational rule confusion refers to the _______ rules of language usage.

A) pronoun
B) pragmatic
C) syntactic
D) semantic

Question 9

_______ means changing to speak another language or dialect to increase or decrease intergroup distance.

A) Co-culture
B) Linguistic relativity
C) Code-switching
D) Pragmatics

Question 10

The theory that describes speakers as either converging toward or diverging away from their audience linguistically in order to achieve social approval or assert group distinctiveness is

A) Communication Accommodation Theory.
B) Revised W-Shaped Adjustment Theory.
C) Compact and Verbose Interaction Styles Theory.
D) Traditional transmission theory.

Question 11

_______ refers to our larger philosophical outlook or ways of perceiving the world and how this outlook, in turn, affects our thinking and reasoning patterns.

A) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
B) Pragmatic rules
C) Individualism
D) Worldview

Question 12

Taylor wants to support her claim that students who study abroad have greater job opportunities after college. To do this, she finds data (facts) to use as evidence to support her claim. Taylor is operating under a _______ worldview and uses _______ reasoning.

A) linear; inductive
B) linear; deductive
C) relational; inductive
D) relational; deductive

Question 13

_______ reasoning refers to the importance of facts and evidence to make a claim, whereas _______ reasoning refers to the importance of conceptual models and big principles and then moves to specific points of implication.

A) Linear; relational
B) Relational; linear
C) Inductive; deductive
D) Deductive; inductive

Question 14

High-context cultures tend to emphasize _______ reasoning patterns of communication.

A) inductive
B) spiral
C) deductive
D) irrational

Question 15

The notion that language helps to shape our thinking patterns is known as the

A) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
B) social reality function.
C) group identity function.
D) coculture theory.

Question 16

In _______-context communication, the emphasis is on how intention or meaning is expressed through explicit verbal messages, whereas in _______-context communication, the emphasis is on how intention or meaning is best conveyed through the embedded contexts and nonverbal channels.

A) high; low
B) low; high
C) self-humbling; self-effacement
D) self-effacement; self-humbling

Question 17

As a manager, Mark tries to be as clear and direct as possible when asking for something from his employees. What context of communication is Mark using?

A) High
B) Low
C) Inductive
D) Deductive

Question 18

When you use a straightforward "no" to refuse a request, your direct communication approach is reflective of a _______ communication style.

A) high-context
B) moderate-context
C) low-context
D) no-context

Question 19

You don't like the mushroom risotto that your Italian host family offered at dinner, however, in order not to hurt their feelings, you said: "It tasted interesting and different" in a tactful manner. Your tactful, indirect verbal response reflects _______ communication.

A) low-context
B) low-contact
C) high-context
D) high-contact

Question 20

Collectivists tend to emphasize _______ communication style and individualists tend to emphasize _______ communication style.

A) linear; relational
B) high-context; low-context
C) outcome; process
D) low-context; high-context

Question 21

The concept of ma illustrates the importance of _______ in many Asian collectivistic cultures.

A) silence
B) talkativeness
C) formality
D) informality

Question 22

During a meeting, Ricardo does not tell the others what part he played in bringing the project to completion; instead, he talks about his part in a modest way, and when praised, he uses self-deprecation. Ricardo uses what kind of verbal mode?

A) Deductive reasoning
B) Inductive reasoning
C) Self-humbling
D) Self-enhancement

Question 23

The self-humbling verbal style is reflective of _______ communicators.

A) high-context
B) moderate-context
C) low-context
D) self-enhancing

Question 24

Communicators from cultures that emphasize large power distance values prefer _______ interaction when meeting strangers for the first time.

A) formal
B) symmetrical
C) informal
D) casual

Question 25

According to the textbook, the "weak form" of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is supported by intercultural communication researchers more than the "strong form."

Question 26

High-context cultures tend to favor verbal assertive style more so than low-context cultures.

Question 27

How silence is interpreted and evaluated differs across cultures and between persons.

Question 28

Verbal tracking involves tracking the mistakes made by the cultural stranger and pointing these out.

Question 29

A person who learns a foreign language may still experience cultural bumps or misunderstandings in using that language with a native speaker.

Question 30

Briefly describe one of the four features of language and give an example.

Question 31

What form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis do you believe is more accurate: the weak or the strong form? Why?

Question 32

Contrast low-context and high-context communication patterns of interaction.

Question 33

Briefly describe the Conversational Style Grid, naming and describing each of the four conversational styles.