Sociology Exam #3

If someone looks up the legal term "res ipsa loquitur", they will don't the _____ meaning, " The thing speaks for itself."

Denotative

The Saphir-Whorf hypothesis regards language as _________.

Deterministic

Oni has been with her boyfriend for a long time so one day she said to him, listen I want to talk about when we're finally going to get married. Oni conversational style is ________.

Direct

An affect ______ Is a combination of primary emotions

Display

Caroletta is a Mexican who is married to an American. When she gets mad at him or she doesn't want him to know what she's talking about, she starts speaking in Spanish. This is an example of _________.

Diverging

Marcos was offered a new job but he is not sure if he should take it or wait for something better. His sister, Gabriella, told him, "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush" which of the following best describes Gabriellas conversational style?

Elaborative

Waving goodbye to someone as an example of a(n) _______.

Emblem

Tony was giving a speech to his classmates about how it is immoral to smoke because people should keep their bodies pure. During this speech, a pack of cigarettes fell out of his pocket. When that happens, Tony lost ______ with the audience

Ethos

Meaning shaped by peoples daily lives creates ________ equivalence

Experiential

Lorenzo is an Italian exchange student who has a part in our schools play. When one of the stagehands told him to break a leg on opening night, he was confused why someone would want him to injure himself. This misunderstanding was caused by a lack of ________ equivalence.

Idiomatic

Alexandra and Nick wink at each other when someone around them tells a joke that isn't funny, but no one they spent time with knows what this code means. This is an example of _______ interpretation.

Idiosyncratic

Which of the following does not have a meeting on its own?

Illustrator

Jenny believed her husband was cheating on her. To help confirm her suspicion she asked him one day have you spoken to anyone lately? Which of the following best describes Jenny's conversational style?

Indirect

People who use the ______ conversational style prefer to avoid saying no.

Indirect

Individualistic cultures preferred the ______ conversational style.

Instrumental

Layla Amanda went to their best friends funeral. During the service Layla was sobbing loudly and his sterically, while Amanda cried quietly. The two women display their grief with a different _________.

Intensity

There are about _______ phenomena in the English language

45

Gary and Ange went on a double date with Amanda and Bill. Although Gary and Ange were affectionate with each other and held hands throughout the day, Amanda and Bill hardly looked at each other and never touched. Amanda and Bill broke up after they left the date. Their behavior is an example of using nonverbal communication to __________.

Convey relationship messages

The legal term top lawyers use to do their work are examples of _______.

Jargon

In US English, the preferred organizational pattern is

Linear

Pamela is going on a first date with one. She bought a beautiful new dress for her date because one is used to seeing her in casual clothes, and she wants to show a different side of her self to him. This is an example of __________.

Managing impressions

Cultures with a high sense of perceived ethnolinguistic vitality are ________ willing to speak another language.

Not

Physical appearance is considered a nonverbal __________ When it creates meaning among Individuals

Orientation

A(n) ________ Is the foundation on which an essay or speech is built

Outline

In written US English, which of the following is a fundamental organization unit

Paragraph

A family that allows great grandparents to make the decision for everyone in the family is most likely from which time orientation?

Past

According to the text, a language can only remain alive if _________.

People who live close to each other use it regularly.

In the __________ conversational style, the focus is on the individual.

Personal

The basics sound in a language is referred to as a _______

Phenome

In a _____ time system, it is normal For people to double book appointments.

Polychronic

Angela asked someone she worked with how are you and she was surprised when her coworker told her that she was in the middle of a divorce. Angela walked away thinking her coworker was inappropriate and rude. The misunderstanding in the interaction was caused by __________.

Pragmatics

Cultures in which time orientation believe in fate?

Present

The word "feel" is most likely to be used in which persuasion style?

Presentational

Xi Is doing a speech on how it is important to help the homeless by volunteering at a local organization. Which persuasion style is the most likely to use?

Presentational

When Jessica's parents get angry with her and want to punish her, they remove her bedroom door from its hinges this is an example of what type of environment?

Privacy

The phrase a picture is worth 1000 words describes which function of nonverbal communication?

Providing information

The use of personal space is called ________.

Proxemics

The use of the word hence is most likely to be found in ________ persuasion style

Quasilogical

When a class speech requires the use of statistics and expert witness testimonies, it is an example of the _______ persuasion style

Quasilogical

Veata is having a meeting with her classmates about a group project they're working on. Everyone kept talking at once, no one was listening, so she clapped her hands to get everyone to be quiet. This is an example of _________.

Regulating interactions

When people greet each other by kissing on both cheeks, this type of touch is for _______.

Ritual purposes

Participant and spelling bees are demonstrating their knowledge of a _______

Rule system

The study of what words mean is _______.

Segmantics

When anyone talks to Diego, he has the tendency to interrupt them and say, just bottom line it for me. Diego prefers a _______ conversational style

Succient

The relationship that words have with each other is called ______.

Syntactics

When the doctor gives a physical examination, it is an example of touched that is used for _____.

Task related activities

The fact that blind children use the same nonverbal display as cited children suggest that these gestures on her ________.

Taught

Nicole likes to sit in the certain seat on the bus every day when she goes back-and-forth to work. She gets annoyed when she gets on the bus to find someone else in her seat this is an example of _________.

Territoriality

In English, who is expected to provide the structure of an interaction?

The Listener and the speaker are both half responsible.

What is the assumption in the logical persuasion style?

There is a truth that can be used to convince people of something.

Display rules in a culture are rarely questioned or challenged because __________.

They are not taught verbally

People in a culture are more likely to adopt the language of a larger social group when ___________

They lack political and economic power

The spoken word is a reflection of a person's ________.

Thoughts

What is the purpose of persuasion?

To convince an audience to except a point

The study of the body movements is called

kinesics

Morphemes are the smallest units of ______ in a language.

meaning

A (n) __________ is a variation in the way a language is spoken

Accent

Collectivist cultures prefer the ______ conversational style

Affective

In the _______ conversational style, the focus is on social roles.

Affective

Clay was telling his wife about his fishing trip and then said the fish I caught was this big as he stretched his arms out a few feet. This is an example of _________.

An illustrator

Jerome is a minister who is writing a Christmas sermon for his congregation. Which persuasion style would be the most effective for him to use?

Analogical

Once upon a time is a phrase that may he found in the ________ persuasion style

Analogical

The relationship between symbols and what they mean is _____.

Arbitrary

When someone observes people from another culture to learn how to usually behaves it is an example of ________.

Avoiding Premature Interpretations

A verbal ____ refers to the rules about the words people use when creating messages

Code

Jeanette and her boyfriend used the phrase do you want to break the ice? When they want to go out to a movie. This is the ______ meaning of the phrase

Connotative

Carly was sitting in the window seat of a train during her long morning commute a man sat down next to her and started asking or personal questions and touching her arm. This made her feel uncomfortable to the point where she felt environmental ________.

Constraint

Tamika is an American student who works hard to speak Standard American English when she is at school. When she does that she is

Converging

Translation is the use of _______ signs in one language to _______ signs in another.

Verbal; verbal

The German word "backfeifengesicht" has no similar English word. Loosely translated as a face that's begging to be slapped, this word lacks _______ equivalence.

Vocabulary

Olivia had a fight with her best friend Evangeline. When Evangeline came to her apartment to visit order she placed her chair on the other side of the room from her friend. This is an expression of which environment?

Warmth

When does an idea or experience become evidence?

When it is chosen for a persuasive interaction

Anthropologists and linguists preserve language by _______ them.

Writing