Comm 145 Chapter 2 Gender and Culture

Which of the following is not an example of an affiliation behavior?

hugging

Which is a verbal phrase whose meaning is purely figurative, such as "shake a leg" or "kick the bucket"?

idiom

Which of the statements about touching behavior involving children is true? among children, same-sex touching is more common than opposite-sex women are more likely to initiate touch with children boys and girls are equally likely to be touched all of these are true.

ALL OF THESE ARE TRUE among children, same-sex touching is more common than opposite-sex women are more likely to initiate touch with children boys and girls are equally likely to be touched

A group of students who attend the same high school and all belong to the school's computer club would be an example of what? cultural norming enculturation a co-culture cultural adaptation

Co-culture

Idioms and gestures are examples of: communication codes cultural truisms cultural speech development communication power-distance

Communication codes

In a low-power-distance culture, people are expected to choose friends or mates from within their own social class.

False

Most research has shown that femininity is positively related to affectionate communication, whereas masculinity is negatively related to it.

False

Recent data indicate that English is the most commonly spoken language in the world.

False

Research suggests that women are more likely than men to use self-references, such as "me" or "I".

False

The use of idioms is primarily a North American behavior.

False

Transsexual individuals are always born with one or more chromosomal abnormality.

False

Some researchers believe women and men grow up in different speech communities. According to this idea, men are taught to do _____ and women are taught to do _____.

Instrumental talk, expressive talk Instrumental talk: verbal communication whose purpose is to solve problem and accomplish tasks expressive talk: verbal communication whose purpose is to express emotions and build relationships.

Very specific communication codes such as those used by doctors and dentists are known as

Jargon

The idea that "all people are created equal" would be characteristic of which type of culture?

Low-power-distance culture

Regarding sex differences in verbal behavior, which of the following is true, according to your text? men talk more than women do women interrupt more than men do men use more disclaimers and hedges than women do women ask fewer questions than men do

Men talk more than women do

Which of the following linguistic patterns is associated with powerful speech? disclaimers hedges offering opinions asking questions

Offering options

Biological sex is genetically determined whereas gender roles are socially constructed.

True

In a low-context culture, people are expected to be direct and say what they mean.

True

Men are more likely than women to initiate touch with other adults, but women are more likely than men to initiate touch with children.

True

On average, men express more opinions than women do

True

People from different cultures sometimes experience difficulty in understanding one another because they think differently

True

Which concept of culture includes judgments about how good, desirable, or beautiful something is?

Values

This gender role combines aspects of masculinity and femininity: bisexuality Turner's Syndrome androgyny asexuality

androgyny

Studies of affectionate communication have shown that: highly feminine individuals are likely to express affection highly masculine individuals are likely to express affection both highly masculine and feminine individuals are likely to express affection none of the these

both highly masculine and feminine individuals are likely to express affection

The process by which cultural traditions are passed from one generation to the next is known as: enculturation cultural adaption cultural transmission acculturation

enculturation

Which of the following statements is not true regarding feminine cultures? feminine cultures value nurturance feminine cultures value achievement feminine cultures value quality of life feminine cultures do not strongly differentiate between male and female roles

feminine cultures value achievement

Which of the following statements is not true about high-context cultures? maintaining harmony is important offering personal opinions is valued offenses are to be avoided environmental cues are important

offering personal opinions is valued

Among adults, which of the following is true about touch behavior?

opposite-sex touch is more common than same-sex touch

Which of the following is true in highly collectivistic cultures? people are expected to look out for themselves people take an indirect approach to handling conflict children are taught that they are special and unique individual achievement is more important than group harmony

people take an indirect approach to handling conflict

All of the following can factor into determining an individual's biological sex except: psychological differences genetic differences anatomical differences social differences

social differences