Chp 5

Question 1

___ are the basis of language

Answer 1

Symbols

Question 2

A representation of a person, event, or other phenomenon

Answer 2

Symbol

Question 3

Symbols are ___, which means they are not intrinsically connected to what they represent

Answer 3

Arbitrary

Question 4

Symbols are ___, which means their meanings are fixed in an absolute way

Answer 4

Ambiguous

Question 5

Symbols are____, which means not concrete or tangible

Answer 5

Abstract

Question 6

Shared understanding of what communication means and what kinds of communication are and are not appropriate in various situations

Answer 6

Communication rules

Question 7

Two kinds of rules guide communication

Answer 7

1) Regulative rules

2) constitutive rules

Question 8

Communication rules that regulate interaction by specifying win hell where and with whom to talk about certain things

Answer 8

Regulative rules

Question 9

Communication rules that define what communication mean by specifying how certain communicative acts are to be counted

Answer 9

Constitutive rules

Question 10

In communication, ____ is the mental mark of the beginnings and endings of particular interactions

Answer 10

Punctuation

Question 11

We use symbols to define ___,___,___,__ and ____

Answer 11

Experiences people relationships feelings and thoughts

Question 12

Responding to people as if one aspect of them were the sum total of who they are (using a single label to represent the totality of a person)

Answer 12

Totalizing

Question 13

Are symbols neutral

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Consists of the words that strongly slant perceptions and thus meanings

Answer 14

Loaded language

Question 15

We use symbols to organize our ____

Answer 15

Perceptions

Question 16

Cognitive awareness of experiences and ideas that are not part of the concrete, present situation

Answer 16

Hypothetical thought

Question 17

Name five symbolic abilities

Answer 17

1) definition
2) evaluation
3) organization
4) hypothetical thought
5) self reflection

Question 18

The ability to understand another person’s perspective, beliefs, thoughts, or feelings

Answer 18

Dual perspective

Question 19

Assessments that suggest something is unchanging or static.

Answer 19

Static Evolation

Question 20

It’s technique of noting that statement reflects specific times and circumstances and may not apply to other times or circumstances

Answer 20

Indexing