CST 110- Summ: Final part 3

Question 1

While giving a friend directions to your home, you tell them to stop at the corner market to pick up some beer and soda. In telling your friend to pick up those beverages, you are using _____ function of language

A. personal
B. heuristic
C. interactional
D. regulatory

Answer 1

Regulatory.

Question 2

After you have given your friend directions to your home, you ask if he understood the directions in order to learn if you need to repeat them or not. In asking if he understood the directions, you are using _____ function of language

A. personal
B. heuristic
C. inform
D. regulatory

Answer 2

Heuristic.

Question 3

In giving directions to your friend, you jokingly add “don’t drive over the curb like you did during your driving test!” In adding this, you are using the _____ function of language

A. regulatory
B. personal
C. instrumental
D. heuristic

Answer 3

Personal.

Question 4

Adam decided to write a song to propose to his girlfriend, Maureen. Which function of language was he using?

A. regulatory
B. instrumental
C. heuristic
D. imaginative

Answer 4

Imaginative.

Question 5

_____ is the study of sounds that compose individual languages and how those sounds communicate meaning

A. Phonology
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics

Answer 5

Phonology.

Question 6

The Star Wars character, Yoda, is known for his unusual speech patterns. Sayings such as, “Named must your fear be before banish it you can,” challenge a typical concept of English language _____

A. phonology
B. syntax
C. semantics
D. pragmatics

Answer 6

Syntax.

Question 7

Defining the word “home” as a place of warmth, comfort, and safety is an example of _____ type of semantic meaning

A. denotative
B. literal
C. connotative
D. symbolic

Answer 7

Connotative.

Question 8

_____ is the study of language in use in specific situations to accomplish goals

A. Phonology
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics

Answer 8

Pragmatics.

Question 9

Those interested in pragmatics examine all of the following areas of study EXCEPT

A. speech acts.
B. conversational rules.
C. contextual rules.
D. none of these.

Answer 9

None of these.

Question 10

When all family members talk with each other at the Thanksgiving dinner table, they are violating which of the following?

A. a contextual rule
B. a conversational rule
C. syntax
D. semantics

Answer 10

A conversational rule.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a major influence on verbal communication?

A. race and ethnicity
B. age
C. geographical region
D. individual attractiveness

Answer 11

Individual attractiveness.

Question 12

Cocultural theory argues that

A. some people in a culture are more privileged than others.
B. privileged people control/affect language and communication norms.
C. people who don’t conform to language/communication norms are often disadvantaged.
D. all of these.

Answer 12

All of these.

Question 13

_____ is the conceptual pairing of maleness with
humanity in language

A. Androcentrism
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Neocentrism
D. Male-centered communication

Answer 13

Androcentrism.

Question 14

The term “sexual preference” is an example of _____

bias in language.

A. gender
B. personal
C. heterosexual
D. social

Answer 14

Gender and Heterosexual.

Question 15

Pat: I am pumped! Last night, Jane agreed to go out to dinner with me finally.
Chris: Yeah. I heard that. She was pretty drunk last night.
Chris’s comment is an example of

A. confirming language/communication.
B. disconfirming language/communication.
C. an “I” statement.
D. a “You” statement.

Answer 15

Disconfirming language/communication.

Question 16

Pat: I am pumped! Last night, Jane agreed to go out to dinner with me finally.
Chris: Yeah. I heard that, and I was excited for you. I know you’ve been wanting to get to know her better.
Chris’s comment is an example of

A. confirming language/communication.
B. disconfirming language/communication.
C. an “I” statement.
D. a “You” statement.

Answer 16

Confirming language/communication.

Question 17

Which of the following components is NOT an appropriate “I” statement?

A. “When you criticize my appearance, I feel unloved, and I respond by withdrawing from you.”
B. “I think I must be unimportant to you when you arrive late for dinner, so I don’t feel like cooking for you.”
C. “I feel like you don’t want to be here with me, so I am just going to leave.”
D. All of the above are “I” statements.

Answer 17

“I feel like you don’t want to be here with me, so I am just going to leave.”

Question 18

The denotative meaning of a word refers to its dictionary or literal meaning

A. True
B. False

Answer 18

True.

Question 19

Speech acts are only direct in nature

A. True
B. False

Answer 19

False.

Question 20

Members of the more powerful groups get to label the members of less powerful groups

A. True
B. False

Answer 20

True.

Question 21

Language discrimination occurs when a person is treated differently because of that person’s
native language or other characteristics of that person’s speech.

             A. True
             B. False

Answer 21

True.

Question 22

Hate speech is illegal in the United States

             A. True
             B. False

Answer 22

False.

Question 23

Which of the following is a type of the nonverbal code we call “kinesics”?

A. gestures
B. touch
C. stress
D. voice quality

Answer 23

Gestures.

Question 24

Obscene gestures are a form of the nonverbal behavior known as

A.	gestures.
B.	kinesics.
C.	proxemics.
D.	chronemics.
E.	haptics.

Answer 24

Kinesis.

Question 25

Kinesics is the study of nonverbal communication including all of the following EXCEPT

A.	gestures.
B.	posture.
C.	facial expressions.
D.	paralinguistics
E.	eye behavior.

Answer 25

Paralinguistics.