Module 8

Question 1

True or False:

There is a pecking order among languages and dialects that is supported by the prevailing political order.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

One of the MAJOR factors limiting successful communication between individuals with disabilities and individuals without disabilities is:

a. a significant lack of opportunity for interaction
b. a complete lack of interest in interaction
c. a debilitating fear of interaction
d. high levels of uncertainty about how to interact

Answer 2

d. high levels of uncertainty about how to interact

Question 3

True or False:

The way people with disabilities are labeled by our broader society does not significantly affect how they are seen by others and how they perceive themselves.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The best definition of verbal would be ____.

a. using body language
b. writing
c. talking
d. consisting of words
e. communicating

Answer 4

d. consisting of words

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of how many people without disabilities tend to approach interactions with people with disabilities?

a. They feel increased levels of uncertainty
b. They engage in longer conversations than they would with someone without a disability
c. They stand farther away from the person with the disability than they would in interactions with non-disabled persons
d. They avoid making eye contact
e. They avoid interacting altogether.

Answer 5

b. They engage in longer conversations than they would with someone without a disability

Question 6

Chris Klien argues that society has changed the meaning of “normal” from the dictionary definition of “conforming to a set pattern” to a different definition that limits the ability of individuals with disabilities to ever be seen as or feel “normal”. What is that new definition?

a. not weird
b. boring
c. no struggle, no flaws
d. practically perfect in every way

Answer 6

c. no struggle, no flaws

Question 7

In Chinese, the word “ma” means:

a. mother
b. toad
c. horse
d. none of the above, “ma” is a phoneme, and as such, has no direct “meaning”.
e. A, B, and C are correct depending upon the phonetics of the morphene.

Answer 7

e. A, B, and C are correct depending upon the phonetics of the morphene.

Question 8

According to Lustig and Koester the terms phonology, morphology, semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics represent ____.

a. word forms
b. types of language
c. rule systems for verbal codes
d. nonverbal codes
e. artifacts of communication

Answer 8

c. rule systems for verbal codes

Question 9

The idiom “nose open” means:

a. something smells “fishy”
b. someone who is passionately in love
c. someone who is “stuck up”
d. someone who is angry

Answer 9

b. someone who is passionately in love

Question 10

The study of the meaning of words is called ____.

a. morphology
b. semantics
c. syntactics
d. pragmatics
e. none of the above

Answer 10

b. semantics