Question 1

"I" language offers a more accurate and less provocative way to express a complaint.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Your text confirms the stereotype that women are more likely to talk about feelings and relationships than men are.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Speech can build and demonstrate solidarity with others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to the same words.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Highly abstract language can lead to which of the following problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​stereotyping
B)  ​misunderstandings
C)  ​blanket judgments
D)  ​confusion
E)  ​all of these choices are correct

Question 6

Three linguistic habits often cause disagreements: fact-opinion confusion, fact-inference confusion, and emotive language.Explain two of the habits and provide examples in your answer.

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Fact-opinion confusion occurs when someo...

Question 7

Expressions of disapproval are likely to be received more positively if they include a disclaimer such as "I don't mean to sound judgmental but…"

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Equivocal words are words that can be interpreted in more than one way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

If you take an "easy" class your friend recommended and find it "hard," you have had semantic problems due to​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​euphemistic language.
B)  ​relative words.
C)  ​equivocal words.
D)  ​fiction terms.
E)  ​semantic distracters.

Question 10

Emotive words are words that sound as if they're describing something, but are really announcing the speaker's attitude toward it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Communication researchers call the process of adapting one's speech style to match that of others convergence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

There are never times when equivocal language can be useful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

After years of research, it has been concluded that names have little effect on how others think of us and the way we act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Frank is lazy" is an example of which semantic problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​equivocation
B)  ​relative language
C)  ​abstraction
D)  ​static evaluation
E)  ​none of the above

Question 16

Making an inference is a reasonable thing to do relationally as long as​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​you make a number of them.
B)  ​you wait for the other to infer also.
C)  ​the other person understands you.
D)  ​you identify the inference to the other person.
E)  ​you first describe the observable behavior that led to the inference.

Question 17

Succinctness in language is most extreme in cultures where

Accepted Answer

A)  ​silence is valued.
B)  ​the language system is limited.
C)  ​more than one language is spoken.
D)  ​verbal fluency is admired.
E)  ​the use of equivocation is high.

Question 18

What type of misunderstanding occurs when people assign different meanings to the same words?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​syntactic
B)  ​pragmatic
C)  ​semantic
D)  ​disruptive
E)  ​linguistic relativism

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Equivocal words are words that can be interpreted in more than one way.

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What type of misunderstanding occurs when people assign different meanings to the same words?

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A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive.

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Syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to the same words.

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Succinctness in language is most extreme in cultures where

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Your text confirms the stereotype that women are more likely to talk about feelings and relationships than men are.

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Speech can build and demonstrate solidarity with others.

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"I" language offers a more accurate and less provocative way to express a complaint.

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A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive.

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Emotive words are words that sound as if they're describing something, but are really announcing the speaker's attitude toward it.

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Syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to the same words.

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Your text confirms the stereotype that women are more likely to talk about feelings and relationships than men are.

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