Chapter THREE Results Online Section 050W Comm101 Spring 2011 College of Western Idaho

1.Which of the following can be described as symbolic, filled with multiple meanings, informed by our thoughts, ruled by grammar, and bound by context? symbols 0% signs 8% *language 92% cognition 0%

Why do we have language? A very solid three-minute introduction...

2. What is the term for the emotional or attitudinal response people have to a word? *connotative meaning 92% denotative meaning 0% cognitive language 8% none of the above 0%

3. Which of the following is NOT a functional communication competency? controlling 12% informing 0% *persuading 76% feeling 12%

4. Which of the following terms is best described by the ability to use the symbol systems of a culture appropriately? semantics 0% *pragmatics 96% linguistics 0% syntactics 4%

5. Which of the following is best defined by its use of very direct language that does not rely on the context of the communication situation for meaning? high-context culture 4% *low-context culture 96% middle-context culture 0% equivocating culture 0%

High vs. Low context cultures Pause the audio and WATCH THIS ONE if you are not 100 percent sure of how to distinguish between the two.  This topic is relevant to EVERY SECTION of COMM101!

6. Every time Marie talks in class, she prefaces her comments with a statement like "This is probably wrong, but . . ." Which of the following terms applies to Marie's language? hedging 12% qualifying 4% tag questioning 4% *disclaiming 80%

7. Symbols form the basis of language. *True 100% False 0%  

8. Ritualizing involves learning the rules for managing conversations and relationships. True *96% False 4%  

9. An inference is a deduction or conclusion made about observed facts. *True 96% False 4%  

Inference Elementary school teacher has written a superb primer on inference.  The spidey-doll adds nothing.

10. Speech repertoires are sets of complex language behaviors or "files" of language possibilities. *True 88% False 12%%

Repertories We use different speech repertories to find the most effective language for a given situation. (p. 88)