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1

Howard Giles was influenced by Social Identity Theory, which has its roots in which of the following disciplines?
A)social psychology
B)anthropology
C)biology
D)linguistics
2

When we say that teenagers don't understand older adults, and we act upon that belief, we are adopting which principle of Communication Accommodation Theory?
A)group-based expectations
B)social identification
C)ageism
D)social predisposition
3

___________ is the process of attending to and interpreting a message, whereas ___________ is the process of judging a conversation.
A)Perception; articulation
B)Articulation; evaluation
C)Perception; appraisal
D)Perception; evaluation
4

The expectations of behaviors that individuals feel should or should not occur in a conversation are:
A)customs
B)norms
C)appraisals
D)perceptions
5

If Roger adapts to the speech rate, pausing, and eye gaze of Sasha, he is practicing which principle of Communication Accommodation Theory?
A)adaptation
B)convergence
C)divergence
D)overaccommodation
6

Which of the following is another word for disassociation?
A)adaptation
B)convergence
C)divergence
D)overaccommodation
7

A person engaging in ___________ overaccommodation overly adapts to another person's perceived linguistic or physical limitations.
A)sensory
B)perceptual
C)dependency
D)intergroup
8

A speaker engaging in ___________ overaccommodation consciously or unconsciously places a listener in a lower-status role.
A)sensory
B)dependency
C)perceptual
D)intergroup
9

A person engaging in ___________ overaccommodation fails to take into account the individual uniqueness of communicators and uses language that reflects this lack of effort.
A)sensory
B)dependency
C)intergroup
D)group-centered
10

According to Giles and his colleagues, what takes place when people who speak different languages try to communicate with each other?
A)The dominant group will try to persuade the subordinate group to speak the language of the ruling class.
B)The dominant group will try to acquire the language of the subordinate group.
C)The subordinate group will try to persuade the dominant group to speak the language of the subordinate class.
D)Neither the dominant nor the subordinate group will attempt to change the linguistic patterns in the conversation.







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