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Using ____ language allows you to own your own feelings while explaining to others how you interpret their behaviors.

A) I
B) You
C) We
D) They
E) Me

F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Devin is surprised when his friend burps and belches after their dinner together. Devin says, "Burping and Belching is so rude." Devin's perception of his friend's behavior is based on a(n) ____ rule.

A) intuitive
B) constitutive
C) comparative
D) regulative
E) constructive

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Gerda is really upset and she feels like throwing a temper tantrum, even though she's twenty years old. Disregarding the social inappropriateness of her behavior, Gerda beats a door and then kicks it while in a public area. In this instance, Gerda's behavior was motivated by which aspect of herself?

Speech communities are not necessarily defined by geographic locations and boundaries.

Meiko is not very good at communicating. How can you help her become a better verbal communicator?

Some people feel awkward when they first start using this language.

For the most part, we're not conscious of the rules that guide how, when, where, and with whom we communicate about various things.

A study by Victoria DeFrancisco (1991) revealed a clear pattern between spouses, in which husbands interrupted wives and were unresponsive to topics wives initiated. Both husbands and wives were unaware of the rules, but their communication nonetheless sustained the pattern.

In general, masculine-gender speech communities follow this communication rule:

All of the following are five ways that symbolic abilities affect our lives except:

What are constitutive rules? How do they differ from regulative rules? Also, be sure to give an example?

Symbols are neutral descriptions of phenomena.

____ language is more descriptive than you language.

____ language may be acceptable or even appreciated when it conveys praise of another.

The theory of linguistic determinism states.

We follow communication rules even when we are not consciously aware of them.

In Chapter 3 on perception and communication, the author stated that there is no intrinsic meaning in phenomena but that humans actively construct meanings and attach values. In Chapter 4, the author argued that language is powerful and that values inherent in the words we use shape our perceptions and those of others. Do these two statements contradict one another? Craft your answer in relation to the notions of hate speech and loaded language. (Be sure to distinguish between these two notions in your answer and provide concrete examples to support your point).

Regulative rules do not vary across cultures and social groups, so what is acceptable in one context may be regarded as inappropriate elsewhere.

"When you said my idea was stupid, I felt hurt" is an example of ____ language.

Why is it important that we don't have to be aware of communication rules to follow them?