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Exam 4: SPC NEWEST EXAM 4 WITH | | | | | | |




ACCURATE SOLUTIONS |




intro to communication accommodation theory (Giles) - Correct answer
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✔people often mimic the speech and behavior of their conversational partners
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what does CAT examine - Correct answer ✔adjustments in speech, vocal
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patterns, and gestures that people make to accommodate. culturally or diverse
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group.



Why are interactants accommodative? - Correct answer ✔elicit approval,
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achieve communication efficiency, assert a dominant position, maintain a
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positive social identity | |




do we always accomplish our intended goal? - Correct answer ✔no
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Accommodation is defined as: - Correct answer ✔the ability to adjust, modify, | | | | | | | | | | | |




or regulate ones behavior in response to another. typically unconsciously.
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CAT is rooted in the field of: - Correct answer ✔social psychology, Social
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Identity Theory |




Social psychology focuses on: - Correct answer ✔how people search for
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meaning in others behavior and the impact that meaning has on future
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interactions. Identity is a central concept. | | | | |

,Social Identity Theory states a persons self concept is comprised of both: -
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Correct answer ✔personal and social identity| | | | |




we are motivated to join groups that are - Correct answer ✔most appealing to us
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we give advantage to: - Correct answer ✔in-groups, groups to which we belong
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in-groups often become central to our: - Correct answer ✔social identity. we
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make comparisons between our in-groups and outgroups (groups which we feel
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|we do not belong
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Influence of in-groups on individuals speech styles: - Correct answer ✔-speech
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style affects others impressions of that person
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-the setting, topic, and type of person with who one communications will
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determine how he or she speaks in a given situation | | | | | | | | |




-members of diff groups compare themselves when they come together. if
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positive, favorable social identity will result | | | | |




Assumption 1 of CAT: - Correct answer ✔-Speech and behavioral similarities | | | | | | | | | | |




and dissimilarities exist in all conversations
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(1) interacts bring variety of - Correct answer ✔experiences and backgrounds to
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an interaction
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, (1) these influence to extent to which a person is willing to - Correct answer
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✔accommodate



(1) more similar, - Correct answer ✔more willing to accommodate. less similar,
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less willing to.
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Assumption (2) of CAT: - Correct answer ✔-The manner in which we perceive
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the speech and behaviors of another person will determine how we evaluate
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conversation



(2) perception referes to - Correct answer ✔attending to and interpreting
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messages



(2) evaluation referes to - Correct answer ✔the process of judging a
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conversation



(2) people perceive first, then - Correct answer ✔decide how to respond or
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behave



(2) motivation: - Correct answer ✔key factor in perception-evaluation process.
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many times we perceive but don't engage in evaluation
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Assumption (3) of CAT: - Correct answer ✔Language and behaviors impart
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information about social status and group belonging:
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