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6. What is the main idea behind Communication Accomodation theory?

  • Individuals may be evaluated more favourably by reducing dissimilarities
  • Individuals may be evaluated more favourably by increasing dissimilarities

7. Which theory is communication accomodation theory based on?

  • Speech accomodation theory
  • Theory theory
  • Simulation theory
  • Communicative conflict theory
  • Communicative theory of equivocation

8. If a persons accent became significantly broader when speaking to someone with a broad accent, what is this an example of?

  • Convergence
  • Divergence
  • Optimal convergence
  • Optimal divergence

9. What was the main finding from Fuertes et al (2012)?

  • Standard accents rated highest on ALL dimensions
  • Non-standard accents rated higher on dynamism and solidarity but not on status
  • Non-standard accents rated higher on ALL dimensions
  • Standard accents rated higher on status and dynamism but not on solidarity

10. What were the 4 dimensions in typology of interruptions by Roger, Bull and Smith (1988)?

  • Simple v.s complex and successful v.s unsuccessful
  • Simple v.s complex and turn yielding v.s turn taking
  • Successful v.s unsuccessful and turn yielding v.s turn taking
  • Successful v.s turn-taking and unsuccessful v.s turn-yielding

11. What is the situational theory of communicative conflict?

  • Equivocation occurs prior to communicative conflicts when all possible responses have positive consequences
  • Equivocation occurs in response to a communicative conflict when all possible responses have negative consequences
  • Equivocation occurs prior to communicative conflicts when all possible responses have negative consequences
  • Equivocation occurs in response to a communicative conflict when all possible responses have positive consequences

12. Which of these is characteristic of a turn-yielding cue?

  • Rise/fall pitch at end of clause
  • Listener responses
  • Hand gesture
  • Informal conversation

13. What are the two main criticisms of theories of equivocation?

  • Lack of a theoretical basis (e.g defining terms such as 'face' and other variables e.g prestige) and consequences of equivocation are as important as causes
  • Lack of a theoretical basis (e.g defining terms such as 'face' and other variables e.g prestige) and no consideration of the situational factors which create communicative conflicts
  • Consequences of equivocation are as important as causes and equivocation could be easily switched out for a more holistic theory of face-preservation
  • No consideration of the situational factors which create communicative conflictsand equivocation could be easily switched out for a more holistic theory of face-preservation

14. What did Duncan and Fiske (1985) find a correlation between?

  • Grammatical errors and turn-taking
  • Number of turn-yielding cues and smooth speaker switches
  • Number of hand gestures and smooth speaker switches
  • Fillers/pauses and smooth speaker switches (a negative relationship)

15. Which of these is NOT a dimension of equivocation?

  • Context
  • Sender
  • Comparison
  • Receiver
  • Content

16. Stated by Giles (1973), what are the two directions accent change might occur in?

  • Divergence and convergence
  • Divergence and optimal divergence
  • Convergence and optimal convergence
  • Left and right