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SPC 1017 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSHow you learn to utilize words depends on three factors: ANSWER 1: Native
Architecture
2. Cognitive Development.
3. Environmental influences
Cognitive Development - ANSWER the development of your brain's thinking and
organizational systems. Not just language, but mental images, reasoning, problem
solving, and memory growth.
Sapir Whorf Hypothesis - ANSWER Suggests that the language you use dictates or
at least influences the way in which you view and think about the world around
you.
Semantic Triangle - ANSWER a model proposed to show the direct relationship
between symbols (words) and thoughts.
ANSWER 1: The matter (referent) awakens your concept (intended meaning).
2. You encode your notion by using a rod or words to symbolize it.
3. That word is delivered (extended) to the listener.
4. Your audience decodes the word and comes at his or her understanding of the
topic (referent).
Denotative Meaning: ANSWER dictionary definition of something
Connotative Meaning - ANSWER the feelings or associations each individual has
with a term.
, The Ladder of Abstraction - ANSWER is a depiction showing how humans
abstract using language, classifications, kinds, categories, etc.
Credibility - ANSWER The first criterion for generating a positive impression
online is to erase all errors and shoddy or hurriedly created stuff because they harm
it quickly.
Language Environment: Four Elements - Answer 1: People
2. The purpose
3. Rules of Communication
4. Actual Talk
Ritual Language - ANSWER occurs in circumstances where a conventionalized
reaction is expected from you.
Euphemism is an inoffensive term or phrase that is replaced for other words that
might be seen as disagreeable.
Double Speak - ANSWER refers to words that are intentionally manufactured for
political purposes. Words designed to instill a desired mental state in people who
use them.
Difference between Double Speak and Euphemisms - ANSWER 1. Double speak
doesn't usually use nasty terms.
2. Double talk is always linked to a political objective.
Racist Language - ANSWER the tendency to depict the majority group, its acts,
and its members in positive words, whereas minority groups, their actions, and
members are portrayed overwhelmingly in negative terms.
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