Posted: April 2nd, 2016

If instead of saying The car was wrecked you say, The left fender was busted by a hit and run driver, you are using:

1. (TCO4) The relationship between language and meaning is often unclear and difficult because:
the sentences we create are very rarely unique
even speech communities do not have common grammatical rules
language is innate
words have both denotative and connotative meaning

2. (TCO4) If instead of saying The car was wrecked you say, The left fender was busted by a hit and run driver, you are using:
emphasis
appropriateness
specificity
concreteness

3. (TCO4) Using the words patches of different colors instead of variegated when talking with a 5 year old is a matter of word:
specificity
precision
concreteness
appropriateness

4. (TCO4) Saying Jordan is a really good female chef is an example of:
generic construction
unnecessary association
stereotyping
marking

5. (TCO4) If the new diet worked for Dave and Sarah, it will probably work for us as well. This is most likely an example of:
indexing
generalizing
assumption
analogy

6. (TCO8) The group member who works directly to help the group accomplish goals fulfills:
a task related role
a maintenance role
a procedural role
a self centered role

7. (TCO8) The person in the group who says, Claire, that was a really good point you made is behaving as:
an analyzer
an encourager
a harmonizer
a gatekeeper

8. (TCO8) Group members who help the group to return to the agenda when the group has gotten off track serve as:
analyzers
harmonizers
orienters
initiators

9. (TCO8) After a meeting, a group leader should:
evaluate the effectiveness of each group member and communicate this to them
wait until the note taker has distributed the minutes to everyone before discussing the meeting outcomes
review the decisions group members made and ask them to justify their choices
follow up with group member to see how they are progressing on items assigned to them

10. (TCO8) Statements such as We ve talked about this topic for ten minutes. We have five more minutes to discuss is before we have to move on to the next agenda item are made to:
monitor conflicts
periodically check to see if the group is ready to make a decision
stay on schedule
implement the group s decision making rules